Hi Jacob; Thank you. I will do that. Take care. Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob Kruger" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 2:16 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer won't start Could be indicating that the motherboard/CPU aren't communicating perfectly with the hard drive as well - in other words, might be related as well, and might just be best to get it checked out by a hardware technician of sorts. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Barbara Arcadia" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 10:03 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer won't start > Hi Jacob; > > Thank you very much for your input. Your response gives me some hope > because I was told that the ticking noise when the computer is shutdown is > the harddrive trying to read and can't because the harddrive might be > going > bad. Thanks again, take care. > Mike > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jacob Kruger" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 11:49 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer won't start > > > That part about it wanting you to hit del key to then enter BIOS at > startup > is something we sometimes used to get in old days after a power surge > etc., > where the motherboard had lost settings etc., so it is a bit strange, and > don't think it would really be related to the file issues. > > Generally it would want you to sort of confirm the BIOS settings relating > to > hard drives, etc. and save them as such and then that part of it would > revert to normal, but haven't worked on hardware like that in quite a > while, > so maybe you could just at least try looking for the keystroke to save the > settings after it enters the BIOS as such, and that might solve that part > of > the problem. > > HTH > > Jacob Kruger > Blind Biker > Skype: BlindZA > '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike & Barbara Arcadia" <[email protected]> > To: "Blind Computing" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 7:58 PM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Computer won't start > > >> Hi All; >> >> I am running XPSP3 Pro & Jaws 10 on this machine. After assigning >> Notepad >> to open .txt files and Outlook Express to open .eml files some strange >> things happened. First, when I tried to open an .eml file, when I would >> press enter it would take me back to my Inbox. I thought after making >> these >> changes I had better reboot and that is where it really got strange. I >> gave >> the computer the commands to restart and it wouldn't, then I did a hard >> shutdown, and when the computer shuts down there is a ticking sound >> coming >> from the computer, like a clock ticking. When I try to start it up a >> screen >> comes up showing the computer specs and a message to " press DEL to enter >> SETUP ." This doesn't do anything. I plugged in a USB mouse so my wife >> could possibly click on " DEL " but, the mouse doesn't seem to work >> either. >> I tried to start it in safe mode and it comes up with the same screen >> that >> gives all the computer specs like what kind of RAM, processor speed, and >> things like that. Oh, and that message to "press DEL to enterSETUP ". >> Does >> anyone have any ideas on what I can do to get Windows started? All help >> will be greatly appreciated. Thanks much. Take care. >> Mike >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 5293 (20100719) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 5293 (20100719) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 5293 (20100719) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5293 (20100719) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
