Any suggestions, please?

Cybe R. Wizard cyber_wizard at mindspring.com
Thu Sep 9 16:57:12 UTC 2010


On Thu, 9 Sep 2010 09:53:13 -0700
rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:

> Hello Basil,
> 
> Thursday, September 9, 2010, 7:02:36 AM, Basil wrote:
> 
> BC> Any ideas, folks?
> 
> Two thoughts. First see if you can see the bios properly, and check
> what it thinks it sees. I recently lost a mobo from a defective
> replacement DVD drive. The bios reported random chrs instead of the
> actual ID for the HD on the box, which was a clue to what caused the
> problem. The HD, when put in another box, was fine, so didn't lose
> anything. Second is is to try to boot from a live DVD or perhaps a
> floppy if it has one.
>
Everyone seems to be missing two things:

1.  His monitor doesn't show /anything/
2.  There is/are no POST code beep(s)

I still want to hear what the CMOS battery replacement does.

Cybe R. Wizard
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