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Solve : new mobo for hp pavillion slimline s3400t? |
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Answer» I am using a hp pavillion slimline s 3400t intel core 2 duo e4600 2.40 ghz cpu speed is 2.40 ghz/fsb speed 800 mhz 1. my problem started after i replaced the battery for bios.1. Your 1st post says it was before you replaced battery. 2. If you have any external USB drives installed, UNPLUG them. 3. Every time you remove battery & reinstall, you must enter BIOS & F10 , Save & Exit. 4. Boot priority is fine, even if device is unplugged. FDD 1st, CD 2nd, HDD 3rd, Network 4th (turn off). HDD priority is correct if ST3500630AS is the boot drive. 5. See if it will boot to a bootable CD. 6. Leave CMOS battery installed, unplug all drives. Some computers will hang at BIOS, others screen will go blank as if it were trying to seek boot device. Quote from: Computer_Commando on July 20, 2011, 06:22:54 PM 1. Your 1st post says it was before you replaced battery. 1. I tried going in and reseting the bios after installing a new battery was what my first post says but in truth your right. my problem started after an update was made to limewire. went to boot the next day and was unable after readining in forums found the battery could be the problem. I pulled the battery and put it back in was able to start up with no problems and then promptly deleted lime wire thinking that might be the cause. Then a month goes by and i get a bios check sum error, the time and dates were wrong after some more reading found a faulty battery would be my problom. replaced the battery and have been unable to boot since. 2. everything is unplugged expect for the power cord, the moniter cable and the keyboard as far as external goes 3. yes everytime i mess with something i will set time and date, then save and exit 4. boot priority is set up just how you describe expect there isn't a fdd 5. hp has the os cd installed onto the computer where your supposed to be able to access. i am not able to. i don't have physical form of os if this is what you are asking 6. after the bios screen goes black but with writing on the bottom: default bios settings have been loaded to due ....says something about pressing enter to mess with set up or let it boot then screen goes black and words appear boot disk failure please put in system disk and press enter..6. now after the bios screen, screen goes black, no writing is displayedAt this time, it seems to indicate the HDD is corrupted. You can test the hard drive & at the same time see if it will boot a CD Since it's a Seagate HD, get the SeaTools ISO to create a bootable CD. http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=seatooldreg&vgnextoid=480bd20cacdec010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD Using MagicISO to make bootable CD http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-make-bootable-cd.htm Since it won't boot from the HD, you may have to do a repair install from the HP Recovery CD's. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=bph07143&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=3708937 F11 at the splash screen will access the Recovery Partition located on the HD. This will reinstall the OS as it was when the computer was shipped. You will lose everything you have installed & all personal files. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00814731&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=3708937&tmp_track_link=ot_search Quote from: Computer_Commando on July 20, 2011, 07:08:25 PM At this time, it seems to indicate the HDD is corrupted. f11 and f9 are dead keys for me. i tried the seatools iso and nothing(well beside the cd drive lighting up) got the black screen on the hp recovery cd's could i use xp's recovery cd's ? i know that would be a downgrade and on this note im kicking myself for not mentioning this earlier could saved us both some time..i took my desktop in couple months ago to a computer shop that was offering free intial computer diagnostics. after they looked at it, they told me that they had tried putting in another hd that they knew worked and had no luck, also had put in a dvd into the cd-rom and got no response as well. The only way around I can see is hooking the Hard drive on a good KNOWN running PC, connect and try reinstalling OS. If Initial Setup was made, Cancel and by then you know who's hardware fault will be. Quote from: jason2074 on July 21, 2011, 12:45:32 AM The only way around I can see is hooking the Hard drive on a good known running PC, connect and try reinstalling OS. If Initial Setup was made, Cancel and by then you know who's hardware fault will be. is there any danger for the person who would let me try hd to their pc ?Try the SeaTools CD you made from the iso on any computer, just to see if the CD functions. It should boot and has the capability to test most all brands. Quote from: Computer_Commando on July 25, 2011, 05:27:12 PM Try the SeaTools CD you made from the iso on any computer, just to see if the CD functions. It should boot and has the capability to test most all brands. tried the cd on my toshiba laptop and was able to boot from it..what's next ?? |
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