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| Thread ID: 85928 | 2007-12-27 12:58:00 | Computer Beeps when turned on and won't boot | spaceman8815 (4112) | Press F1 |
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| 625021 | 2007-12-28 06:30:00 | Hmmmm Okay - about the only other thing I can think of to test the PC without taking it into a shop / repair place is to download or borrow a live Linux CD, something like knoppix (www.knopper.net) Other live Cd's such as Ubuntu, will also test the hardware. What this does, and it's how I test some hardware in the workshop, is boot from the Live CD, it runs through and detects all hardware, if every thing loads OK and all drives show - then generally you know hardwares not the problem. If it hangs or complains about something missing then hardwares faulty. Apart from changing the IDE Ribbons, and if this still doesn't bring any successful results then it may need to be taken to am repairer, who should have all the equipment to tell you exactly whats faulty. While not conclusive - if all drives show in the BIOS, then usually they are detecting, but this could also be a case that the boards failing under the load of all hardware starting. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 625022 | 2007-12-28 06:39:00 | The part where i said the cd and floppy drive is not found means it cannot find the boot record, which should say that anyway because there is nothing in those drives, i thought it meant differently earlier. When it looks for the hard drives boot record the result is ok and then go no further. :rolleyes: :annoyed: thats completely different then, if there is nothing in either drive, Floppy or CD then it wont find anything & goes onto the HD. But thats still not the reason for the beeps on startup. BUT if you don't have a recovery CD or Windows CD then fixing it is also very awkward. As a suggestion - try getting a Linux live CD from somewhere, see if it will boot from that and detect all the drives. If it does then it may simply need to be reinstalled. You also may have had sector failure in the start of the Hard Drive, this is what may be causing the Beeps - the hard Drive is not detected by the board, even though its shown in the BIOS. This could also explain as to why it can be read from your laptop from the USB drive. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 625023 | 2007-12-28 07:35:00 | I will download the knoppix and boot from it on the desktop computer, I will come back with the results. Thanks | spaceman8815 (4112) | ||
| 625024 | 2007-12-28 09:14:00 | I copied the program to a CD-R and boot the computer from the disc. It comes up with an error: ERROR: Cannot unite read-only media and initial ramdisk! hdc media error (bad sector): status=0x51 {driveReady SeekComplete Error} hdc: media error (bad sector) error 0x34 {AbortedCommand LastFailedSense=0x03} ide: failed opcode was: unknown ATAPI device hdc: ERROR: Medium error -- (sense key=0x03) Unrecovered read error -- (asc=0x11, ascq=0x00) Failed "Read 10" packet command was: "28 00 00 05 6b a8 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 " end request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 1420960 printK: 6 messages suppressed I will right the rest out if needed as there is a whole lot of messages beginging with cloop: |
spaceman8815 (4112) | ||
| 625025 | 2007-12-28 09:25:00 | As long as your download was Ok, as in not corrupted (does happen some times) what you should have gotten was an ISO file. This is then burnt useing a the ISO burning section of your Writing software. Depending on what writing software you use will depend on how its done. You may need the Image Burn from My sig - simply put in a blank CD, open the program, locate the ISO file you downloaded and click the burn button on the bottom, it will then burn the ISO file correctly. Look on the site at the screen shots scroll down till you find the one titled WRITE , in the box by the writing saying "Please Select File" the folders there are where you navaigate to the ISO image saved. Once selected down the bottom is a BIG GREEN Arrow, click that and it will burn the disc., it should boot from that once done. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 625026 | 2007-12-28 09:25:00 | just tried booting again and has booted successfully. | spaceman8815 (4112) | ||
| 625027 | 2007-12-28 09:28:00 | just tried booting again and has booted successfully. Great, on the desktop should be your HD,CD, floppy, will they open, (put a floppy in the Drive to test) HD may read as HD0 HD1. I'll look back tomorrow - goto go |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 625028 | 2007-12-28 10:20:00 | I can access the floppy, cd, and hard drive from the program. | spaceman8815 (4112) | ||
| 625029 | 2007-12-28 17:14:00 | Repeating beeps is usually bad RAM, or badly seated RAM. Or RAM utterly covered in huge amounts of fluff. Packard Bells are the 2nd most common PCs I get in for hardware repairs........ PCTEK could you elaborate the No1 Pc's? As I am looking at upgrading in the near future and don't like to buy your No1! NT P.S. I did not see the answer below your post before posting my question! |
notechyet (4479) | ||
| 625030 | 2007-12-28 20:10:00 | PCTEK could you elaborate the No1 Pc's? As I am looking at upgrading in the near future and don't like to buy your No1! Well why would you buy a "brand" anyway? Go to a reputable PC shop (or online) and have one built, that way you can choose what you want and stick with the quality components. Thats the trouble with "brands" - its pot luck what brand components are put in them. |
pctek (84) | ||
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