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"Failure Imminent" should i continue?
Ok, a few weeks ago, my BIOS chip died, so I ordered a new one.
I have a ASUS P4S533 motherboard (it's like 1 1/2 years old). I started the comp, everything worked, except for the CD and DVD ROMS. Turns out, before I found out it was the BIOS that was dead, I had taken it to a computer store to have it looked at. Without even asking if they could start work on it, they switched a bunch of wires around and never pulgged the power cords back into the CD drives but they DID plug in the floppy, HD, and MB (with the 4 pin rectangular connectors). So I tried to plug them back in. I switched them around to try and get them all to fit into the 2 CD drives, the floppy, the HD, and the MB and couldn't. I then called ASUS and they said that the motherboard had something like EASY power or something (Im not sure) and that I didn't need to have the 4 pin plugged into the MB. So i unplugged it and reset the RAM just incase. I started the comp and got a message that read SMART predicts that a failure is imminent blah blah blah. Now that didnt show up before i switch the wires. Could that be the cause? Should I just hit "f1" and continue? or should I do something else? I WAS fetting a different error before that. it read "failed to write ESCD." So im not really sure what to do here. I've got alot of important crap on there. |
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I started the comp and got a message that read SMART predicts that a failure is imminent blah blah blah. Now that didnt show up before i switch the wires. Could that be the cause? Should I just hit "f1" and continue? or should I do something else? I WAS fetting a different error before that. it read "failed to write ESCD." So im not really sure what to do here. I've got alot of important crap on there. Backup the hard drive IMMEDIATELY. I've had a couple of drives indicate SMART failures. One continued to work for months. One created more and more errors as I continued to use it. And one died COMPLETELY a few weeks after getting the error. It is doubtful that the wires are causing the problem. -- "Outback" Jon Gould | Let those who RIDE, 2003 Kawasaki Concours (wreck)| 1976 Honda CB750F (needs work)| DECIDE. 1972 Yamaha DS7 (project) | | HELMET LAWS SUCK CQ CQ CQ de KC2BNE | ______________________________|___________________ _________ AMD XP 2400+ @ 2180 MHz 768M PC2100 DDR @ 290 MHz Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe 120GB and 40GB Maxtor HD Asus GeForceFX 5600 (330/650) Cornerstone 21" Monitor Sony 52x40x52 CDRW NEC MultiSync 17" Monitor Sony 8X DVD+-RW Nostromo n50 Speedpad http://folding.stanford.edu - got folding? Team 33432 -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Usually, the POST message is separate from the BIOS stuff, although as Paul
so brilliantly put in his excellent post, it may be just a bad power supply. If it *is* your hard drive, and it's out of warranty, I always recommend the user take it apart and sand the disk platters using Coarse sandpaper even it they previously wiped it... can't be too careful. Also, there are two very powerful flat magnets housed in the arm assembly that you could carefully pry out and have a lot of fun with! So even a dead drive can be a source of amusement and fun "Lindsay" wrote in message om... Ok, a few weeks ago, my BIOS chip died, so I ordered a new one. I have a ASUS P4S533 motherboard (it's like 1 1/2 years old). I started the comp, everything worked, except for the CD and DVD ROMS. Turns out, before I found out it was the BIOS that was dead, I had taken it to a computer store to have it looked at. Without even asking if they could start work on it, they switched a bunch of wires around and never pulgged the power cords back into the CD drives but they DID plug in the floppy, HD, and MB (with the 4 pin rectangular connectors). So I tried to plug them back in. I switched them around to try and get them all to fit into the 2 CD drives, the floppy, the HD, and the MB and couldn't. I then called ASUS and they said that the motherboard had something like EASY power or something (Im not sure) and that I didn't need to have the 4 pin plugged into the MB. So i unplugged it and reset the RAM just incase. I started the comp and got a message that read SMART predicts that a failure is imminent blah blah blah. Now that didnt show up before i switch the wires. Could that be the cause? Should I just hit "f1" and continue? or should I do something else? I WAS fetting a different error before that. it read "failed to write ESCD." So im not really sure what to do here. I've got alot of important crap on there. |
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