| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 102732 | 2009-08-30 11:01:00 | Computer not Booting | Raewyn (946) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 805408 | 2009-08-30 11:01:00 | I switched my computer on and it starts to boot. CD-ROM light, power light and HDD light all on. Fans working. Mouse working. But doesn't boot up. Stops at what is shown in screenshot. Can't even enter SETUP. Opened computer and unplugged everything besides monitor, keyboard, mouse and took out RAM to make sure motherboard was working. Long beep. Put one RAM stick back in while using only monitor, keyboard and mouse. No beep. Stops at what is shown in screenshot again. Doesn't even recognise that HDD and CD-ROM, etc aren't plugged in. Cleaned out little dust from fans and no changes. Help? |
Raewyn (946) | ||
| 805409 | 2009-08-30 11:30:00 | I would turn it off, pull the plug, remove the CMOS jumper for a minute then put it back on. Then connect everything again. Then reconfigure the BIOS save the settings,. Then see what happens. Hmm looks like thats a ECS 661FX-M7 mobo. Going by the code on the bottom of that screenshot. Did someone update the CPU in it recently, or something? What version of windows was on it? And when was the last time it booted? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 805410 | 2009-08-30 11:53:00 | Okays, just reading the motherboard guide . . . will try this after a desperately needed cup of tea - lol! Yes, it's a 661FX-M motherboard supports Socket 478 Pentium 4 processors up to 800 MHz and Hyper-Threading Windows XP SP3 The last time it worked was just before I installed an HP Deskjet 845C printer . I put the CD-ROM in and followed the instructions . Printer installed correctly . Worked on it for about three hours; working in MS Office & MS Outlook and printed a few things before shutting the PC down for the night (Friday night) . Saturday morning, started PC and got the screenshot . Thought it was my wireless keyboard needing new batteries so attached a wired USB keyboard and mouse and no change . |
Raewyn (946) | ||
| 805411 | 2009-08-30 12:13:00 | One thing you could try. The PC youre on now, if its a desktop. Remove the hdd from this PC (if its IDE), remember to jumper it properly first. Turn the PC youre on now off. Connect it to a spare IDE connection. If its SATA, connect it to a SATA connector (dont forget to connect the data cable too). Then see if the BIOS detects this hdd. If it doesnt there's a prob with that hdd. Also there maybe a revision printed on the ECS mobo. It maybe etched / printed between the PCI slots. Is it 1.1 or 1.2A? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 805412 | 2009-08-30 12:34:00 | It's revision 1.1 Actually, my computer has two hdd; primary and slave with cable select. So I unhooked the primary hdd and hooked the slave as master and received the same screen message. I'll try it again to make sure I did it properly. How do I know if the processor has died? I'm wondering cause it was quite dusty. |
Raewyn (946) | ||
| 805413 | 2009-08-30 12:49:00 | Whats on the slave? Anything / An operating system?? Make sure whatever hdd that has windows on it, is jumpered to master. And make sure its the bootdisk in the BIOS (if it shows the hdds). You didnt remove the CPU did you? Turn it off again (the PC with the ECS mobo). Make sure the ram / everything is in properly. You may have knocked something, when you cleaned inside the case. Did you remove / unplug the CPU fan connection, or the 4 pin ATX connector?? If you did, both need to be plugged in, before it'll work. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 805414 | 2009-08-30 13:11:00 | Slave drive is my backup drive so no operating system, only files. I was hoping it would say "operating system not found" but nope. Same thing from screenshot. I removed the CPU fan to clean it but didn't touch the processor. I unplugged everything and re-plugged it. The CPU fan connection was plugged in. I'm having a bad time with computers - lol! I borrowed a friends computer so I could copy the stuff off my slave drive and now her computer doesn't recognise my usb mouse and keyboard. I'll have to get a ps/2 to usb adaptor tomorrow. Something I haven't looked into yet, but is it possible to access my slave drive from my laptop? |
Raewyn (946) | ||
| 805415 | 2009-08-30 13:19:00 | If the laptop has USB 2 ports, you could try a USB enclosure. Just make sure its for IDE hdd's. What about the ATX 4 pin connector (the connection is from the power supply). Did you remove the CMOS jumper then put it back on?? If you did you you reconfigure the BIOS / and make sure Primary and secondary were on AUTO?? If the option is in the BIOS?? I've just downloaded the manual from the site. I'll just go thru Are the IDE cables the right way round?? If the cable is blue at one end, is that end connected to the mobo? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 805416 | 2009-08-30 13:28:00 | How old is this computer and have you managed to get into the BIOS yet? Take out all RAM and reseat it. If booting the PC should give one short beep but last post you said there was no beep. It may be a dead CMOS battery. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 805417 | 2009-08-30 15:15:00 | I can't believe I'm still awake. Anyways, finally got something to work. I unplugged the CD-ROM from IDE2 and plugged it into IDE1 and it went thru the P.O.S.T. so I was able to enter the BIOS (finally). All the drives were on AUTO. Yep, blue cable to mobo, grey to slave and black to master. Yep, the ATX 4 pin connector is plugged in. Yep, I removed the CMOS jumper then put it back on but there was no change until I had the CD-ROM plugged into IDE1. |
Raewyn (946) | ||
| 1 2 3 4 5 | |||||