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Sam |
posted on 27th Nov 11 at 20:19 |
CPUs rarely fail in my opinion. It's usually PSU, RAM or HDD in that order when it comes to power related issues. | |
csweatherston |
posted on 27th Nov 11 at 09:43 |
I would also be sceptical about it being the hdd - from an internet diagnosis. | |
Ian W |
posted on 27th Nov 11 at 00:17 |
quote: Yep, I agree. Can't see how the hdd is at fault when its attempting to boot, have you tried booting in safe mode? | |
kazazza |
posted on 26th Nov 11 at 23:42 |
quote: Oh ok, in that case, have you got a spare CMOS battery? I once had this problem with a customers PC, and after swapping that, it worked.... not saying you have the same problem, but a CMOS battery is only pennies, so might be worth a try? | |
Brett |
posted on 26th Nov 11 at 19:20 |
Sceptical myself tbh | |
MarkSport |
posted on 26th Nov 11 at 18:33 |
quote: brilliant mate, sounds about right :) | |
csweatherston |
posted on 26th Nov 11 at 14:21 |
I had a dell in the other day for repair, that was the hdd..Symptoms were the same, power cut - no boot. | |
Rob E |
posted on 26th Nov 11 at 13:49 |
My dell laptop refused to install xp without them. It is an old copy of XP media centre though | |
John |
posted on 26th Nov 11 at 12:12 |
Depends on the motherboard/controller, I've not needed the drivers in a long time. | |
Rob E |
posted on 26th Nov 11 at 12:09 |
If your going to install XP on a sata drive, make sure you have the sata drivers to hand too. If you google "Streamline sata xp install" it will tell you all you need to know :thumbs: | |
MarkSport |
posted on 26th Nov 11 at 11:51 |
Yeah I put boot from cd as first optin mate, still no good. tried running a windows cd and it's having none of it :( | |
Brett |
posted on 26th Nov 11 at 10:59 |
I assume you've been into the bios and set it to boot form CD? Sounds to me like you just need to repair windows. Yes, something could be causing a conflict and make it blue screen like fault ram etc as said, but I very much doubt the HDD is knackered. | |
MarkSport |
posted on 26th Nov 11 at 10:43 |
How much do you charge sam? I could possibly bring it over as you're not too far away. just to make it clear, it wont boot from a cd or anything. it comes on, goes as far as the black screen with "start windows normally, in safe mode or last known command that worked" after clicking any of them it restarts | |
kazazza |
posted on 25th Nov 11 at 00:26 |
I once had this kind of thing happen to me while using Linux when the power went out... I think if you cut the power while the hard drive is in use it can mess things up... | |
Sam |
posted on 24th Nov 11 at 22:15 |
Your hard drive is probably OK. | |
Brett |
posted on 24th Nov 11 at 21:31 |
So because the computer tries to boot and then blue screens he's diagnosed it as a faulty HDD :boggle: | |
MarkSport |
posted on 24th Nov 11 at 21:20 |
Hi All |