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Tue, 21 Sep 1999 08:02:35 -0700
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Re: BIOS ROM error
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Run Fdisk and see if the main hard drive is set to ACTIVE partition.
That's what it sounds like to me.

> Hi everybody,
>
> (the message is not too long, so if you wish to help, please read it all
> before replying.  thank you)
>
> Yesterday, a customer of mine brought his PC in order to fix a small problem
> in the BIOS (boot sequence and stuff like that).  After I changed the boot
> sequence, I Saved & Exit.  But when the computer rebooted, I got a long Beep
> and two short Beeps, and the computer was no longer booting.  He's got a QDI
> Legend V motherboard, a Trident 9750 4Mb AGP video card, a Pentium II-333
> CPU and 64Mb of SDRAM.

Dale Laluk / [log in to unmask]
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Hudson's Hope, B.C. V0C 1V0
250-783-9921

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