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system boot problems
Name: tonyme7 Date: March 5, 2004 at 23:19:50 Pacific OS: winxp pro CPU/Ram: 800 ghz duron 256pc133
Comment:
every once in a while my computer wil just shut down and when i boot back up it gives me a messsage stated insert system boot disk. i checked the bios and the hard drive is not recognized if i turn it off for lets say 5-10 minutes it starts back up again. i replaced the hard drive just to have the same problem and replaced the ide cable just to have the same problem as well. i'm assuming the connection on the motherboard has gone bad "meaning time to get a new motherboard" but i wanted to see if there were any other causes or solutions to fix this problem. any help or advice will be greatly apppreciated thanks
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