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| 317959 | 2005-01-25 20:46:00 | Is the data cable on the right way round on both the hdd & MOBO? Red stripe should be closest to power cable on hdd Red stripe should be on Pin1 on MOBO if there is no keyway Hi, wel everything is right. but when i took the harddisk out i only took out the IDE Cable and power cable. so i dont thik there is anywrong there. iam guessing its something to do with bios, i dunno much. does it hav a OS installed inorder to start the monitor? |
gum digger (6100) | ||
| 317960 | 2005-01-25 22:43:00 | You presumably have a floppy drive on the computer. Do you have a boot up disk on floppy? (If not, make one on a working PC). - Put the boot up disk in the Compaq and start it up. - Does the monitor work? - If not, try a different monitor and do it again. - If you can see a prompt type C: and press <enter> - Can you see the C: drive? - If not, take the ribbon cable off the drive and turn it around. - Let us know whether this works |
Mercury (1316) | ||
| 317961 | 2005-01-26 00:47:00 | Hi My windows 98 disk is bootable, i put it in but still monitor is in standby. the monitor is working bcoz i use it for my other pc. how can turn the ribbion(IDE) cable be turned. it can only go one way since it has that thing which slides into the hdd cap. |
gum digger (6100) | ||
| 317962 | 2005-01-26 02:17:00 | When you formatted the disk, did you partition it first? Most older Compaqs have a hidden "maintenance" partition which contains the BIOS setup, and some diagnostic stuff. It should still boot up (at least from a floppy) if everything is OK, even without that partition. It has to ... otherwise you wouldn't be able to install the partition. ;) Ask Google "Presario 7400 ROMPAQ" and you should be able to download the floppy images, if necassary. If that IDE cable is the original one, they key which determines its orientation is probably right. But it has happened that those cables are assembled with the key the wrong way. Some of the mating plugs don't require a key, so you just go by the "stripe = pin 1" rule. But if the cable is in the wrong way, the computer won't work. Usually the "disk activity" light goes on and stays on in that case. You did get the power connector in the right way? :) It is possible to get those Molex plugs in reverse. Not easy, but it's not easy to get them in the right way either. ;) You can't turn it off? It might take holding the switch for a fairly long time to do that. An OS recognises your pushing the button much faster than the motherboard hardware can. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 317963 | 2005-01-26 02:21:00 | So can I get this straight? - You have taken the monitor to another computer and it works but it remains in sleep mode on the compaq - You have used a boot disk but still nothing appears on the screen - The ribbon cable is lugged so it will only fit one way - The monitor refuses to work Suggestion: - Go back and double check that the cables are still secure on the motherboard (if they were loose when you removed the hard drive they may have loosened further) - Triple check that all cables are secure - Take out the graphics card and put it in a different slot |
Mercury (1316) | ||
| 317964 | 2005-01-26 02:25:00 | From the compaq ( . www1 . hp . com/ewfrf/wc/famiDocument?dlc=en&lc=en&product=89327&lang=en&cc=us&docname=c00005078" target="_blank">h10025 . www1 . hp . com) site: System stops responding or does not start If the computer stops responding at the logo screen, or a blank screen appears and Windows does not start, perform the following steps: CAUTION: This product contains components that are easily damaged by ElectroStatic Discharge (ESD) . To reduce the chance of ESD damage, work over a noncarpeted floor, use a static dissipative work surface (like a conductive foam pad), and wear an ESD wrist strap that is connected to a grounded surface, like the metal frame of a computer . NOTE: Always connect the PC (and devices connected to the PC) into a surge protector, like a power strip . Make sure that the power strip has a surge protection label and offers a damage replacement policy so you can replace your equipment if surge protection fails . If the computer is on, turn off the computer . Open the computer case by removing the side panels and/or cover . Disconnect the hard drive power and IDE cable . Turn on the computer and wait until an error message appears . Turn off the computer, and reconnect the cables . Turn on the computer . If Windows does not start normally, Contact HP . |
Mercury (1316) | ||
| 317965 | 2005-01-26 03:16:00 | Hi Thanks for the huge support guyz. i tried what mercury told me & grahm L is fiddling with bios necessary & will Presario 7400 ROMPAQ set the bios to turn on the monitor. how do i kno weather i have erased the hidden partition. and yes its been partition to fat32. and there is no vide cards its onboard. |
gum digger (6100) | ||
| 317966 | 2005-01-26 03:29:00 | You can't tell what's happening unless the monitor wakes up . That indicates that its not getting any signals from the video card . Check that its cable is properly connected . When you power up, do the keyboard lights flash in sequence? Do the disk lights briefly flash in turn? If those things happen, it's going, and the main problem is the monitor . Try holding F10 down while starting up . That should get you into the BIOS setup (if it exists on the disk) . I forget what happens if it's not there . ;) It might use the simplest VGA mode and start the monitor . A ROMpaq is a package which makes three floppies which will install the maintenance partition . I think you can run the BIOS set up from the first floppy, without having to install the partition, though its a good idea to do so . There might be a jumper which enables the motherboard video . Has that been knocked off? (Look on the inside of the cover for a map of the motherboard showing jumpers, switches etc) . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 317967 | 2005-01-26 07:50:00 | hey graham L When i power up 2 lights infront of the case which indicates power and hdd usage.the 3 lights on keyboard (Numlock, caps lock,Scroll lock) light up and ofcourse the optical mouse lights up. and there would be no beeps bcoz there is no speaker in the cpu like usual ones. does the compaq pcs require compaq monitors when formatted? bcoz i hav this philips 17" monitor. There are lots of things on the link you provided for ROMpaq, what to download?. is the CPU dead? |
gum digger (6100) | ||
| 317968 | 2005-01-26 08:25:00 | It doesn't look like the CPU is dead. I'd go along with Graham's suggestions. (BTW, you say "no speaker in the cpu" there never, ever, has been a speaker in the CPU [central processing unit] however, there is normall a small system speaker attached to the case [front or base usually] or an even smaller, solid state, one on the motherboard itself, either of which is used to sound the POST beeps, windows events, etc). You couldn't possibly have knocked a cable connector somewhere, could you? See if there are any small plug type connectors floating around. I presume this thing has onboard video and not a card, if a card check it's seated properly. |
Murray P (44) | ||
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