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Moving data from HP Compaq Elite 8100 to Dell Optiplex 7010 MT

Sounds like a plan. Will report back ...
- okieman
- Post #3
- Jun 6, 2017
- Forum: Hardware
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Moving data from HP Compaq Elite 8100 to Dell Optiplex 7010 MT

With help from Digerati on this forum, I figured out my mother's HP had a fried motherboard. The replacement arrived today, a refurb Dell with Win10, and I installed a utility Bill recommended to restore much of the Win7 gui she is accustomed to. I'm hoping the HD in the old HP is OK and want...
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- Thread
- Jun 5, 2017
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Hardware
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Intermittent power switch HP Compaq 8100 Elite SFF

Her previous PC was even more ancient, so a cousin in another state gave her this refurbished HP. No disks. After I experiment with the sticks, I may indeed be looking at another computer. I'm really glad you posted those three options for making Windows 10 more familiar. I had not heard of them...
- okieman
- Post #18
- May 24, 2017
- Forum: Hardware
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Intermittent power switch HP Compaq 8100 Elite SFF

The last time I successfully booted this device was the morning before delivering it to the repair shop. Dead in the water since I brought it home. One of my hardware friends suggested I may be looking at getting a replacement mobo. I'd like to test the two RAM sticks before going that far, but...
- okieman
- Post #16
- May 24, 2017
- Forum: Hardware
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Intermittent power switch HP Compaq 8100 Elite SFF

Checked the wall voltage to make sure it's normal AC. And removed the new NIC card in case that was wonky. No change. Beeps.
- okieman
- Post #14
- May 23, 2017
- Forum: Hardware
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Intermittent power switch HP Compaq 8100 Elite SFF

Did a CMOS reset and attempted to boot. No luck but at least it is beeping: four beeps, two seconds, four beeps, etc. Tested the CMOS battery - was down from 3V to 0.23V so replaced it with new. Also re-seated the RAM. Beeping but no boot.
- okieman
- Post #13
- May 23, 2017
- Forum: Hardware
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Intermittent power switch HP Compaq 8100 Elite SFF

No response to the pin shorting. I know there is juice to the mobo, because ea time I plug in the power cord to the back of the PC, a small green LED on the board lights up. Running out of ideas.
- okieman
- Post #12
- May 23, 2017
- Forum: Hardware
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Intermittent power switch HP Compaq 8100 Elite SFF

Time to short the two pins on the board and see what happens. Back in a bit....
- okieman
- Post #11
- May 23, 2017
- Forum: Hardware
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Intermittent power switch HP Compaq 8100 Elite SFF

Bill, I conflated two sentences. I looked for a reset on the back of the PC and hopefully wires leading to pins on the motherboard. No luck. I took the bezel off the front of the PC to get a better look at the power switch and hopefully color of wires leading back into the unit. Didn't notice...
- okieman
- Post #9
- May 23, 2017
- Forum: Hardware
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Intermittent power switch HP Compaq 8100 Elite SFF

This MS-7557 mobo does not seem to have a reset button? Just the bundle of wires coming from the front panel that goes to the PB/LED socket on the mobo. Trying to figure out a way to handle this. Long ago I had jumper cables and meters, I moved from electronics into software. Arg. Maybe the...
- okieman
- Post #7
- May 23, 2017
- Forum: Hardware
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Intermittent power switch HP Compaq 8100 Elite SFF

The replacement power supply arrived Monday (three days after the date of the the two-day shipment for which we paid Amazon) Easy to install, put it all together, and the system will not engage/start when I press the power switch. Shorting out the pins to the switch seems to be all that is left...
- okieman
- Post #5
- May 23, 2017
- Forum: Hardware
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Intermittent power switch HP Compaq 8100 Elite SFF

OK Digerati I need some time to tinker with this, before I get back on the forum and report. Thanks!
- okieman
- Post #3
- May 17, 2017
- Forum: Hardware
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Intermittent power switch HP Compaq 8100 Elite SFF

We had this PC in the shop to replace a defective NIC card. When I picked it up, the techs said they had problems getting it to turn on, but it only happened twice. So when I set it up at home and connected it, I saw the same thing they described. When I press the normal power switch on the...
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- Thread
- May 17, 2017
- Replies: 18
- Forum: Hardware
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[SOLVED] [Win7SP1 x86] Can't upd. PowerShell 5: 800B0100 crypt.serv.compon. are not registered

It has! This is the first time I used sysnative.com; very pleased. Can someone mark this thread SOLVED?
- okieman
- Post #13
- Apr 3, 2017
- Forum: Windows Update
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[SOLVED] [Win7SP1 x86] Can't upd. PowerShell 5: 800B0100 crypt.serv.compon. are not registered

There were five available at MS. Four installed but the fifth choked. I ran SURT and SFCFix.exe but both said everything was OK. So I manually downloaded the update file and successfully ran it. Not sure what the hangup was. I have to separately download/install the WM Framework 5. I will...
- okieman
- Post #11
- Apr 2, 2017
- Forum: Windows Update

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