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| Thread ID: 52186 | 2004-12-12 05:12:00 | PC not booting up - can't get into bios... | straka01 (310) | Press F1 |
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| 302391 | 2004-12-12 05:12:00 | A friend asked me to have a look at her PC, which, she had been informed by a PC shop, had a faulty HDD and wasn't worth fixing. It's a Intel Celeron 433mHz that came back from the shop with the HDD loose in the box! I installed a new HDD as the master thinking that I'd install the OS onto this and then see what I could retrieve off the old HDD - which I've made the slave. It only had 33mb of SD RAM so I've also installed a 64mB stick as well. After plugging eveything in & powering up - the lights all come on for the various drives & the fan spins - so I assume the power supply is OK but it takes a about 45 secs for the monitor to flik into life which is odd and then, it performs it's memory check... this is what the screen has on when it finishes loading and won't go any further; Intel Celeron 433mHz @ 66mHz Memory Test OK 1024k shard. Award Plug & Play Bios extension V1.0A Copyright 1999 Award Software Inc. That's it. Doesn't get any further. I've double-checked the jumpers, and re-inserted the cables several times to make certain there's a good connection. I've re-inserted the RAM, etc and checked the cables are all around the right way. I can't get the keyboard to activate the ESC to skip the memory test or DEL to enter setup. It's a keyboard I've used on plenty of other PCs without trouble so I'm pretty sure that it's not the problem. Can anyone tell me what may be the next items to check or swap around? I actually tried to boot with both Master & Slave as well as just the Master - same results.... Anyone have any suggestions? The lady is not wealthy and cannot afford another PC but I don't mind helping her out with a few parts if needed. Thanks. |
straka01 (310) | ||
| 302392 | 2004-12-12 05:18:00 | Take out the 64mb stick and leave in just the 32mb stick, and see if it can get into the BIOS again? | E|im (87) | ||
| 302393 | 2004-12-12 05:31:00 | No, that didn't make any difference. Thanks for the swift reply. | straka01 (310) | ||
| 302394 | 2004-12-12 05:36:00 | Where in Auckland are ya?? Try F1, F10, F2. See if u get into the bios. Take any floppies out of the diskdrive, if any are in it. Any beeps when u boot up?? |
Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 302395 | 2004-12-12 06:12:00 | What POST beep(s) are you getting? | Murray P (44) | ||
| 302396 | 2004-12-12 06:42:00 | Tried F1, F2, F10... etc. Nothing happens. The floppy drive is empty - no discs in it. Only get one beep - at the same time as when the screen comes alive. Thanks for your reply. |
straka01 (310) | ||
| 302397 | 2004-12-12 06:43:00 | I only get one POST beep. It takes quite a while from power up until there's a beep and the screen comes alive / the memory test starts. Thanks for your reply. | straka01 (310) | ||
| 302398 | 2004-12-12 06:54:00 | Are u in Mt Eden Straka?? I could check it out if u were around here | Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 302399 | 2004-12-12 07:01:00 | with no OS on the new drive and the old drive still connected it may not boot properly try booting off a floppy to if this makes a difference also try disconecting the old drive | MORK (5007) | ||
| 302400 | 2004-12-12 07:36:00 | thanks for the offer, but I'm not inner city, I am north of Orewa................ | straka01 (310) | ||
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