No Rest For the Weary

[SCSIGHOST]

for some reason i believe i always have the worst luck in installing
or altering anythign hardware realted, but i do it anyways.

to start off, i am logic capable; i've connected all the right cables,
checked jumpers, and secured slots.

now herein lies the problem.

i tried to change up a 5 year old PC that had graphics card + sound
card.

i don't know the model or brand.

anyways, i detached them, along with the hdd to a 3 year old PC and
reconnected everything as it should be. the reason why i did this was
the mobo on the older one was screwed up.

now, the problem is, i can't boot it. when i press power, it does one
of two things:

1. goes to the normal diagnostics screen, shows things liek keyboard
and etc. then says it encountered a memory error, reset timing, press
f4 for startup. i don't know how to change BIOS settings that well so
i don't mess with it, but after i save BIOS settings and exit, it
doesn't reboot.

2. goes to a bootup selection screen, where it displays optiosn to
start in safe mode, last known config, start nromally, etc. however,
if i select any of these options, it leads to a blue screen where it
mentiosn the basic vague crap like "try restarting" or
"there may be a virus". something about 0xf9cd0640, don't
know where it goes from there.

basically, it still does nto boot up any further than that.

on another note, it doesn't acknowledge the video card because when i
try to plug the monitor into its video outlet, it doesn't send the
signal, so i use the mobo's default graphics.

i honestly am searching for help; there are important files that at
the very least i'd like to recover.

SCSIGHOST

 

[Rod Speed]

for some reason i believe i always have the worst luck in installing
or altering anythign hardware realted, but i do it anyways.

Yeah, some people seem to be able to **** up everything they touch.

to start off, i am logic capable; i've connected all
the right cables, checked jumpers, and secured slots.

now herein lies the problem.

i tried to change up a 5 year old PC that had graphics card + sound card.

i don't know the model or brand.

anyways, i detached them, along with the hdd to a 3 year old
PC and reconnected everything as it should be. the reason why
i did this was the mobo on the older one was screwed up.

now, the problem is, i can't boot it. when
i press power, it does one of two things:

1. goes to the normal diagnostics screen, shows things liek
keyboard and etc. then says it encountered a memory error,
reset timing, press f4 for startup. i don't know how to change
BIOS settings that well so i don't mess with it, but after i
save BIOS settings and exit, it doesn't reboot.

Memory problems wont go away by ignoring them.

2. goes to a bootup selection screen, where it displays optiosn
to start in safe mode, last known config, start nromally, etc.

Thats because a previous boot didnt complete.

however, if i select any of these options, it leads to a blue screen
where it mentiosn the basic vague crap like "try restarting" or
"there may be a virus". something about 0xf9cd0640, don't
know where it goes from there.

basically, it still does nto boot up any further than that.

You need to fix the memory problem.

on another note, it doesn't acknowledge the video card
because when i try to plug the monitor into its video outlet,
it doesn't send the signal, so i use the mobo's default graphics.

Best to concentrate on the memory problem for
now and worry about this later once you fix the
memory problem or give up on that particular PC.

i honestly am searching for help; there are important
files that at the very least i'd like to recover.

You should be able to get the files off that hard drive
by putting it into a working system, or use one of
those adapters that let you put it on a USB cable.

 

[johns]

I've had this experience with your type. I keep a special old
clunker that actually works, and when one of you shows
up, I try to swap one at a time all the parts from your system
to mine until it fails. What amazes me, is right after that,
when I restore my clunker to its original parts, it no longer
works either. Once, I got stupid, and thought, well .. I'll
just try to fix my clunker by swapping all its parts into
another working machine. Sure enough, right after that,
I had 3 machines on my bench that no longer worked.
I have learned that there are people who should never
touch a computer.

johns

 

[Steven]

I've had this experience with your type. I keep a special old
clunker that actually works, and when one of you shows
up, I try to swap one at a time all the parts from your system
to mine until it fails. What amazes me, is right after that,
when I restore my clunker to its original parts, it no longer
works either. Once, I got stupid, and thought, well .. I'll
just try to fix my clunker by swapping all its parts into
another working machine. Sure enough, right after that,
I had 3 machines on my bench that no longer worked.
I have learned that there are people who should never
touch a computer.

johns

At least go into BIOS and check the settings....

You have onboard video, so do you need to disable it to use the card?

BTW, WHAT mobo are you using etc.?

I'm forty and the Psychic Hotline fired me.