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Old July 13th 05, 07:49 PM
Simon Woods
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Hi

I'm trying to sort out a friends old pc. They've been running WinME on it.
Recently it has stopped working. They haven't put in new hardware or changed
anything. It just has stopped working. They've brought it round and when I
boot up from either the hard disk or the CD nothing is recognised. I've
opened it up and pushed in all connections. Still no good.

I've been into BIOS and it says there are no hard drives. When I try and
boot up from the OEM CD recovery disk it fails saying I should put in a
bootable disk. The CD looks fine

I have managed to boot up from a floppy but again nothing else is
recognised.

So ... it is likely that it has had it and is now destined for it's final
resting place (that is, becoming a linux server ;0))

Thanks in advance

Simon


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Old July 13th 05, 08:04 PM
Rick T
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Simon Woods wrote:
Hi

I'm trying to sort out a friends old pc. They've been running WinME on it.
Recently it has stopped working. They haven't put in new hardware or changed
anything. It just has stopped working. They've brought it round and when I
boot up from either the hard disk or the CD nothing is recognised. I've
opened it up and pushed in all connections. Still no good.

I've been into BIOS and it says there are no hard drives. When I try and
boot up from the OEM CD recovery disk it fails saying I should put in a
bootable disk. The CD looks fine

I have managed to boot up from a floppy but again nothing else is
recognised.

So ... it is likely that it has had it and is now destined for it's final
resting place (that is, becoming a linux server ;0))


because of course linux servers don't require boot devices


Simple testing (requires cracking the case):

power:

move the HD power leads onto the floppy and see if it will spin up.

signal:

move the IDE cable to the other connector on the MB; still no joy then
switch out the cable.


Rick



Thanks in advance

Simon


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Old July 13th 05, 08:14 PM
Noel Paton
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It sounds to me as if the IDE channels have either been disabled, or are
dead
This means either trying the HD in another machine to test it - or buying an
add-on IDE card to test it.
Your choice - but I'd try the second machine first (if you're happy with the
idea), then cough up maybe $20 for an IDE card from a reputable
manufacturer.


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"Simon Woods" wrote in message
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Hi

I'm trying to sort out a friends old pc. They've been running WinME on
it.
Recently it has stopped working. They haven't put in new hardware or
changed
anything. It just has stopped working. They've brought it round and when I
boot up from either the hard disk or the CD nothing is recognised. I've
opened it up and pushed in all connections. Still no good.

I've been into BIOS and it says there are no hard drives. When I try and
boot up from the OEM CD recovery disk it fails saying I should put in a
bootable disk. The CD looks fine

I have managed to boot up from a floppy but again nothing else is
recognised.

So ... it is likely that it has had it and is now destined for it's final
resting place (that is, becoming a linux server ;0))

Thanks in advance

Simon




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Old July 14th 05, 07:26 AM
Simon Woods
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"Rick T" wrote in message
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Simon Woods wrote:
Hi

I'm trying to sort out a friends old pc. They've been running WinME on

it.
Recently it has stopped working. They haven't put in new hardware or

changed
anything. It just has stopped working. They've brought it round and when

I
boot up from either the hard disk or the CD nothing is recognised. I've
opened it up and pushed in all connections. Still no good.

I've been into BIOS and it says there are no hard drives. When I try and
boot up from the OEM CD recovery disk it fails saying I should put in a
bootable disk. The CD looks fine

I have managed to boot up from a floppy but again nothing else is
recognised.

So ... it is likely that it has had it and is now destined for it's

final
resting place (that is, becoming a linux server ;0))


because of course linux servers don't require boot devices


and can fit on a 1.44mb floppy ...


Thanks Rick and Noel

Simon



 




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