I built this computer two years ago, and I've had no problems with it up till now. I just flipped it on one day, and I noticed that it was detecting my RAM very slowly. Usually it's instantaneous, but now it's counting RAM in 4 MB increments. Then I got the following message: Serial Presence Detect Device Data Missing or Inconclusive.
It's a 866 mhz PIII w/ 133 FSB, stock cooling, not OC'd, a stick of 128mb 133 mhz SDRAM, a stick of 256mb 133 mhz SDRAM, a 20 GB IBM Deskstar 7200 rpm drive, etc etc. It's not merely an annoyance, either. The error does not allow the computer to boot.
I read somewhere that this is possibly a HD problem, but I don't think it is in this case, because I put the HD in my new computer, and it functioned flawlessly. I thought it might've been a mobo issue, but I bought a new one and it says the same thing. I toyed with my RAM a little, taking one stick out and trying it. Nothing works. Anyone else got any ideas?
It's a 866 mhz PIII w/ 133 FSB, stock cooling, not OC'd, a stick of 128mb 133 mhz SDRAM, a stick of 256mb 133 mhz SDRAM, a 20 GB IBM Deskstar 7200 rpm drive, etc etc. It's not merely an annoyance, either. The error does not allow the computer to boot.
I read somewhere that this is possibly a HD problem, but I don't think it is in this case, because I put the HD in my new computer, and it functioned flawlessly. I thought it might've been a mobo issue, but I bought a new one and it says the same thing. I toyed with my RAM a little, taking one stick out and trying it. Nothing works. Anyone else got any ideas?
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