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Boot problem on XP machine (SATA) Drive

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Sparkly
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Posted November 5, 2011 at 6:19PM

Hi all just reinstalled XP on the above yasterday all went well activated ok and installed a couples of programmes, shut down and this morning started the machine it goes to the Packard Bell Logo screen and goes no further. I have tried all combination of keys to try and get into either safe mode or the bios nothing works tried:F5 F8 F12 Del, On the P/Bell screen it says [press esc to switch screen] [F2 Bios] [F8 Boot Device] none work. The sata h/d is spinning all optical drives work, so i put my XP Home disc in the drive to start again but no Windows software runs just goes to the Packard Bell Logo screen again. Any help would be welcome. Packard Bell I Media H1525 XP Home 500 gig Sata H/D PS2 Mouse/Keybord 2 Gig Ram

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted November 5, 2011 at 6:27PM

Open it up and have a look at the capacitors near the CPU. if any are bulging at the top then its a motherboard problem, unfortunately common with PB.

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Sparkly

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Posted November 5, 2011 at 6:35PM

Hi Fruit Bat /\0/\ thanks for the speedy reply just had a look they all seem fine no bulging.

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted November 5, 2011 at 7:46PM

Can you boot to BIOS and load default settings?

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Sparkly

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Posted November 5, 2011 at 8:29PM

Hi Fruit Bat /\0/\ "Can you boot to BIOS and load default settings?" Thats a big NO nothing but the Logo.Not looking good is it....

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Terry Brown

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Posted November 5, 2011 at 8:49PM

After turning the machine off, unplug the SATA data cable aand try it in another SATA socket.

If you can get into BIOS check to see if the hard drive is showing.

Terry

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Sparkly

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Posted November 5, 2011 at 9:04PM

Hi Terry Brown tried in all 4 sata connecters no joy im afraid, thanks for youe input though.

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Sparkly

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Posted November 6, 2011 at 10:50AM

Changed the sata cable for new one still the same.Meant to say allso the red light on the front panel is a constant red where as before it would go off and only be flickering with any activity on the PC.

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted November 6, 2011 at 10:53AM

Unplug hdd and see if it boots to an error message regarding no operating system.

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Sparkly

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Posted November 6, 2011 at 11:35AM

Morning Fruit Bat /\0/\ no just the same screen.

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted November 6, 2011 at 11:38AM

Disconnect everything from motherboard , just leave cpu + fan one stick of memory and graphics card if not integrated graphics.

see if it boots past splash screen.

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