So, after 1 year w/o any problems, our "newer" rig has stopped booting up. We shut it down last night and today, when we go to turn it on, it brings up the POST page.
Shows Main processor
Goes thru Memory test (never did this prior)....then hit [esc]....
Shows mem clock, fsb clock
Detecting IDE drives....
PS/2 Mouse error or no PS/2 mouse present
Nothing at all about SATA drives at all nor DVD drives (IDE)
Hit F1 to continue... (hit F1)
Verifying DMI Pool data......
Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter (we do that and nothing)
Pri Master Disk: None
Pri Slave Disk: None
Comp parts:
XP Pro OS
evga 680i Mobo
6600 dual core
2gig XMS2 Corasir RAM
2 - 320Gig Seagate HDD's.
eta: Tried boot drive (c
on this computer as a slave HDD and it showed up fine, using the cables from the "trouble" rig.
Also, we hooked up each HDD individually from the "trouble" rig, one at a time, and both HDD's showed the above errors. not just the boot drive. Is that normal?
And if this is a HDD died/issue, how the hell can we reinstall windows on the other HDD when it doesn't recognize the DVD drives etc?
Last thing: the mobo's LED codes shows 7F which is: Check POST Error and display them and ask for user intervention.
Now, is this due to the disk boot error or is this telling me there's a problem with the mobo?
Shows Main processor
Goes thru Memory test (never did this prior)....then hit [esc]....
Shows mem clock, fsb clock
Detecting IDE drives....
PS/2 Mouse error or no PS/2 mouse present
Nothing at all about SATA drives at all nor DVD drives (IDE)
Hit F1 to continue... (hit F1)
Verifying DMI Pool data......
Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter (we do that and nothing)
Pri Master Disk: None
Pri Slave Disk: None
Comp parts:
XP Pro OS
evga 680i Mobo
6600 dual core
2gig XMS2 Corasir RAM
2 - 320Gig Seagate HDD's.
eta: Tried boot drive (c
on this computer as a slave HDD and it showed up fine, using the cables from the "trouble" rig.Also, we hooked up each HDD individually from the "trouble" rig, one at a time, and both HDD's showed the above errors. not just the boot drive. Is that normal?
And if this is a HDD died/issue, how the hell can we reinstall windows on the other HDD when it doesn't recognize the DVD drives etc?
Last thing: the mobo's LED codes shows 7F which is: Check POST Error and display them and ask for user intervention.
Now, is this due to the disk boot error or is this telling me there's a problem with the mobo?
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