Can't use my own comp!!!

  • Thread starter Thread starter Fishman
  • Start date Start date
  • Replies Replies 41
  • Views Views 6K
OK then it sounds like a hardware problem. That I would not try to mess with. Although hardware problems are the easiest to fix it is difficult to try to explain how to trouble shoot them and that can end up breaking something that isn't broken.

It is most likely something very simple like a disconnected cable
 
Woodrow said:
OK then it sounds like a hardware problem. That I would not try to mess with. Although hardware problems are the easiest to fix it is difficult to try to explain how to trouble shoot them and that can end up breaking something that isn't broken.

It is most likely something very simple like a disconnected cable
Click to expand...
:sl:
Well, none of the cables at the back are disconected. If it is it's something inside the machine.
:w:
 
Fishman said:
:sl:
Well, none of the cables at the back are disconected. If it is it's something inside the machine.
:w:
Click to expand...

My suspicions will be in this order:

Loose cable to the HDD

Faulty Mother board battery (almost unheard of on PC's less than 5 years old)

Faulty or loose video card

Faulty or two small power supply. (sometimes the original power supply transformer is the minimum for the PC and with a little age it will no longer power everything)
 
Woodrow said:
My suspicions will be in this order:

Loose cable to the HDD

Faulty Mother board battery (almost unheard of on PC's less than 5 years old)

Faulty or loose video card

Faulty or two small power supply. (sometimes the original power supply transformer is the minimum for the PC and with a little age it will no longer power everything)
Click to expand...
:sl:
I have no battery power left in my computer, and I'm pretty sure it's more that five years old. The tower is a 98 tower that's been upgaded.
:w:
 
Fishman said:
:sl:
I have no battery power left in my computer, and I'm pretty sure it's more that five years old. The tower is a 98 tower that's been upgaded.
:w:
Click to expand...

That is most likely it. the big problem now is you may need the set up cd for the Mother board when you put in a new battery. Do you know what type mother board you have?

If not do you know the brand and model of the PC and about what year it was made?
 
:sl:
I think it's also suspicious that this is the first time I've switched the computer off by the socket since I got the new hard drive.
:w:
 
When did you put in the new HDD? Let us go back to zAk original suspicion. A loose HDD connection realy does make the most sense. You need to check both ends. The end at the Mother Board is often difficult to get in securly and that seems to be the end that often gets loose.
 
Woodrow said:
When did you put in the new HDD? Let us go back to zAk original suspicion. A loose HDD connection realy does make the most sense. You need to check both ends. The end at the Mother Board is often difficult to get in securly and that seems to be the end that often gets loose.
Click to expand...
:sl:
About a week ago I think. But both of the hard drives are detected by the computer.

It still tells me to insert the book disk.
:w:
 
Fishman said:
:sl:
About a week ago I think. But both of the hard drives are detected by the computer.

It still tells me to insert the book disk.
:w:
Click to expand...

when you upgraded to XP did you get a disk and do you still have it? If not do you still have the old 98 install disk?
 
do you have a floppy drive on both PC's and 6 blank floppies
 
Woodrow said:
You will need six floppies and go to this link:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310994
Click to expand...
:sl:
I may have to wait until my dad returns before I can do this, I'm cautious about downloading things on my own computer let alone my dad's.

Just curious, Isn't it really early or really late in America at the moment? I used to go on this other forum, and all the American users would only be on in the afternoon.
:w:
 
:sl:
Which battery powers the clock? Whenever I switch the computer off at the socket switch, the clock goes back to october 2002.
:w:
 
i've found this to be a solution to 'no drive' showing on the black screen startup

if all above/else fails...turn off pc..remove side cover to access hard drive..

check your belt/ribbon from the motherboard to the hardrive...(should be a grey colour..wide)...carefully pull it off the back of the hard drive, (has a lot of holes for tiny pins)...then push it back on evenly and firmly, same with power one next to it..check all other external leads and plugs into pc..
close everything up and restart pc..

some times pc's get moved about a bit and knocked or things can be thrown at them...hope it helps anyway
 
The chances of CMOS or Control Battery being damaged is not very high. But you can check it anyway. An easy way of doing so is by:
Setting a date and time in BIOS, saving settings and then switching off your computer completely and unplugging any powere sources (mains power), but leave the batter in. wait 24 hours and 2 minutes and then switch your computer on.
Now go to BIOS and check the time, if it is correct, then there's nothing wrong with your battery, because reserve control power only last for 24 hours exactly on a standard system. If the time is reset, you will need to replace your battery with a new one.

If Battery is OK, it maybe that your computer stopped starting up only after you plugged in your new hard disk; in which case, there maybe an issue of compatibility, a loose connection, or both HDDs are set to Master, in which case you need to:
Unplug the new hard disk and you will find a removeable circuit connection device, which is a small piece of plastic with a wire (a jumper). You will see that it says M, S, C/CL or it maybe written in complete wording, the one you need to place this "jumper" on is "S" or "Slave".
Your computer should start up as normal Insha-Allah.

If none of the above works, then make sure you do post what's going on, because it's not a major problem like people make it out to be.
 

Similar Threads

Back
Top