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Answer» I would try a totally different optical drive than the ones you have...providing the CD is in good shape.if you can, try installing the OS on the HD using a completely different computer. remove the all the hard drives from the different computer first to avoid accidently formatting a good hard drive. This will rule out the motherboard.I can then move the HDD back to the old computer and it should boot up fine?Quote from: viperx45 on December 19, 2008, 09:47:03 PM if you can, try installing the OS on the HD using a completely different computer. remove the all the hard drives from the different computer first to avoid accidently formatting a good hard drive. This will rule out the motherboard. Or you could obtain diagnostic SOFTWARE for the motherboard such as PCcheck... Quote from: viperx45 on December 19, 2008, 09:47:03 PM if you can, try installing the OS on the HD using a completely different computer. remove the all the hard drives from the different computer first to avoid accidently formatting a good hard drive. This will rule out the motherboard.So if I completely install the OS on another mobo/system and then reinstall into the original system it should boot correctly? Or are you saying I should do the install just to see if it works, but I will have to wipe/reinstall the OS when I reinstall the HDD into the original system? JesseQuote from: orion_134 on December 07, 2008, 05:10:15 PM Background: Computer was given to me working (but before I got it). Owner complained of a no boot situation after a night of power surges at home which cause inumerable reboots. The owner had a suppressed Blue Screen of Death...most likely zapped something. Quote Owner REMOVED primary hd (with OS) and sold it, gave me the rest. Took it to a computer shop to reassemble and get it ready for me to install new OS. They reset BIOS to default and gave it back. ...they didn't even test it further? Why am I not surprised? Quote Problem: Computer boots from cd and loads the preliminary files to the RAM for starting setup, once I click ENTER to install XP (from the screen that allows user to decide on what type of installation) it then says please wait... on the bottom and times out. The "Please wait" part is the time where the text mode installer searches for previous installations of Windows and checks all accessible drives. At that point, it could be: 1) Bad hard drive. 2) Bad FLOPPY drive (if ONE is present). 3) Bad floppy disk if there is one inside the drive. 4) Bad CD-ROM drive. 5) Bad installation disc. 6) Bad IDE controller on motherboard 7) Bad motherboard... Quote Attempted solutions: Removed HD and installed as slave in good computer (using cable select), ran scandisk, reformatted, and stored a few things on the HD to make sure it accepts them and opens them. Everything seems ok. Eliminates #1. Quote Setup:[/quote] Eliminates #2 and #3. Quote from: patio on December 19, 2008, 09:28:19 PM I would try a totally different optical drive than the ones you have...providing the CD is in good shape. Doing this would eliminate #4 and/or #5. Try that next.Will do, going to try to find someone who will loan me one and I'll give it a whirl. Thanks for everyone's help, JesseTried a different optical drive and it made it all the way to the partition screen, I decided for 4 gb to partition and clicked begin partition and it went to the status screen and froze up with a black box and an L next to it (again, just a random symbol)... JesseAt this point i would borrow a known good PSU of the same wattage or greater and swap it in there... This may not be the issue but it will eliminate a suspect. NOTE: If you are installing XP that partition size is a bit stingy i would say. If this produces no joy-joy then i would test the RAM and the HDD in that order. MemTest for the RAM HDD manuf. utility for the drive.Just for GP...could this be caused by cables? JesseQuote from: patio on December 23, 2008, 03:44:44 PM NOTE: If you are installing XP that partition size is a bit stingy i would say.Definitely too small. You should go with about about 15 gigs to give you some breathing room, so to speak. Quote from: orion_134 on December 23, 2008, 07:14:07 PM Just for GP...could this be caused by cables?Only one way to find out. |
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