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| Thread ID: 35855 | 2003-07-23 11:27:00 | I thought it was my HDD, but now I'm not so sure................. | Billy T (70) | Press F1 |
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| 162424 | 2003-07-23 11:27:00 | Hi Team I posted for favoured HDD models a week or so ago because I thought my HDD was dying (made noises at switch on and needed reset button to get going) but now I am not sure what is going on. System is a P111 550 on Intel SR440BX MB, 512MB RAM and Quantum Fireball lct20 20GB HDD primary drive C: & E: and a second QFB 20GB as D: & F:. OS is Win 2000. On switch-on the noise is currently not present (it has always been a bit intermittent) but all that appears on screen is a flashing cursor in the top left corner. That appears as soon as the monitor warms up. There is no HDD activity & no POST display on screen. If I press the reset switch a normal boot process follows and everything works OK. Any ideas on where I should start looking? Cheers Billy 8-{) |
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| 162425 | 2003-07-23 11:33:00 | Sounds like a Power_Good signal may be missing from the PSU (or not recognised by the Motherboard) causing a system halt until a reset. Or its all a ploy so you have an excuse to buy a new system, and Mrs T will not be convinced until she sees the earnest attempts to fix it via this forum. |
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| 162426 | 2003-07-23 11:53:00 | Thanks God I'll check the Power Good signal, and now that you mention it, I remember reading the same advice offered recently to another poster. :8} Cheers Billy 8-{) [b][pre]*cough* :8} Mrs T is not aware of this Forum, and as she is not at all enamoured of computers, she would probably spifflicate me if she knew what I get up to here, especially WFTWE. No sense of yuma at all when it comes to matters computing I'm afraid, but an absolute gem in all other respects :D |
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