Here's a conundrum that dates back to earlier this year. I had some trouble booting my computer (i.e., it would not boot - and there was no video signal out). After going back and forth with the motherboard manufacturer (looking at this and checking that), the motherboard was replaced.
Happy to have something I would expect to work, I installed the new motherboard. However, I cannot get the stinking thing to boot. I have tried swapping out peripherals, memory and whatnot (I don't have a spare CPU). I am getting a video signal out. It appears that everything has been dectected correctly, from the install RAM to my HD size. When the OS goes to load everything stops, even when failsafe mode is selected. I thought perhaps I had a bad boot sector or something, and decided to reinstall. When I boot from either the CD or floppy, I experience the sames as when trying to boot from the HD. Things look like they are ready to load linux and then just stop. I am dealing with an AMD XP 2000+ system (Mandrake 8.0)with an Epox EP-8HKA+ MB, 1 GB RAM, 15 GB Western Digital HD, ATI Raedon 7500 64 MB, generic CDROM drive, generic 3.5" floppy, and generic NIC. The system ran well before it crapped out last April. Does anyone have any idea as to what I might try to get this thing operational. Thanks. -K ===== Failure is NOT an option! That is why I use Linux... __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com
