My parent's PC has been having a multitude of problems as of late, beginning with their motherboard failing, and Windows BSODing on boot with the replacement motherboard. Because of this, I brought their hard drive into my room and backed everything up.
I hooked the hard drive up to their computer again, connected the CD-RW, etc, and when I turn it on, the hard drive is not detected. So, I try a multitude of IDE cables and jumper settings, and finally, with the right combination, I get the hard drive detected. Good. I then add the CD-RW to the mix. Immediately, the system fails to POST. It turns on, but the screen remains black. So, I pull the power and IDE cable from the hard drive, try a multitude of cables with the CD-RW, and try as I might I cannot get the machine to POST. I then remove the power supply cable and IDE cable from the CD-RW, and the system turns on. Occasionally as well, when the machine will not POST, I remove the power supply cable that connects to the motherboard and place it again, and it boots.
I pulled a 350w Antec power supply from my PC and placed it in theres. The exact same problem occured. I took these pictures of the BIOS while I was using the computer though, and I noticed some definite graphical corruption:
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Thanks a lot. By the way, the machine's specs are: Athlon XP 1700+, 256 MB Crucial PC2700, Biostar M7NCD, 20 GB Maxtor, 40x CD-RW, 32 MB Geforce 2 MX, 350w Allied power supply.
I hooked the hard drive up to their computer again, connected the CD-RW, etc, and when I turn it on, the hard drive is not detected. So, I try a multitude of IDE cables and jumper settings, and finally, with the right combination, I get the hard drive detected. Good. I then add the CD-RW to the mix. Immediately, the system fails to POST. It turns on, but the screen remains black. So, I pull the power and IDE cable from the hard drive, try a multitude of cables with the CD-RW, and try as I might I cannot get the machine to POST. I then remove the power supply cable and IDE cable from the CD-RW, and the system turns on. Occasionally as well, when the machine will not POST, I remove the power supply cable that connects to the motherboard and place it again, and it boots.
I pulled a 350w Antec power supply from my PC and placed it in theres. The exact same problem occured. I took these pictures of the BIOS while I was using the computer though, and I noticed some definite graphical corruption:
Picture 1
Picture 2
Thanks a lot. By the way, the machine's specs are: Athlon XP 1700+, 256 MB Crucial PC2700, Biostar M7NCD, 20 GB Maxtor, 40x CD-RW, 32 MB Geforce 2 MX, 350w Allied power supply.
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