startup problem - goes to blank screen

[Guest]

I recently installed a new graphics card, upgraded to XP, and installed a new
HD to my computer. Then I transferred some files from my old HD to the new
one. Everything was working perfectly. Then I took the computer home from my
mom's house and on the way home the CPU slid from one side of the car to the
other hitting the door. Got home connected everything and started it up.
Everything was fine I signed in to the desktop and was getting ready to open
a program when the screen went black. The power was still on but there
weren't any lights on the front of the cpu. I had to hold in the button to
shut it down. Then I tried again...7 more times... and each time it would
power up and go through the 1st startup screen and the 2nd, but then it would
do the same thing. The fan still runs and I took the cover off to see if
anything had come loose. One of the black and white wires (that leads to the
power button) was loose so I pushed it back in. Still nothing. I have already
confirmed everything is connected correctly and firmly. Also I have unplugged
the memory and graphics card and replugged them in and got the same thing.
Then I pulled the data and power to the drives and restarted and got this
msg: Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter.

Any thoughts?

 

[R. McCarty]

Disk Boot Failure = XP finds no drive/bootable partition.
Enter BIOS setup and check that Primary IDE controller,
Master Channel sees your hard disk drive. Will likely be
set to "Auto" Detection. Check that the IDE cable is snugly
inserted into the drive and remove and re-plug the power
adapter on the drive. Also follow the ribbon cable from the
drive and make sure the other end in fully inserted into the
staking pins.

 

[Guest]

Well the first thing is to check components. I've had problems similiar, if
you have an extra graphics card, memory, monitor or woteva, switch them with
what you've got 1 by 1 and turn PC on. See if it changes anything.

Not much help but try and switch components around.

 

[Guest]

I have tried all of this and I have confirmed that the floppy is the 1st to
boot from and it gives me the same msg when I only have that plugged in.