Re: Computer won't start
On Sun, Jan 09, 2000 at 05:59:18PM -0500, Bart Szyszka wrote
> Hi,
>
> I've been having problems in both Debian and Windows,
> so I'm not sure which one could be causing this (probably
> Windows?), but when I turn on my computer right now, it
> doesn't start. I get absolutely nothing on my screen except
> the default thing that shows up on the monitor if the computer
> is turned off and on the older monitor I tried it with it's
> just a blank blank space. I hear a little ticking like it's
> doing something, but that doesn't last long because when I
> put a boot disk in it doesn't go far enough to be trying to
> boot of the harddrive/floppy/cdrom. I've tried replacing the
> graphics card with a different one so it doesn't look like that's
> the problem. My guess is that this is a BIOS problem. Any ideas?
> Could a (Windows?) virus have caused this? Is the bios (I have
> an AMIBIOS in that computer) replacable? Easily? Inexpenssively?
> I'd appreciate some help with this. I'm using a very old computer
> right now with a 486 that can barely handle this telnet prompt
> in Win95 (I install Debian off the harddrive and don't have
> anything downloaded for it in this computer for me to be able to
> set it up easily), BTW. I'd appreciate some advice (in private
> since this might not be specific to Debian?).
>
Did you remove and replace hard drive cables? On many
PCs, this is what you get if an IDE cable is installed
backwards; try removing them both and see if that helps -
if so, connect them back one at a time and check after
each. Alternatively, try using a different slot for
your video card - the one you're using may be bad/dirty.
John P.
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