Loading XP on a new out of the box hard drive
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SgtShNor
, Jun 01 2005 10:11 PM
#1
Posted 01 June 2005 - 10:11 PM
#2
Posted 01 June 2005 - 10:37 PM
Can you give the specs? Maybe that will spark lightbulb.
#3
Posted 01 June 2005 - 10:50 PM
Mother Board is a PT880 Neo with a Pentium 4 Processor 2.4 Ghz, Hitachi 90Gb hard drive, GeForce4 6600 series. The hard drive is new with nothing on it. Need any more info let me know.
#4
Posted 01 June 2005 - 10:51 PM
yes, please list the motherboard make and model. meantime, first thing to check is the clear cmos jumper. some motherboards ship with the jumper there set to clear or reset.
unplug the PC. ground yourself by touching something metal in the case before you touch the mobo or any components. find the battery for the cmos (bios) on the board. right near it should be three little headers, labeled clear cmos, or reset cmos, etc. the jumper should be over pins 1 & 2 for normal operation. if you needed to reset the cmos for any reason, you would move the jumper to pins 2 & 3 for 10-20 seconds, then back to 1&2.
so the board may have shipped with the jumper on 2&3. set it to 1&2 if that is the case.
if it is currently on 1&2, go ahead and jumper it to 2&3, wait 20 seconds, then reset to 1&2.
in either case, this should allow it to boot into bios, unless something is wrong with the bios chip itself.
unplug the PC. ground yourself by touching something metal in the case before you touch the mobo or any components. find the battery for the cmos (bios) on the board. right near it should be three little headers, labeled clear cmos, or reset cmos, etc. the jumper should be over pins 1 & 2 for normal operation. if you needed to reset the cmos for any reason, you would move the jumper to pins 2 & 3 for 10-20 seconds, then back to 1&2.
so the board may have shipped with the jumper on 2&3. set it to 1&2 if that is the case.
if it is currently on 1&2, go ahead and jumper it to 2&3, wait 20 seconds, then reset to 1&2.
in either case, this should allow it to boot into bios, unless something is wrong with the bios chip itself.
#5
Posted 01 June 2005 - 11:22 PM
Well I tried what you suggested and it didn't work. Looks like I need to make a trip to my local Fry's. (Oh darn, whatever shall I do , lol) Thanks for the help. I'll post when I can finalize everything.
#6
Posted 02 June 2005 - 12:13 AM
sounds like the bios chip has problems. since you just bought it, exchange it for a new one.
a good test when building a new system is to load up the cpu and heatsink+fan, ram, and video card if needed, then booting up. you should be able to get to bios.
a good test when building a new system is to load up the cpu and heatsink+fan, ram, and video card if needed, then booting up. you should be able to get to bios.
#7
Posted 02 June 2005 - 08:21 AM
You can lso remove the battery from the motherboard for about minute.
Just in case you didnt try the right jumper
Just in case you didnt try the right jumper
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