What error message do you get when the boot fails?


On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Derek Buchanan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Peter,
>     I wouldn't think this is likely, but maybe both IDE channels on
> the board died at once?  I have had one fail and the other keep going.
>  (think HD IDE dies so have to chain both HD and CD drive on same
> cable)  Did you have any power surge problems recently?  When you were
> working with the cables did you take another known good IDE cable and
> try it in the Celeron system that you are having problems with?  It
> could be a cable too, I am just not real clear about what type of
> cable swap you did.  (maybe you just switched from one to another
> already in the case?)
>
> Derek Buchanan
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Anapro <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > My wife's computer stopped booting from the hard disk. It boots from the
> > CDROM just fine, and the hard disk is recognized. I ran FIXBOOT and
> FIXMBR
> > on the HD with no results - still will not boot from the HD. The hard
> disk
> > will boot fine in another machine. Another hard disk will NOT boot in my
> > wife's machine. Switching IDE channels and cables has the same results -
> > boots from CDROM but not the HD.
> >
> > At this point, I concluded that something in the BIOS boot code must have
> > gone bad. Since it is an older Celeron board with only USB 1 capability,
> I
> > have ordered another board, better board. However, I am still curious
> about
> > the symptoms. Anyone have similar experience and any conclusions?
>

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