Pulled everything off the MB except the video card and HD. Still no go.
I even replaced the 40gig HD with a good 20gig, again my supply box, and
still nothing.
Can't get it to do anything.@#@!!!!!!!

Ready to mess with it a while longer then I'll "can it".


"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
Sounds like it. I've got my main machine sitting here on the floor,
getting
in my way, that did the same thing several weeks back. Probably because I
did something to break it (quit working after I plugged in another HD to
recover data. Decided to clean out some dust while I was at it. Wouldn't
boot up, and from there it only got worse.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"L." wrote in message
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Ok, now I've about had it.
Can't even get into BIOS, nothing.
Power on and the unit just sits there with the red light on(usually when
HD
is running), green light not on(power) and monitor showing nothing..

I'm going to turn unit off, disconnect power and then pull battery to
reset
BIOS.
Someone else also suggested a bad MB so I may be fighting an uphill
battle.


"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
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"L." wrote in message
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OK, that's the easy half. What happened to the PNP/PCI Configuration
page?
And Integrated Preipherals?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

Here goes.

PNP/PCI CONFIG.

PNP OS installed: no

OK for now, though you might change it to Yes later on.
Reset config. data: no

I'd try changking this to Yes. It's a one-off setting that gets
executed
during the next startup, causing BIOS to fully redetect and recinfigure
devices. It will say No the next time you look.

VA boot from: agp

IIRC, you're now using a PCI video adapter. Change this to PCI.

PCI vga palette snoop: Disable
PCI slot 1/5 IRQ Pri.: auto
" " 2 " " : auto
" " 3 " " : auto
" " 4 " " : auto
IRQ 3: PCI/Pnp
4: "
5: "
7: "
9: "
10: "
11: "
14: "
15: "

I don't want to get involved in micro-managing IRQs, and it shouldn't
be
necessary if you've stripped the system to minimums and disabled
onboard
sound (see below.)

INTEGRATED PERIF.

Enhanced ATAPI perf.: Disable

Might try enabling this, as it directly affects the CD drive and you're
having trouble with that. I'd try it, anyway.

On board IDE: both
IDE1 cond. cable: auto
IDE2 cond. cable: auto
onboard FDC: auto
onboard serial porta: auto
onboard serail portb: auto
serial portb mode: normal
duplex mode: n/a
onboard parallel port: auto
parallel port mode; ECP
parallel port IRQ: auto
parallel port DMA: auto
ac97 audio: auto
onboard legacy audio: enable

I'd disable audio until you get Windows installed.

soundblaster: disable
sb i/o base address: 220h-22fh
sb irq select: 5
sb dma select: 1
mpu-401 : disable
mpu-401 i/o address: 330h-333h
fm port (388h-38bh): disable
game port(200h-207h): enable

I'd also disable the game controller until Windows has been installed.

Now I have another problem.
Came in this morning, turned on system with floppy in. selected start
with
cdrom support and the system is freezing at:

This driver is provided by Oak Tech., Inc.
OTI-91x ATAPI cd=rom devise driver Rev. D9wv352
copyright-----....
Device name :OEMCD001 (this is where it stopping)

I've tried 3 different cd-roms and switched cables. and checked
master/slave
switches.

Well, if it's not due to a corrupt floppy disk, it unfortunately sounds
like
you may have a broken motherboard. Do you have any bootable CDs? If you
have
access to a CD burner, you can make your own bootable CD version of the
Windows Startup disk.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User