Thank you both,I will try all that I can do of these things mentioned over the next cpl of days (have to go buy some grease,lol) then I will post the results However,I did take a look inside earlier but could not find any kind of jumper switches...and as for the memory I cannot even interchange any out of either of my puters into this one,they are completely different :rolleyes: and the cheapest I could find cost $50.00. As for a motherboard,I checked on prices but don't know which one would be needed exactly,but even the cheapest one I could find was $129.00 itself and a CPU processor was $99.00,these are just the cheapest at new prices around here. Anyway,I will come back when I get finished and let you know what happens!! Thanks again!!

In all honesty, that mobo is not worth upgrading...
(If that is the problem)

For about the same money you could do much better....

Even the cheapest AMD $50 mobo cpu at frys would dance circles around that HP700...

You can reuse the CDRom... On some it is propietary (sp)
as well as the floppy drive. again sometimes not...

You are better off using it as a door stop...

Please, please understand that I am not trying to knock your system...
But it has lived a long and happy life (In computer years)

There is a $199 PC at Wallmart that has Linspire Linux on it that is hard to beat for a pre-assembled unit.

Drop your copy of 98se onto it and away you go...
Or explore Linux.... It has come a long way.... Set up a dual boot....

The people here will always help and are more than friendly....
Less than a month ago I tossed a working HP700 after pulling the hard drive to recover the owners data...

I kept the ram to give to a neighbor...

The odds are... that a little elbow grease and Heat transfer grease will do the trick...

Good luck...

Well I am back and sadly to say...nothing worked at all yet...it is still in the power save mode when turned on. I was not going to re-place anything inside this PC because I know it is not worth upgrading... I am only trying to help my mother to see if I can get it up and running again b4 she goes out to buy a new one.
By the way....Walmart does NOT sell a PC that cheap where I live and neither does ANY electronic/computer stores even for a re-built one...but thanx.
I have contacted hp by email to see what kind of solutions they tell me this time :rolleyes: but I am open to anymore suggestions if anyone has any pleasssssse :cheesy: Thank you!!

Hello again... I guess noone has any more suggestions that I can try or know of anything else? HP keeps giving me the run around about getting into the BIOS to change the settings to stop it from going into power save mode...but gee... I cannot get there because it boots directly to the power save mode :eek: besides I already knew this much but can't get around the power save mode at all :cry: Anyway, how about the power supply? Does anyone know maybe if this could be causing these probs? Thanks so much again

Did you remove and reapply the thermal compound? I would have guessed this was an overheating problem too. Most CPU's made by Intel will turn themselves off before overheating to the point of causing damage. Older AMD's didn't do this, not sure about the newer ones.

It is possible for this to be a power supply problem; it certainly shouldn't hurt anything to try it if you have another one.

When you're working inside the computer, are you using methods to prevent damage via static electricity? Like a wrist strap or frequently touching a metal part of the case?

If you decide to go for a new one...

Check out these at wal-mart.com:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=3380786
I haven't used that OS, but if you don't like it, you can replace it with Win98 as Thong_Insector said.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=3356855
This comes with Linspire OS (previously known as Lindows) which is an excellent OS, in my opinion, but again, if you don't like it, you can replace it.

And at Fry's (Outpost.com):
http://shop4.outpost.com/product/419...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG
This one also has the Linspire OS

If you have either of these stores locally, you can save on shipping charges.

Dell also has good prices and sometimes have campaigns that offer free shipping.

Thank you for your reply!! :mrgreen:
When you mention "thermal compound" are you referring to the heat transfer grease that Thong_Inspector suggested? If so, this did not work either because I still cannot get it to come out of the power save mode for any means what so ever and is really frustrating I'm sure that if it is an overheating problem and if nothing was literally "fried" inside, by the time I'm done that should be solved, lol.
Anyway, I just learned recently about the static electricity and did not take any precautions as to a wrist strap, but of course common sense wise I knew not to touch any metal to metal except for the screwdriver to the screws so I'm hoping nothing went wrong :-| the computer is acting the same as it always has been for the past year, so I'm thinking it'll be alright (I hope). So I guess basically there is nothing I can do to bring this computer out of power save mode when it is being as stubborn as this and not even letting me in the BIOS? However, I am going to try the power supply since they are cheap enough and if that does not work... I will tell my mom about these ones you have posted.
I apologize; I maybe made Thong_Inspector sound like a liar but I was not meaning that at all. I called our local Walmart where I live in Pennsylvania and they told me that they do not sell any PC's individually... they are all sold in a package deal. So I am so sorry about that. I never even thought to look online :rolleyes:
As for the Linspire OS, I have never even heard of it so I have no clue to what it is! I have an ME and XP disk here I purchased recently that I can use, so it's no big deal on what the OS is :cheesy: I really appreciate all the posts recieved and suggestions given here and thank you! I will post again if anything good comes out of all of this and I get it working again! If anything else should happen to come to mind...please don't hesitate on posting because I am open for all options before buying another or upgrading the motherboard

Yes, I was wondering if you actually had replaced it.

Maybe the power supply will work, good luck and let us know.

(I don't think anyone thought you were calling anyone a liar )

Hello again, sorry it took so long to respond.. been too busy with work to even try anything else with this PC, lol. Anyway... I tried the thermal compound yes, but not replacing any parts/hardware if thats what you are referring to.
I am hoping that this is only a power supply problem, for it seems to be the cheapest thing to replace. I will deffinately get back to you on this when I get finished and post the results (within the next week or so) :cheesy: thanks again!!

After you check the CPU and Heatsink.
Maybe as a last resort you could try using the system restore feature of your HP(if it has it). I had an HP 762n and it had a seperate partition on the hard drive that would restore XP to its original state. I'm not sure if yours has it since it's about a year older. If I remember correctly, pressing F10 on start-up will bring up the recovery options. Remember, depeding on your recovery selection, all of your files & settings would be erased.

Yes this PC has the system restore feature but I cannot get into any means of the BIOS what so ever as I have already mentioned a few times previously! It does not matter what I press on start-up, NOTHING HAPPENS, it just stays in the power save mode. But thank you very much for your suggestion