VS9 Trial Over...and computer will not boot

daniel · Post by **daniel** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:51 am

OK Steve, I trust you.

But I've always seen mobos start correctly until boot with no hard disk connected. Then the beep tango begins of course.
But if you've experimented otherwise, I stand corrected.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 11:05 am

Ships passing in the night!
I had just edited my previous post and I think it explains your point.

msheldon · Post by **msheldon** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:17 pm

So let's see...I removed the DVD burner and attached the hard drive to IDE2. Nothing.

I removed all cables (HHD, DVD, FDD) and tried to boot per you suggestion. Nothing.

Now, the jumper next to my wafer battery only has two leads. There is no jumper on it. It is the clear CMOS jumper. Is this the jumper you are talking about? If so, should I clear it? Should I replace the battery?

Maybe I'll buy one of those enclosures...

Thanks again for the help!
Mark

msheldon · Post by **msheldon** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:57 pm

I forgot to mention that I have two hard drives in my computer. I did test the secondary drive by itself and I still got nothing.

Sorry, that was important because it tells me that it is probably the mobo or cpu. Is it both? Any tests for which one it might be??

Post by **Ken Berry** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:13 pm

I had exactly the same problem last year, and had tried most of the previous suggestions in testing the various elements of my computer. Finally, I reached the same stage as you: mobo and/or cpu. The only way I could test the latter was to find a willing friend who had a computer which would support my particular cpu. And it worked. That left the mobo, and on pulling it out and inspecting its surface closely, I found two points where there were signs of slight burning... No idea what caused it, and of course I had to replace it.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 4:59 am

msheldon wrote:So let's see...I removed the DVD burner and attached the hard drive to IDE2. Nothing.

I removed all cables (HHD, DVD, FDD) and tried to boot per you suggestion. Nothing.

Now, the jumper next to my wafer battery only has two leads. There is no jumper on it. It is the clear CMOS jumper. Is this the jumper you are talking about? If so, should I clear it? Should I replace the battery?

Maybe I'll buy one of those enclosures...

Thanks again for the help!
Mark

Yes I was talking about clearing the CMOS. If it still wouldnt start after disconnecting everything excpet the bare minimum power supply, RAM, Processor and Video Card it must be one of those items. Sorry but at least it's been narrowed down.

msheldon · Post by **msheldon** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:59 pm

I cleared the CMOS and replaced the battery. Nothing.

Guess I'll be getting a new computer or mobo/cpu this week.

Thanks again for all of your help and suggestions.

Regards,
Mark

msheldon · Post by **msheldon** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:35 pm

I'm back...

Thanks again for all of your suggestions.

I ended up buying an Intel Pent. D 805 and ECS cheapy motherboard.

I also bought 1 Gb of RAM.

Oh, they had the VS 9 on sale, so I am official now...no more trial versions.

Regards,
Mark

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:38 pm

Mark
Welcome back. Hope your new system went a bit smoother than
my recent problems.