380ED Will Not Boot Up

[Majack]

Hi,

When I turn my 380 on I see all the LED's light up but nothing happens. I can hear the fan running but the display is blank. Has anyone had the same problem and know how I can fix it? I have replaced the HD and the same thing happens. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

Mark

[AlphaKilo470]

If the display won't turn on but the LED's do, try hooking an external CRT to the computer and see if you get an image on that.

[SeanM]

You could also try hitting the reset button on the bottom of the machine.

[Majack]

It acts like it is going to boot up but nothing happens. I have tried an external monitor and still nothing works. I have used the reset button too and nothing. Any suggestion?

Mark

[MadeInJapan]

Could be bad memory...could be bad CMOS battery....motherboard? could be something else....Do you get any error messages? Does it boot with a bootable floppy? I have a 380ED in a closet because the memory slot is bad and I hate using it with 16mb of RAM....Good luck whatever it is.

[Insomniac1971]

Remove the battery and the Powersuply, then take out the mem very carefully and clean the contact points. Use an eraser on a pencil or a loose one, has to be the soft one and not hard. Then put it back to see if it works:)

[Majack]

I've tried all of that and still can't get it to boot up. I have the boot diskette and CD rom in and all I hear is the CD spinning.

[Insomniac1971]

Disconnect the battery b4 booting, if that works then u have a defect battery. My IBM 701c will not do anything with the battery in it. but if i disconnect it the it will boot.

If it does not work, then i'm afraid that u will have to send it to service:(

With kind regards

Jan