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| Thread ID: 109276 | 2010-05-01 03:01:00 | Installing XP, cant bcos - Setup cannot find previous version... | CCF (6760) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 881387 | 2010-05-01 05:05:00 | Maybe a power spike has affected the innards! | Bryan (147) | ||
| 881388 | 2010-05-01 05:07:00 | Hmm, interesting idea, though the thing is at the moment I cant get to the screen where I can format the hard drive. The only way I can format the hard drive is on another pc. Or did you mean that I should format it on another pc while the hdd is in slave mode? Is the computer set to boot first from CD in the bios? If so then boot from the CD. I'm confused. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 881389 | 2010-05-01 05:23:00 | Maybe a power spike has affected the innards! Without going into details -- Possible from experience. (I'll explain later) | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 881390 | 2010-05-01 05:28:00 | Did you reconfigure the settings then save them? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 881391 | 2010-05-01 05:37:00 | Another point is that the hard drive may have finished up with an unrecognised file format. Solution in that case is to use a Linux CD to boot off and repartition the hard drive. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 881392 | 2010-05-01 06:19:00 | Hey ya guys Sorry for the delay, had some other work to do. So yeah back to the computer. Powerspike, definitely a possibility. Though I'll give a few more go before classifying this as unfixable by traditional methods. As for the drive settings, I have tried all combinations, Primary cable had hdd on master & cdrom on slave, viceversa. And Secondary cable with Hdd on master and optical on slave & vice versa. As for motherboard settings, well, I can no longer get into the bios. From the moment I press the power button to it shutting down, its like 3 seconds. I dont see anything on the screen at all. As for the unrecognised file format? What do you mean? Could you explain it further? I have placed the hard drive on another system, and used NTFS and tried installing. As well I have also tried with no partition on the harddrive, as in I actually removed the partition so I can do it in the windows installation. But both are no go. |
CCF (6760) | ||
| 881393 | 2010-05-01 07:46:00 | Maybe barking up the wrong tree but........ You pulled the battery and replaced it and now it won't boot. Have you tried replacing the battery with a new battery instead.? Everything you have tried so far has been aimed at the hard drive that you were installing before the power went out. And it appears that the hard drive in question works / readable if it is slaved into another system. So, have you tried replacing that hard drive with another good hard drive in the system you are trying to fix, might narrow down whether the problem is the hard drive or some thing else with the computer you are fixing. With the removal of the battery, maybe the bios has been reset in some way. Have you tried booting with no battery at all. I had a computer which would boot up without the battery, you could still access the Bios, cannot remember how far into windows it would boot. Worth a try. |
PinoyKiw (9675) | ||
| 881394 | 2010-05-01 08:07:00 | With the removal of the battery, maybe the bios has been reset in some way. Thats the point of removing the battery. It WILL reset everything. You'll have to reconfigure the settings. It maybe trying to boot from something that doesnt exist |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 881395 | 2010-05-01 08:13:00 | Can I assume that now there is no POST? If so then dead PSU or motherboard. If you can't access the BIOS then there is a hardware problem. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 881396 | 2010-05-01 08:14:00 | Thats the point of removing the battery. It WILL reset everything. I didn't word it very well. Yes, I agree with you, removing the battery resets which is what I should have put in my reply. That is what happens when you are changing bubs smelly nappy and reading F1 same time........:D |
PinoyKiw (9675) | ||
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