I started out with a perfectly good working computer (with 2 Hard Drives in it), that I made myself and had no problems for 2 years. I decided to take on of the HDs out and put it in another system. One of the HDs had Win XP on it and the other had Win 2K on it.
After taking out BOTH HDs and then putting back in the HD with Win 2k, the computer wouldn't recognize it. It said bad disk.
I switched the both drives a number of times, with the same results: the HD with XP worked fine and the one with Win 2K wasn't recognized by the system.
Then after a number of tries, when the HD with Win 2k looked like it was finally working, all of the sudden the screen broke up into a colored rectangular pattern and went black.
Since then I can't get any video signal or posting beep codes. I put both of the HDs in another system and they work fine. The monitor also works fine with the other computer. All fans come on, including the power supply fan.
So I am guessing that the order of components to swap is first the video card, then the RAM, then the power supply, and last the MB.
I have an Iwill KK266 MB and other components that are about 2 years old. I think I might have damaged the MB a little when I was taking out the HDs. I wasn't as careful as I could have been.
ANY OTHER IDEAS ??????
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