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Computer Boots and Locks Up after 5 Seconds or so (Also, Boot Floppy Disk Issues)...
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Dear All, I am having a problem trying to start up my computer. I start it up and it properly performs POST. Since I do not have an operating system on the drive as of yet I insert a bootable CD-ROM into the drive. The computer reads the drive and then after five seconds of loading the then stops. I then have to restart the computer since I cannot do anything else. If I insert a floppy disk and start the system with that I get crazy error messages which is different for each type of bootable floppy drive I put in. For example, when I use the Symantec Ghost 7 Network Ghost Boot Disk I get errors like "Cannot Find PCINET", "Unable to Load Protocol Manager", etc, etc. and if I insert a Windows 98 Boot Disk I get similar cannot find file errors. I know that the floppy drive is working because I put it into a working system and everything is fine. The same thing goes for the floppy disks that I used. I replaced the CMOS battery since that solved a similar problem that I had before but I still have the same problem. Does anyone have any questions, comments, or solutions that I should check? Thank you very much for your time and consideration in this matter. Sincerely, Christopher Koeber -----= Posted via Newsfeed.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeed.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== 100,000 Groups! - 19 Servers! - Unlimited Download! =----- |
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"Christopher Kurtis Koeber" wrote in message ...
*** post for FREE via your newsreader at post.newsfeed.com *** Dear All, I am having a problem trying to start up my computer. I start it up and it properly performs POST. Since I do not have an operating system on the drive as of yet I insert a bootable CD-ROM into the drive. The computer reads the drive and then after five seconds of loading the then stops. I then have to restart the computer since I cannot do anything else. If I insert a floppy disk and start the system with that I get crazy error messages which is different for each type of bootable floppy drive I put in. For example, when I use the Symantec Ghost 7 Network Ghost Boot Disk I get errors like "Cannot Find PCINET", "Unable to Load Protocol Manager", etc, etc. and if I insert a Windows 98 Boot Disk I get similar cannot find file errors. I know that the floppy drive is working because I put it into a working system and everything is fine. The same thing goes for the floppy disks that I used. I replaced the CMOS battery since that solved a similar problem that I had before but I still have the same problem. Does anyone have any questions, comments, or solutions that I should check? Thank you very much for your time and consideration in this matter. Sincerely, Christopher Koeber You've probably checked this before, but FWIW, is your CPU fan running ? Also, have you tried reseating or substituting your RAM ? I've had some memory sticks pass the Quick POST and then produce random errors booting up. Some just needed a firm reseating or cleaning of the contacts, others had to be replaced. You could try running Memtest86. -----= Posted via Newsfeed.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeed.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== 100,000 Groups! - 19 Servers! - Unlimited Download! =----- |
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