incomplete startup

[TheBigfut]

I have had my current system for two years, other than one hard drive
frying on me I have never had a problem til now. I came home last
nigth from being out to find that my computer was off. I go to restart
it and have to reset the BIOS. but it wont finish booting. So I shut
it off, then turn it back on- now it wont even run a RAM check. Whats
the likelihood of the motherboard being shot? Its a Gigabyte
motherboard running a 3.gHz P4 with a gig of ram, 256 Mb GeForce 6200,
and 3 hard drives totalling 1.5 Tb, running a 700 Watt Ultra PSU. I
have double checked all electrical cables inside and out, to no avail.
I also have unhoooked all hard drives except for my main one that has
XP Pro on it.

 

[JAD]

I have had my current system for two years, other than one hard drive
frying on me I have never had a problem til now. I came home last
nigth from being out to find that my computer was off. I go to restart
it and have to reset the BIOS. but it wont finish booting. So I shut
it off, then turn it back on- now it wont even run a RAM check. Whats
the likelihood of the motherboard being shot? Its a Gigabyte
motherboard running a 3.gHz P4 with a gig of ram, 256 Mb GeForce 6200,
and 3 hard drives totalling 1.5 Tb, running a 700 Watt Ultra PSU. I
have double checked all electrical cables inside and out, to no avail.
I also have unhoooked all hard drives except for my main one that has
XP Pro on it.

Fans are running? CPU HSF is clean? BIOS battery is good?

Strip it further down PSU- CPU -MEMORY (1 stick) -VIDEO (integrated graphics? use it
instead)) no HD's no floppy no USB devices, Does it post?


Its probably just worn out from running through 3x500g hard drives.

 

[TheBigfut]

Fans are running? CPU HSF is clean? BIOS battery is good?

Strip it further down PSU- CPU -MEMORY (1 stick) -VIDEO (integrated graphics? use it
instead)) no HD's no floppy no USB devices, Does it post?


Its probably just worn out from running through 3x500g hard drives.

checked the CMOS battery, its voltage is good- internal resistance per
spec's I found on the web are also good. Anytime I pull the CMOS
battery it will post and go to the portion that says CMOS has been
cleared. I hit to load safe optimization and restart it then it wont
run a memory test. I'm currently waiting on the CMOS to clear again so
I can try it without the remaining hard drive or optical drive plugged
in, just to see what happens next.

 

[John Doe]

Of course, the JAD troll is being facetious.

checked the CMOS battery, its voltage is good- internal resistance
per spec's I found on the web are also good. Anytime I pull the CMOS
battery it will post and go to the portion that says CMOS has been
cleared. I hit to load safe optimization and restart it then it wont
run a memory test. I'm currently waiting on the CMOS to clear

Waiting? I move the little jumper to the other position for about two
seconds and then move it back. Never fails to clear the CMOS
immediately. Maybe waiting helps with some divine purity of the CMOS?
It sounds so silly when people say that they have to unplug
the computer and turn off the house circuit breaker in order to clear
the CMOS. It could be true, anything is possible, but that's not the
way it works here. Seems like a major hassle for a simple task. Sounds
like voodoo (admittedly, I do voodoo sometimes too). I guess others
have systems that operate differently than mine have.

Good luck.