NOT a query: BOOT PROBLEMS, HARDWARE VIEW Community Center by mechbas BOOT PROBLEMS, HARDWARE VIEW This is a general outline as to why machines have boot problems. GENERAL Usually if the system tries to boot…the BIOS. Various problems that arise with hardware usually are prompted by an improper setting and…;School of Hard Knocks". Trained technicians (hardware and software) usually aren't taught customer relations… Unable to boot after Hardware Installation. Hardware and Software Hardware by darthnite Hi all, I changed over my hardware from an existing and running PC to a new casing. … power up the PC, there was only power but no boot, no display. I've checked all connections and am sure… Re: Unable to boot after Hardware Installation. Hardware and Software Hardware by darthnite Interesting, It actually did boot up after replugging the ram and gfx! But it leads to another problem. it keeps restarting right before it enters the windows loading page. It it something to do with the BIOS or CMOS settings? I tried with another HDD and its perfectly ok. perhaps the HDD im using now is cranky? Re: Unable to boot after Hardware Installation. Hardware and Software Hardware by sittas87 Ok this sounds like fun.Coincidently I had the same prob with my personal pc last night. I got it right though. :) enough of me. So tell me darthnite how many HD's do you have connected to you're machine? For now make sure theres only one, the OS HD. pluged in in the first IDE (MASTER), And make you're BOOT choise the MASTER HD. Re: Boot problem Hardware and Software Hardware by JemB boot from xp install disk and select the repair feature. once …, then once done type fixboot enter. this should repair the boot sector see if it boots. then also go into the… Hardware, Software, or neither problem? Hardware and Software Hardware by koosh42 … alternate copy of the registry. Last week I went to boot up as usual and when it was right at the… be broken, especially because the next time I tried to boot, the system hung on the POST screen and I couldn… a computer that seems to be fully functional from a hardware standpoint. Two different hard drives, one with an old installation… Re: hardware challenge-No operating system Hardware and Software Hardware by BuggZ … but still have the hard drive as the first boot device you will receive this error. You will need… to change the boot sequence in the BIOS and select the CD as …the first boot device. Once that is done, if your CD … a controller problem you should be able to boot and load the OS. hardware challenge-No operating system Hardware and Software Hardware by sunshinedaydrea …. Can't find a way to boot. Interesating thing is I also tried to boot from an exterrnal CD Drive and the… perhaps but no way to tell without being able to boot. Anyone??? Re: Boot sector keeps failing. Hardware and Software Hardware by Chaky …(?). I wouldn't think bad RAM would corrupt the boot sector, but who knows. These intermitant problems are hard…for 2 weeks, and then crash, with a bad boot sector. Sometimes just fixing the MBR with a bootable … by BIOS boot settings. It can only be caused by some incompatibilities between HD and chipset/motherboard, hardware failure, malicious… Boot issues.. the 3 day deadline Hardware and Software Hardware by pelmen … after a few months Windows XP would simply refuse to boot. However, new install of XP, even just adding another copy… confident enough that it's not related to all the hardware I've replaced, but I have no idea what's… Boot Problems after bios update Hardware and Software Hardware by Jean-Philippe … did a bios update because he had problems that the hardware was not working stable, no soundcard, very slowly running. So… hear it booting but the screen stays black. Even the boot Label of Acer is not showing up. So I thought… boot up problem Hardware and Software Hardware by girthyboy … and built my new system, yet I am unable to boot from my Windows XP Pro CD. It is a legit… boot up CD, not burned. [u]System specs:[/u] Antec 1200 … get the error: ‘Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press any key’ [u]My… Re: Boot issues.. the 3 day deadline Hardware and Software Hardware by kc0arf … grief with that computer. You have changed a number of hardware items, and have re-tried the software. You haven't… Re: Boot issues.. the 3 day deadline Hardware and Software Hardware by BuggZ … if it is failing after it gets warm. You can boot from a Knoppix CD and type "memtest" at… Boot problem Hardware and Software Hardware by 3dward5 … a year or so,but just recently he has had boot problems, so while i look into it i thought i… another 30secs it searches for a boot record from floppy, then just says boot failure, Insert BOOT diskette in A: press any key… Re: Boot problem Hardware and Software Hardware by Flesh I take it you never made a boot disk ? thats gonna be a tough fix. That happend to me one time but I got lucky and fixed it and saved all my stuff..if your not worried about the lose of things you have on it.I would put the cd in and put a fresh copy of what ever window's you where running..or use the CD and try to repair the boot sector Re: Boot sector keeps failing. Hardware and Software Hardware by Chaky …'s in BIOS (you'll still have them in windows) - boot to windows should be : - shut down PC - plug in second… HD in BIOS (you'll still have it in windows) - boot to windows I thought, for no apparent reason, that you… not be concerned with it. If your PC wouldn't boot after file copying, try enabling the HD in BIOS. Otherwise… Re: Boot sector keeps failing. Hardware and Software Hardware by ATF … want to watch all the reruns), is the 250gb would boot with a fresh format and XP installation, but would regularly…). Same problem. XP CD says "press a key to boot CD", then "checking drive config", and nothing… doornail, and this Dell has HD diagnostics available before a boot. Like the BIOS, they also see the drive ID, but… Hardware Malfunction Hardware and Software Hardware by dspatola I just bought a refurbished Toshiba Tecra 9000 Laptop. It works fine except when I try to use it on battery power. When I try to boot it with batter power I receive this message: NMI: Channel Check / IOCHK . Anyone have an idea on this? The battery charges but as I say it will not operate on battery power. Thanks! Boot hang on TP T20 Hardware and Software Hardware by rejchrt … on ThinkPad T20 [2647-86G], I have changed the Intel boot agent driver [intlbtaq.exe, ver. 4.0.17] without properly… newer ThinkPad BIOS versions, or the ThinkPad may hang on boot." I had the old TP BIOS driver and it… Re: Hardware Malfunction Hardware and Software Hardware by ely0569 … to use it on battery power. When I try to boot it with batter power I receive this message: NMI: Channel… Boot sector keeps failing. Hardware and Software Hardware by ATF … 2 months to the day and suddenly it wouldn't boot. The Win XP installation disk seemed like it was repairing… have an idea as to how I might get that boot sector straightened out so I won't have to obliterate… Re: Boot sector keeps failing. Hardware and Software Hardware by ATF Thhis time the XP format finished, and XP copied out files to the HD. It won't boot the XP installation CD, removing the CD states, [I]there is a read error.[/I] So, I am stuck again. The last thing setup says is checking the system configuration if I choose to boot off the CD. I'm staring at a blank black screen. Re: Boot sector keeps failing. Hardware and Software Hardware by ATF … after formatting and copying out Win XP files, won't boot. It now remains dead as I can't get back… get as far as "checking configuration" if I boot off the CD and it then sits on a blank… Re: Boot sector keeps failing. Hardware and Software Hardware by Chaky …". Without "active" mark your PC couldn't boot from that partition regardless if it is NTFS, FAT16, FAT32…'s in BIOS (you'll still have them in windows) - boot to windows Try this, might just work. Re: Boot sector keeps failing. Hardware and Software Hardware by ATF … only thing that changed was the replacement of the primary boot drive, and that's been the only one in the… these crazy failures and reformats until it started clicking on boot up one day. Even then, it worked for a time… Re: Boot sector keeps failing. Hardware and Software Hardware by Chaky … fails.. it writes something wrong.. and if it is in boot sector, it's format time. Also power failure with HD… bad sector appears in the "system area" or boot sector you can throw the thing away for it can… boot problems with Dell Inspiron 5000 Hardware and Software Hardware by JohnV … replaced with a larger drive. When the system did recently boot it stayed up long enough for the new disk to… to see if it had a problem. Back to no boot and a double beep. I would appreciate any suggestions anyone… Re: boot problems after BIOS update Hardware and Software Hardware by Chaky … floppy and insert it in a problematic PC and boot. It should automatically boot from floppy and flash the BIOS. Keep in… /R /B /E /-G That will make it flash the boot block, making it more risky of permanent BIOS damage. If… Re: Boot sector keeps failing. Hardware and Software Hardware by Davepl … controller(?). I wouldn't think bad RAM would corrupt the boot sector, but who knows. These intermitant problems are hard to… work for 2 weeks, and then crash, with a bad boot sector. Sometimes just fixing the MBR with a bootable utility…