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Jerry746
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_ 		9. August 2005 @ 11:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It sounds like your system got loaded on your D drive. Try installing the D drive only in the master position on IDE 1 and see if it boots. You did have a working PC before you changed things didn't you?? Your system files have to be somewhere.

Jerry
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svar91
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_ 		9. August 2005 @ 11:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
then i putr the hd on ide 2 or just let the computer boot with only the cd drives in ide 1?
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svar91
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_ 		9. August 2005 @ 12:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hallelujah!!!i fixed it!!!!! it was the damn ide cables!

one problem though when it boots it says disk boot error somthing about an ethernet controller.
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ddp
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_ 		9. August 2005 @ 13:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
in the bios, see in the boot sequence if the netcard is there & disable it in the boot sequence
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svar91
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_ 		9. August 2005 @ 13:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
how do u disable in the boot sequence?
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ddp
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_ 		9. August 2005 @ 13:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
at the bottom of the screen of the bios it tells you how to change things as bioses are different in boards & versions of bioses.
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svar91
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_ 		9. August 2005 @ 13:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i have an award bios and i try to configure but there is no ethernet stuff to disable.
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ddp
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_ 		9. August 2005 @ 13:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
look in the motherboard manual
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svar91
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_ 		9. August 2005 @ 13:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
its an old motherboard plus heres the problem:

For realtek fast ethernet comtroller 2.11
PXE-E61:Media Test Failure check cable
PXE-MQF:Exiting PXE

Intel UNDI PXE-2-0
Copyright 1997-2000

For realtek fast ethernet comtroller 2.11
PXE-E61:Media Test Failure check cable
PXE-MQF:Exiting PXE
DISK BOOT FAILURE INSERT SYSTEM BOOT DISK AND PRESS ENTER

i put in the win xp disk and it says hd not found
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ddp
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_ 		9. August 2005 @ 13:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
does the bios see the hd? what is the make & model# of the motherboard?
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svar91
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_ 		9. August 2005 @ 13:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i does see the hd and its an award bios v6.00PG
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ddp
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_ 		9. August 2005 @ 13:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
the award is the bios not the motherboard
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svar91
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_ 		9. August 2005 @ 13:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
all it says is it a v845 pro
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ddp
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_ 		9. August 2005 @ 14:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
take a look in the bios under advanced bios features in bootup sequence to see if netcard is there & disable it.
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svar91
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_ 		9. August 2005 @ 16:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no its not there.
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svar91
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_ 		10. August 2005 @ 11:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i'd like to give a big thanks to ddp i fixed my computer by switching the ide drives but im only 14 yrs old and on my dads computer it froze so i had to reboot but now all that boots are the cd drives.
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ddp
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_ 		10. August 2005 @ 11:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
does the the motherboard see the hd??
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svar91
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_ 		10. August 2005 @ 11:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes it does its been working for 4 years.
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ddp
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_ 		10. August 2005 @ 11:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
so what error does it give when booting & what windows version??
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svar91
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_ 		10. August 2005 @ 12:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
all it does it turn on the cd drives and nothing else so the moitor is not on either.it happened when i was checking my e-mail then it froze.
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ddp
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_ 		10. August 2005 @ 12:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
reseat both the data & drive cables to that drive & the motherboard. when computer powered up, take a tube(like a stethescope) to the drive to see if can hear the motor spinning.
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svar91
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_ 		10. August 2005 @ 14:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
the video card was loose thanks for all ur help ddp.
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ddp
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_ 		10. August 2005 @ 14:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no problem, teach & learn
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