Well, i decided to take it in any way. I forgot i had two USB ports that had been pushed in so i wanted them repaired any way.
Spent 15 minutes with him explaining all the symptoms and he con=m On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 6:50 AM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks John. > > Maybe i'll try that today. > > My boot up problems have been on and off for about a year and a bit, > so i'm not sure. Cable, battery, HD.?? > > Dave > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 9:56 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: >> You shouldn't lose anything, but the first time you boot after replacing the >> CMOS battery you're going to get another of those DOS screens where you have >> to press f1 & go into setup. It'll detect the hardware and save the settings >> when you exit. >> >> If the problem *IS* the CMOS battery, once you replace it, that will be the >> last time you have to do that for a while unless you replace other hardware. >> >> From: David J Brooks >>> >>> Thanks John I'll try that. >>> >>> Side note, if i replace the Bios battery, do i lose anythin, have to >>> reset anything.???? I'll get one in the am >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 9:38 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> > David J Brooks >>>>> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> Well, it looks like its time to do something about my 8 year old MDG >>>>> >> P4 computer. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> Its been acting up again the last few weeks, not booting. It does >>>>> >> after a number of reboots. I get a boot fail, system halted, or a >>>>> >> full >>>>> >> DOS screen with all my memory numbers and a few other things, and at >>>>> >> the bottom i get press f12 to boot form network or f1 to enter set >>>>> >> up. >>>>> >> I enter set up, scroll over to exit and it boots. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> Its an old machine, slow and USB 1.1 to boot, but its calibrated well >>>>> >> for my Epson 2400 prints, so i'm leaning on fixing it one more time. >>>>> >> Going in Saturday for a look see. Hopefully adding a new HD and >>>>> >> mapping my stuff off the old one will work. The HD was upgraded 3 >>>>> >> years ago and never really worked well after. Many boot problems, but >>>>> >> it would work, eventually. >>>>> >> >>>> >>>> > >>>> > It's been a while since I have had to troubleshoot a computer, but >>>> > these are >>>> > some things I remember. >>>> > >>>> > If you've got everything you need to keep from the HDD backed up onto >>>> > another drive, try booting to a command prompt and run "chkdsk" to see >>>> > if it >>>> > reports any errors on the HDD. >>>> > >>>> > Or if you haven't backed up everything you need, boot it however you >>>> > have to >>>> > get it up and copy everything you need to keep before you run "chkdsk". >>>> > "Chkdsk" shouldn't hurt anything, but why take chances. >>>> > >>>> > If it's a FAT32 system, try "scandisk". >>>> > >>>> > I'd also look to replacing the CMOS battery. It may be just losing the >>>> > settings when shut down. That would account for it booting after you >>>> > exit >>>> > setup. >>>> > >>>> > If "chkdsk" reports errors, you can use it with the /f switch to "fix" >>>> > errors. >>>> > >>>> > It may also have corrupted the boot sector on the HDD. Use "fdisk /mbr" >>>> > with >>>> > Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT and "fixmbr" (have to boot from the >>>> > installation >>>> > CD and choose recovery) for XP or Vista. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
