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It does not boot to where I can get into the bios although the light on the
DVD does come on.
Nothing comes up on the monitor.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Kukral" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Old Compaq SWV285
> When you say that the computer "refuses to boot" do you mean that It will
> not load Windows or that it will not boot to where you can
> not even get into the BIOS? (If you can get to the BIOS, then,
> technically, the computer has "booted.") Does something come up on
> the monitor?
>
> If you can't get to the BIOS, then you may have serious hardware problems,
> which will be difficult to track down unless you get a
> beep code.
>
> If you can get to the BIOS, then see if the hard disk is being recognized.
> Also, is the DVD recognized? If they are not, then you
> need to check to see if their jumpers are set correctly and, perhaps,
> replace the ribbon cables with different ones. I use plural
> here because it will be easier to troubleshoot if the hard drive and DVD
> are on different connectors. You can get the proper jumper
> settings from the web site of the hard drive's manufacturer.
>
> Have you gone through and made sure that all the BIOS are set correctly?
> (Do you know how to do this?) It is possible that they
> were reset to the default values, which might be inappropriate. (I had a
> computer a few years ago that would not run with the
> default BIOS settings!)
>
> If the BIOS are set correctly and the hard drive and DVD are jumpered
> correctly, then you should be able to get the DVD to load and
> run unless there is a hardware problem somewhere.
>
> Let us know your progress...
>
> Dean Kukral
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Al Welch" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 3:23 PM
> Subject: [PCBUILD] Old Compaq SWV285
>
>
> Trying to revamp a used computer for a friend with very little money (so
> this will be a freebee if I can make it work)
>
> The hard drive went bad. Have several old HD's and installed one.
>
> The computer refuses to boot even from an XP Home installation disk in the
> DVD drive.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Al Welch [log in to unmask]
>
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