I have a PII 266 that I just installed a generic CDROM drive in. This is the third drive that I've installed since buying it about 3.5 years ago. It seems that the drive will come up to speed and NEVER slow down (even when the drive is no longer being accessed). This is not the main problem (although it is a problem).
The stupid thing I did is this:
Upon swapping out the drives, I realized that I had left a disc in the old drive. The new drive installed fine. I decided to touch one of the power plugs to the old drive to eject the tray. The computer shut down immediately and will not restart. Did I just fry the power supply? I know what I did was stupid. I did it anyway.
What should I do to get this thing running again? It's a backup computer, so it's loss is not critical; however, my kids use (or should I say used) it for games.
Thanks!
The stupid thing I did is this:
Upon swapping out the drives, I realized that I had left a disc in the old drive. The new drive installed fine. I decided to touch one of the power plugs to the old drive to eject the tray. The computer shut down immediately and will not restart. Did I just fry the power supply? I know what I did was stupid. I did it anyway.
What should I do to get this thing running again? It's a backup computer, so it's loss is not critical; however, my kids use (or should I say used) it for games.
Thanks!