no post or error beeps
Started by
phillpower2
, Sep 28 2009 01:55 AM
#16
Posted 06 October 2009 - 02:08 PM
#17
Posted 06 October 2009 - 02:20 PM
Thank you i will look into it right away
#18
Posted 06 October 2009 - 03:17 PM
Let me know how it goes.
#19
Posted 07 October 2009 - 01:23 PM
Hi, i tried the puppy linux approach but with no luck im afraid, the frustrating part about it is that i can hear the optical drives reading the disc when i try it in either one of them, thanks anyway it was worth a try, all is not lost though i am going to explore puppy linux on my laptop & learn something new (at least until the new hd arrives in the mail) then it will be back to being a gibbering idiot again going over the same old ground, once again many thanks & i will keep you posted
#20
Posted 07 October 2009 - 01:59 PM
Puppy linux is actually quite good for recovery purposes. I don't run linux, but I have recently used puppy to move data... just to mess around. You can even have puppy boot from flashdrive. I have two flash drives with puppy... a 1gb, and a 4gb. The 4gb is partitioned for 2.5gb Fat32 (so windows can use the partition... it can't access ext2), and ~1.3gb ext2 partition for puppy so I can boot to it. You can follow THIS link if you want to play with it. By the way, some laptop's bios' (like Thinkpads) won't recognize a flash drive with only an ext2 partition and won't even list it as a boot device... this is why my 4gb is partitioned with a Fat32 partition. Its there so my Thinkpads will see the flashdrive during bootup. By the way, you don't need a hard drive installed in the computer to have puppy boot up... it uses ram.
#21
Posted 07 October 2009 - 03:39 PM
Thanks for the puppy linux info i am going to follow the link you have provided as soon as
i have posted this, i did remember from your previous post that the live cd booted from ram
& not the hd but i had already completely reassembled the system (with the previous ram fitted)
before i tried the puppy linux so if the ram is trashed then i gather the system will not boot
anyway so when i fit the new hd if it doesn`t post i will install the replacement ram & try the
puppy etc apart from that i need a break from it its becoming like groundhog day, i will post
back any outcome of the hd change, thanks
i have posted this, i did remember from your previous post that the live cd booted from ram
& not the hd but i had already completely reassembled the system (with the previous ram fitted)
before i tried the puppy linux so if the ram is trashed then i gather the system will not boot
anyway so when i fit the new hd if it doesn`t post i will install the replacement ram & try the
puppy etc apart from that i need a break from it its becoming like groundhog day, i will post
back any outcome of the hd change, thanks
#22
Posted 07 October 2009 - 03:53 PM
Fully understandable! Take care.
#23
Posted 10 October 2009 - 12:35 PM
Hi to everyone @ gtg, just a couple of lines to bring this thread to an end this
problem has got me beat & so i have decided to get a new board fitted that comes with a
guarentee, i actually took the system to the local comp shop were the tech guy took out the ram
& tried a differant agp card when it didnt beep he declared the board dead so i am moving on.
I would like to thank makai for all your time & assisstance it was greatly appreciated.
problem has got me beat & so i have decided to get a new board fitted that comes with a
guarentee, i actually took the system to the local comp shop were the tech guy took out the ram
& tried a differant agp card when it didnt beep he declared the board dead so i am moving on.
I would like to thank makai for all your time & assisstance it was greatly appreciated.
#24
Posted 10 October 2009 - 01:14 PM
Ok phillpower2. Sorry we couldn't get it going for you.
This topic is closed.
Take care,
makai
This topic is closed.
Take care,
makai
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