Solve : No boot whatsoever?

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Answer» So, the other day I was burning a cd, and my computer completely froze. At first I was like ok cool whatever restart, but it kept HAPPENING and I didn[ch8217]t have this problem Saturday and it has been almost a week with no avail, at first I could turn it on and off a few times, and it would load, get through the boot and freeze, but now I cant even get on, and I cant boot from my XP cd to do a OS repair. Its not a great computer it has 512 ram, 2.6 Ghz, and a Nvidia (sorry if I spelled it wrong) G-force graphics card, a Seagate HD with 160 gb, and an Audigy 2 ZS SOUND card. I recently added the sound card and cathode lighting and a 320 gb hard drive, and everything was working fine when I put it in. Any ideas on how to fix it or even what the problem is would be greatly appreciated. Mr.Paul..... The addition of the extra hard drive, sound card as well as the lighting , may be too much additional load for the power supply ........ I would consider replacing it with one of a higher wattage rating . Lets SEE if some of our other knowledgeable members agree . dl65 Let's find out the make, wattage and age of the PSU.250 watt max, newton power ltdYou need a new, quality make power supply greater than 350 w. (more would be better). Think Antec and newegg.com This supposes you have a standard size ATX mount and connector. What is the computer/motherboard make and model. I fear you are going to say HP or eMachine. its a gateway THANK you, i salvaged it out of the trash, however i think i found the problem, while i was looking for the brand on the motherboard it came to my attention that a cord connecting my heatsink to my motherboard was unattached, so i guess i owe you thanks, and i will look into an upgrade. ill look into it a little more and if it wasnt the problem i will post back. Thank You.Forget that, the problem is still there...I went to Frys and purchased a 400wt raidMAX and yet the problem is still occuring. I think it might be something wiht the hard drive. Any new opinions?Mr.Paul.... Quote I think it might be something wiht the hard drive. And you think this because ? dl65 well i dont get like a boot screen it goes directly from blank to a blinking "_" and when i turn off the computer the hard drive makes a odd click that i havent ever heard. And it may be the mother board, i dont honestly know, when i unplug the master hd i get the same screen no recognition that the master is missing. But if you have an idea i would be very appreciative of any ideas.Unhook the hard drive totally and see if it boots from a floppy. Or even better try a Linux LiveCD. www.knoppix.com or www.slax.orgI havent tried to install them yet, but are th.ey iso files, and if so how an i burn the image on a disk with windows.http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=how+to+burn+ISOthanks, ill try thatIt's pretty easy, as you see, with Magic ISO. If you have Nero, that will do it also.

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So, the other day I was burning a cd, and my computer completely froze. At first I was like ok cool whatever restart, but it kept HAPPENING and I didn[ch8217]t have this problem Saturday and it has been almost a week with no avail, at first I could turn it on and off a few times, and it would load, get through the boot and freeze, but now I cant even get on, and I cant boot from my XP cd to do a OS repair. Its not a great computer it has 512 ram, 2.6 Ghz, and a Nvidia (sorry if I spelled it wrong) G-force graphics card, a Seagate HD with 160 gb, and an Audigy 2 ZS SOUND card. I recently added the sound card and cathode lighting and a 320 gb hard drive, and everything was working fine when I put it in. Any ideas on how to fix it or even what the problem is would be greatly appreciated. Mr.Paul..... The addition of the extra hard drive, sound card as well as the lighting , may be too much additional load for the power supply ........ I would consider replacing it with one of a higher wattage rating .
Lets SEE if some of our other knowledgeable members agree .

dl65 Let's find out the make, wattage and age of the PSU.250 watt max, newton power ltdYou need a new, quality make power supply greater than 350 w. (more would be better). Think Antec and newegg.com

This supposes you have a standard size ATX mount and connector. What is the computer/motherboard make and model. I fear you are going to say HP or eMachine. its a gateway THANK you, i salvaged it out of the trash, however i think i found the problem, while i was looking for the brand on the motherboard it came to my attention that a cord connecting my heatsink to my motherboard was unattached, so i guess i owe you thanks, and i will look into an upgrade. ill look into it a little more and if it wasnt the problem i will post back.
Thank You.Forget that, the problem is still there...I went to Frys and purchased a 400wt raidMAX and yet the problem is still occuring. I think it might be something wiht the hard drive. Any new opinions?Mr.Paul.... Quote

I think it might be something wiht the hard drive.

And you think this because ?

dl65 well i dont get like a boot screen it goes directly from blank to a blinking "_" and when i turn off the computer the hard drive makes a odd click that i havent ever heard. And it may be the mother board, i dont honestly know, when i unplug the master hd i get the same screen no recognition that the master is missing. But if you have an idea i would be very appreciative of any ideas.Unhook the hard drive totally and see if it boots from a floppy. Or even better try a Linux LiveCD.

www.knoppix.com

or

www.slax.orgI havent tried to install them yet, but are th.ey iso files, and if so how an i burn the image on a disk with windows.http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=how+to+burn+ISOthanks, ill try thatIt's pretty easy, as you see, with Magic ISO. If you have Nero, that will do it also.

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