I've swapped power supplys twice with no luck. I haven't looked at the power switch or the battery yet. Just trying to find the best order to troubleshoot. Thanks!
2006-10-30 04:42:41 · 5 answers · asked by daschuck77 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
if there is a ac adaptor in the mother board you can use it long as it's pluged in usually mother boards have a prong to use with an ac adaptoron laptops that is
2006-10-30 04:45:58 · answer #1 · answered by Juleette 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know, the CMOS battery won't keep your computer from turning on--your BIOS just won't remember any settings you've changed in it (such as current time, boot order, etc).
Depending on how new your motherboard is, there is usually a green LED onboard that will be lit when the motherboard has power. You don't have to have your computer on for this to be lit up, just simply have the power supply connected to a power source. If you do have an LED on your motherboard it isn't lit up, then you know there's a problem with your power supplies (although that's unlikely considering you've tried two).
Another thing to check is the wires that connect from the power switch on the front of the computer to your motherboard. Make sure these wires are all secure.
2006-10-30 04:58:23 · answer #2 · answered by cmoo92 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dead CMOS battery will not stop a computer from booting... at least in my experience. All I found is that the clock would save the time on shutdown and revert to that time on reboot, as it was unable to continue working while the computer was off.
2006-10-30 04:59:37 · answer #3 · answered by Goffik 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the battery is having 0 power still it will let u to switch ur computer on...but the battery should be ok...that is the electrodes in the battery should be working fine...does not matter if battery is o% charged..
2006-10-30 05:00:46 · answer #4 · answered by Deep D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just replace the battery, it is cheap.
2006-10-30 04:47:34 · answer #5 · answered by Thor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋