won`t boot up?????

[bren]

i turned my computer on today and it won`t boot up,
it powers up ok then stops at the makers logo(packard bell) pressing f8 or
delete to enter the bios and i`ve even tryied jumping the cmos but nothing
works.
could it be a dead hard drive or something

Any ideas
thanks
Brendan

 

[Strontium]

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bren stood up, at show-n-tell, and said:

i turned my computer on today and it won`t boot up,
it powers up ok then stops at the makers logo(packard bell)

You just stated the problem (HP).

pressing
f8 or delete to enter the bios and i`ve even tryied jumping the cmos
but nothing works.
could it be a dead hard drive or something

Read, above.


Seriously, HP's are not very well regarded by those that build their own.
They are on par (quality-wise) with the likes of Gateway and Compaq (same
company, now). Can't help you, as it's a very proprietary system. Get a
Dell, next time.

 

[David Matthew Wood]

i turned my computer on today and it won`t boot up,

it powers up ok then stops at the makers logo(packard bell) pressing f8 or
delete to enter the bios and i`ve even tryied jumping the cmos but nothing
works.
could it be a dead hard drive or something

It's possible. Have you checked all the ribbon and power cables? Have
you listened to see if the hard drive is actually spinning up?

 

[bren]

Thanks for the answer. now if someone who knows something about computers
got any ideas it would be great
thanks
Brendan

 

[Strontium]

Let's see..... You're posing this question to a 'homebuilt' group. Do I
have this right? And, you have the where-withall to be a smartass? Heh!
Welcome to usenet. Hope you enjoy your compaq.....

Now, let's talk about YOU. Shall we?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... not much to say, really. You, obviously, can't read
(either that, or just a rude, obnoxious person that could care less about
being ON topic). Last, but not least, you ask for help...then flame in
reply to reply. All I can say to that (and others that have used this
medium for quite a while will agree), is that you are a moron.



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bren stood up, at show-n-tell, and said:

 

[jaster]

Strontium: The OP is correct. He asked for help about his Packard Bell and
your advice was to buy a Dell. There's no need to turn this group into
another alt.os.windows-xp.

OP: If you see the Packard Bell screen the PC is trying to boot. Try
disconnecting hd, fd, cd, etc and reboot to the bios. If you get to the
bios, connect the fd and boot to Memtest86 to check your memory. Possible
causes of your problem dying memory, psu, hd or bad cable connections.
Verify in your manual that F8 is the only key to get to your bios as I some
of those older PC needed F8+Shift.