Reische, Brenda L.
blreische at mdh.org
Tue Feb 10 12:01:15 CST 2004
In-line preceded by ###: My father-in-law's computer locked up, then refused to boot. When turning it on, i see drive activity, but the monitor light doesn't go from amber to green, and there is no picture... ***Did you swap out the monitor? ### YES i have swapped video cards, no difference. i put new mboard & proc, old memory & video -- boots but locks up frequently (5-10 minutes) ***Did you load the MB drivers from the mfg. CD? If it uses the VIA chipset, you'll have to load the 4in1 drivers, among others. ### I did load the drivers from the CD i put new mboard & proc, new memory & old video -- won't boot since the video works with the new mboard/proc - i assume it is ok. i thought the lockups might be memory related, so i put memory from my working computer in there, and it still locked. ***Is the mem from your working computer compatible w/the new MB? ### That was the reason we bought new memory - just to make sure. It won't even boot with the mem that the store salesman guaranteed was the right stuff. any ideas on where you would go next??? ***I'd put everything back like it was and swap monitors, boot to safe mode and see what you get, then start swapping out components one at a time. ### That is basically what I have done. I cannot boot to safe mode from the old MB/proc as it will not produce video at all. The first thing I did was swap monitors. Then I swapped video cards. Still nothing. Pulled out each thing one at a time, and left off to get it to boot. No dice. So I put in a new mobo/proc and old vid/mem cards -- booted but locks. With this config, since it was at least booting, I swapped memory with mine - still locks. So then I put in new memory - won't boot. Back to orig memory (boots & locks). So when I get home I'll try the WinXP repair option from that CD. I can also swap out the video card, but I don't think that it is the problem... Thanks! Donna _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com