Computer usually will not boot -

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by ashtray4, Jun 10, 2004.

  1. ashtray4

    ashtray4 Private E-2

    I have a pretty generic old computer (specs below)
    Lately it has started to not boot at all most of the time. It does not hit the floppy, or cdrom, it just sits there and displays "Check Cable Signal" on the monitor. It does not beep or anything. The fans come on and nothing else happens.
    But SOMETIMES it will start as iff it never had a problem in it's life. Have upgraded the operating system recently and it was working fine until about 5 days ago. I'm stumped.
    Thanks very much for any help.
    Operating System System Model Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 (build 2600) Intel Corporation Processor a Main Circuit Board b 550 megahertz Intel Pentium III
    32 kilobyte primary memory cache
    512 kilobyte secondary memory cache
    Board: Intel Corporation SE440BX-2 AA754552-204
    Serial Number: IUS295007824
    Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
    BIOS: Intel Corp. 4S4EB2X0.86A.0022.P15 09/27/1999
    Drives Memory Modules c,d 17.40 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
    13.41 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

    ATAPI CD-R/RW 4X4X32 [CD-ROM drive]
    3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

    IOMEGA ZIP 100 [Hard drive] -- drive 1
    Maxtor 91731U4 [Hard drive] (17.41 GB) -- drive 0, s/n G40GTA9C, rev FA520860, SMART Status: Healthy
    256 Megabytes Installed Memory

    Slot 'J6J1' has 128 MB
    Slot 'J6J2' has 128 MB
    Slot 'J7J1' is Empty
    &nbsp Local Drive Volumes &nbsp


    c: (on drive 0) 17.40 GB 13.41 GB free
    &nbsp Network Drives &nbsp



    Users Printer


    P DeskJet 812C on LPT1: Controllers Display Standard floppy disk controller
    Intel(r) 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
    Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
    Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
    S3 Graphics Inc. Savage4 [Display adapter]
    Azalea 15.7 [Monitor] (15.7"vis, September 1998)
    Bus Adapters Multimedia Intel(r) 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller Game port for Yamaha DS1
    Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
    YAMAHA Legacy DS1 WDM Driver
    YAMAHA Native DS1 WDM Driver
    Communications Other Devices Generic SoftK56 [Modem]
    Intel(R) PRO/100+ Management Adapter

    LG USB PC Camera(LPC-U30)
    Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
    PS/2 Compatible Mouse
    USB Root Hub
     
  2. zxladie

    zxladie Private E-2

    I have the same board. I will never give it up, probably be buried with it. I got that message twice and the first time it was the day I got it, bought it bundled in the tower. The video card had come partially up just a hair in the AGP slot. It's a fairly loose fitting slot, and the card doesn't sit really tight in it. The board picked it up but couldn't detect the monitor until I pushed the front of the card back down all the way. The second time was because the monitor wouldn't tighten up evenly or all the way on both sides like it should. Got rid of the monitor, and never had the problem again. And will never by another Sony monitor.
     

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