Computer Help

**Firefight** · 20th August 2006, 15:24

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

I dont pay for it hence

yeah,

but us tax payers do, dammed defence force budget !

F/F

**sAsLEX** · 20th August 2006, 15:56

Originally Posted by Firefight

yeah,

but us tax payers do, dammed defence force budget !

F/F

Actually get from another source, but you prob pay for it from there anyways

**dhunt** · 20th August 2006, 17:04

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

Computer is stalling on start up at the detecting IDE drives line on start up!
I haven't done anything to it and just wont start.

Any ideas?

Unplug cables to hard disk and plug them in again. Also do the same at the mother board end. And unplug any cdrom drives etc and leave unplugged. See if it boots then.

Sounds like the bios has mucked up (low battery) or hard drive is dying/or mother board. Try reseting bios to defaults and see if that works.

If it still doesn't work try it in another computer to decide it is hard disk or mother board. If it works make a backup of everything just in case you loose it.

**sAsLEX** · 20th August 2006, 17:07

Originally Posted by dhunt

Unplug cables to hard disk and plug them in again. Also do the same at the mother board end. And unplug any cdrom drives etc and leave unplugged. See if it boots then.

Sounds like the bios has mucked up (low battery) or hard drive is dying/or mother board. Try reseting bios to defaults and see if that works.

If it still doesn't work try it in another computer to decide it is hard disk or mother board. If it works make a backup of everything just in case you loose it.

I found it at that screen after leaving it leaching torrents all day, but that was going to a slave HD.......

I see 250GB is now only $130 so thats not too bad if I do need a new one, but thats a lot of petrol, oil and filters that the bike needs!

**sAsLEX** · 20th August 2006, 18:38

Well reset the CMOS/ BIOS thingy with the jumper when I opened the case and tried that and it "fixed" it

**dhunt** · 20th August 2006, 18:52

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

Well reset the CMOS/ BIOS thingy with the jumper when I opened the case and tried that and it "fixed" it

Cool - could be the cmos battery is on the way out - you might need to replace it sometime.

**sAsLEX** · 20th August 2006, 19:15

Originally Posted by dhunt

Cool - could be the cmos battery is on the way out - you might need to replace it sometime.

ok, has done something similar before so that could be the

**GR81** · 20th August 2006, 21:09

"have you tried turning it off then on again?"
-IT Crowd

i cant be assed reading other peoples replies but...

try reseting the bios

**John Banks** · 21st August 2006, 17:06

Originally Posted by GR81

"have you tried turning it off then on again?"
-IT Crowd

Check the tire pressure.

**GR81** · 21st August 2006, 19:09

Originally Posted by John Banks

Check the tire pressure.

or the 'gold plated giggle-rod'?

**paturoa** · 21st August 2006, 19:36

what sort of computer?
did it beep at all, if so what?
what does the screen say / do?

**DingDong** · 21st August 2006, 19:40

Good you got it going... but the cmos wont slowly clap out (it either works or it dont)...
dont use contact cleaner, just wiggle everything a bit... if it plays up again unplug cd-roms remove modem and any other bits not required... and start again, I think it maybe your PSU... tho oddly the monitor is usually the first to shut down not the HD.

The PC I use for the Internet (this one), needs to be periodicly kick started... I usually eject the drive door and use it to bounce it up and down on the desk... if I dont the HD wont read sometimes... this is a true story... you might like to try kick starting your PC.