On Monday 26 August 2019 15:07:42 Chris Albertson wrote: > Could it be that a connected but unpowered DVD looks like a broken DVD > and the system has the DVD ahead of the hard disk in the boot order? > Try disconnecting the data cable to the DVD.
I might give that a shot. > How often do you use a DVD anymore, especially if the computer is on a > tall shelf? You might just remove the drive. Thats also a possibility, since new installs can often be done with a netinstall on a thumb drive. IIRC, that dvd had to have 1/4" snipped out of its tray belt & superglued shorter the last time I used it, swag at about 2 years ago now. That has been a good fix I've done 4 or 5 times now. We'll see what another new & diff supply with enough drive cables does tomorrow. Thanks Chris. > On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 11:42 AM Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > I felt just froggy enough to lug a psu I had out to the garage, and > > lugged a stepladder in to get me high enough to reach the dell I''ve > > been running my G0704 with. Genuine dell to non-dell. But the > > darned thing only has one sata power cable, so I skipped powering up > > the dvd in it. On bootup it claimed the cmos battery was low so I > > pulled the plug and put a fresh 2032 in it. Nothing on screen, > > orange power led, goes on and off like it should. Bout wore me out. > > Need to find food for Dee. > > > > Anybody have a better idea other than try a supply with more sata > > plugs? I can do that tomorrow as I have another spare, brand new > > evga. > > > > Thanks all. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > -- > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law > > respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
