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?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter Shkabara
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