computer wont start

Hi
I am a newbie and having a problem with my computer.I
have an t1600 emachine with 1600+
amd athlon xp processorand 40 GB hard drive and 256
DDR.When I start it(before loading of
windows)it displays following messages:
Verifying DMI Pool Data
boot from cd:
Press any key to boot from cd
-After that all it displays is a cursor.It has some other
changes
Previously SECONDARY SLAVE DISK : NONE
Now it displays an orange mark stating 1/2 after
secondary slave disk
Under PCI Device listing i see
1-an green mark for ide controller stating 'i' as bus #
2-an green mark for simple comm. beween device class &
IRQ stating 'n'
As I am not very much computerliterate i fail to
understand what all this means.Will
someone be kind enough to explain to me the situation so
that i can get my computer
working if possible .If more info is needed you can let
me know.

Go into the Bios, look in your computer manual on how to do that. Once
there set the first boot device to be hard drive.
"Virender Sangha" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:07a901c3d16d$eaf374d0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi
> I am a newbie and having a problem with my computer.I
> have an t1600 emachine with 1600+
> amd athlon xp processorand 40 GB hard drive and 256
> DDR.When I start it(before loading of
> windows)it displays following messages:
> Verifying DMI Pool Data
> boot from cd:
> Press any key to boot from cd
> -After that all it displays is a cursor.It has some other
> changes
> Previously SECONDARY SLAVE DISK : NONE
> Now it displays an orange mark stating 1/2 after
> secondary slave disk
> Under PCI Device listing i see
> 1-an green mark for ide controller stating 'i' as bus #
> 2-an green mark for simple comm. beween device class &
> IRQ stating 'n'
> As I am not very much computerliterate i fail to
> understand what all this means.Will
> someone be kind enough to explain to me the situation so
> that i can get my computer
> working if possible .If more info is needed you can let
> me know.

Virender Sangha wrote:
> Hi
> I am a newbie and having a problem with my computer.I
> have an t1600 emachine with 1600+
> amd athlon xp processorand 40 GB hard drive and 256
> DDR.When I start it(before loading of
> windows)it displays following messages:
> Verifying DMI Pool Data
> boot from cd:
> Press any key to boot from cd
> -After that all it displays is a cursor.It has some other
> changes
> Previously SECONDARY SLAVE DISK : NONE
> Now it displays an orange mark stating 1/2 after
> secondary slave disk
> Under PCI Device listing i see
> 1-an green mark for ide controller stating 'i' as bus #
> 2-an green mark for simple comm. beween device class &
> IRQ stating 'n'
> As I am not very much computerliterate i fail to
> understand what all this means.Will
> someone be kind enough to explain to me the situation so
> that i can get my computer
> working if possible .If more info is needed you can let
> me know.

This is a problem in your BIOS or a bad MB. I would
check out the emachine support pages to find more accurate
information.