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system won't boot past POST
Name: Julia Date: November 19, 2002 at 21:42:27 Pacific OS: Win98SE CPU/Ram: AMD-K2/400 / 196Mb
Comment:
Recently installed new 40Gb HD. Updated BIOS to allow full usage (Asus P5A - 1011.005). Worked fine for awhile. Now POST occurs (with HD identified correctly) but bootable floppy and hard drive(s) won't boot (non system disk message). I am about to try a ISA EIDE controller but would appreciate any suggestions.
Name: david Date: November 19, 2002 at 22:33:24 Pacific
Reply:
if everything was working fine why would it windows die? i dont think your bios upgrade failed, you said its a New hardrive maybe it failed do you have the old harddrive still laying around i would see if it will bootup or install windows again.
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Response Number 2
Name: Sabot Date: November 20, 2002 at 09:27:11 Pacific
Reply:
ISA IDE controller card...ack! Has it really come to that?! well...basically david does have a good idea...you could try the old drive and see what it does. re-trace your steps...did it really function properly after BIOS update? did you change anything, verify BIOS settings...etc... try booting with minimum components...just FDD, HDD, MEM, and VID. Nothing else...see what works.
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