Re: 11 quid E450 not surprisingly wont boot..

 >The methodology is the same, trust your instincts and use the  
force ;^)

I used the force with a VT terminal I keep in the garage. It turns out  
I think to be a system board issue.

I have SIMM Failures in each bank, and switching round the SIMMS makes  
no difference.

I also have two processors, both with DC converters, but only one  
'processor 3' (helpfully neither processor is labeled as such) boots.

My thoughts are I need a motherboard. I dont have any evidence that  
theres necessarily anything wrong with the memory, disks, processors,  
pci cards etc.

It counted lots of memory first time I booted it, now It wont get past  
the diagnostics.

Anyone agree with me its time to find a better main board?

thanks for all the positive emails.

Angus