Hi Dragonfly, I didn't get it going yet. It seemed so. When I got home I did everything the tech told me to do. I moved the bottom and middle card lower, so they'd have one slot between them. Didn't move the graphic card at all because it was on top. I had to move the CD burner a couple of slots lower because the cable wouldn't reach the secondary plug on the MB. Then I plugged the HDs into the Primary slot. At this point, I didn't do anything with the HDs other than switching the position of where they were plugged on the MB.
When I booted it went through the usual startup stuff--to a point. It came up with some deal about Maxtor being the primary drive and WD being the secondary--which was wrong. XP is on the WD and it was plugged into the end of the cable. So I pressed DEL to into Bios and changed the WD to primary. (Maybe I should't have done that.) So...it proceeds for about 3 seconds, then the screen goes black and after several minutes never did recover. So I pressed the restart button. The monitor is still black. I don' know why, just for 'something' to do I guess, I turned the monitor off then back on. Then I get the floating box about no input. I checked the plugs and they were in. (really) So thinking maybe I screwed it up in bios, I pulled the HDs and switched the jumpers. They were set wrong. On these drives you can't set the jumper so that they're primary or secondary according to where they sit on the cord. (I forget what you call it.) However the were working before. It just occured to me that maybe I pulled out the wrong hard drive. I had three in there, but the new one was not connected. The one that XP is on is there for sure. But, maybe I pulled out the data one instead of the new one. Would that make any difference? Or is the reason the graphic driver won't stay installed is because my graphic card has finally gone out. Last time I got this floating input error, it was a dead graphics card. Ahhh well....the never-ending saga continues........ Diane --- In [email protected], Dragonfly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I saw your other thread. I'm glad you got it going. let us know if we > can help you. > > Fly...... > > pekoe4849 wrote: > > > > Dragonfly, the clock lost two hours--exactly. > > > > I unconnected and reconnected the floppy drive cables when I put the > > new hard drive in (which is now disconnected for the moment). The > > floppy drive does not recognize ANY disks. I get "Please insert a disk > > in drive A". Same as if you try to access A and there's no disk in it. > > I've tried old disks and brand new disks. > > > > I know I probably need to replace the CMOS battery. But I think there > > are other problems going on. Just came on suddenly too. > > > > Thx, > > Diane > > > > --- In [email protected] > > <mailto:A-1-Computer_Tech%40yahoogroups.com>, Dragonfly <dragonfly@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Guys!! Stop arguing! Diane needs the correct advice to get her > > computer > > > going! > > > > > > I went back and read all the email from this thread. > > > > > > >1. Clock is seriously losing time. > > > > > > All clocks lose a little time. Can you give us a measurement for > > > 'seriously'? If it is more than a few seconds a day, there is a > > problem. > > > > > > Since Diane cannot boot or read anything from a floppy, she should > > try > > > at least one created on another computer. If other computers can > > read > > > the disks but hers cannot, that is strike two. Disconnect and > > Reconnect > > > all cable connections to the floppy. If it still fails to read, buy > > a > > > new drive. Can the drive write a disk? If yes, can it read what it > > wrote? > > > > > > I fail to see what good a system restore will do. Most times a > > restore > > > point contains the spyware and Trojans. The correct advice is to > > turn > > > off system restore and run scans. > > > > > > Jim: What if it is just kids playing around? Saying, 'How much > > damage > > > can we do?' > > > > > > Fly...... > > > > > > JIM wrote: > > > > > > > > Ivan, > > > > > > > > > Jim, I agree!!! I still think that one should do > > > > > sweeps for Spyware, > > > > > > > > I also don't think that spyware or viruses or whatever will do all > > of > > > > this. > > > > It just sounds like a tired old machine. I personall think that > > using > > > > System > > > > Restore to go back to an earlier time trumps scans for malware. > > > > There's no > > > > benefit to the bad guys in make disable a computer, that could > > > > otherwise be > > > > used to send viruses etc > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
