boot problem

[Z]

i have matsonic 8137c and duron1200. when i connect hard disk comp won't
boot and when i connect cd-rom or dvd and restart display stays in stand-by
but all the fans work fine (even on graphic card)!
all the components tested 100% ok

what seems to be the problem?
PLEASE HELP because i'm loosing my nerves

 

[user]

i have matsonic 8137c and duron1200. when i connect hard disk comp won't
boot and when i connect cd-rom or dvd and restart display stays in stand-by
but all the fans work fine (even on graphic card)!
all the components tested 100% ok

what seems to be the problem?
PLEASE HELP because i'm loosing my nerves

Failure to boot after attaching a hard drive is often due to the IDE
cable being placed on the HD in the reversed manner. That is if you
definition of "Failure to boot" means no power on self test? Of course
having no operating system on the HD, even if it is connected properly
would also fail to boot, but POST would run before it queried the HD.

Another thing to check would be the jumper settings for your CD-ROM and
your HD. If the HD is on the same cable as the CD-ROM, then make the HD
a master and the CD-ROM a slave.

 

[Z]

thanks for help, but problem is when i connect cd-rom ther's no post screen
because display is stan by on reset.
and when i connect HD evry time on post screen there's message seaching ide
drives and after 30 sec black screen comes with cursor in left corner!
never saw that happen in my life!
MB 100% ok
HD 100% ok
cd-rom 100% ok

my nerves 0% ok because it's my girlfriend comp!
PLEASE HELP!

 

[user]

thanks for help, but problem is when i connect cd-rom ther's no post screen
because display is stan by on reset.
and when i connect HD evry time on post screen there's message seaching ide
drives and after 30 sec black screen comes with cursor in left corner!
never saw that happen in my life!
MB 100% ok
HD 100% ok
cd-rom 100% ok

my nerves 0% ok because it's my girlfriend comp!
PLEASE HELP!

Are you SURE the IDE cable NOT being placed on the CD in the reversed
manner???? When the IDE cable is reversed it grounds out the address
bus. This prevents the computer from booting, and therefore you get no
Horizontal Sync signal for the monitor. That means the monitor is in
standby.

As for the HD not being detected, do you have the jumper set for a
single drive? You might use AUTO detect in CMOS to see if it detects
the HD.

 

[Z]

thanks everyone for help!
problem was in floppy (could you believe)!
I dissconected FD and everything works!
There was a problem (I still can't believe I ****ed up so many hours on
BIOS, jumpers, cables ...)
Trew old one in garbage, bought new and everything ok!
Some luck! fixed comp for few ?!