Monitor problems now.......

[NazDebo]

a file from system32 windows got corrupted or got erased, this  happened a couple times before and i would just reinstall windows from the cd. but now when i get to the windows install screen and hit enter it tells me that there is now hard drive detected............

[homer]

insure the cables going into the harddrive are securely connected. when ur comp boots can u see the hd light come on? can u hear it spinning? and does ur hd appear in the bios settings?

[GX1_Man]

Have you been monkeying around inside the case? If it used to work and you haven't touched anything inside, download the free diagnostics from the appropriate maker's web site. It creates a bootable floppy to test the drive.

It has to be seen correctly in the BIOS before software can touch it however.  

[NazDebo]

insure the cables going into the harddrive are securely connected. when ur comp boots can u see the hd light come on? can u hear it spinning? and does ur hd appear in the bios settings?

i can c the light and hear it spinning on start up but it doesnt show in the bios settings.

[NazDebo]

Have you been monkeying around inside the case? If it used to work and you haven't touched anything inside, download the free diagnostics from the appropriate maker's web site. It creates a bootable floppy to test the drive.

It has to be seen correctly in the BIOS before software can touch it however.  

recently changed cases.

[GX1_Man]

Check jumpers on drives, data cables and power connectors. Did you change the order of the drives, add a new one, etc.?

[NazDebo]

Check jumpers on drives, data cables and power connectors. Did you change the order of the drives, add a new one, etc.?

im sure its connected properly. when its doing it detecting  it say in the ultra133(tm) bios

D0 not detected
D1 Not detected
D2 WDC WD800JB-00CRA1 LBA 76319MB ULTRA DMA5
D3 Not Detected

and under the Sil 3112 Serial ata host controller it says

Primary channel  Not found

Secondary channel Not found

the bios is disabled

[GX1_Man]

So you have a SATA PCI controller there or what? How about some details on the hard an d optical drive arrangement, as well as the computer or mothereboard make/model?

[NazDebo]

So you have a SATA PCI controller there or what? How about some details on the hard an d optical drive arrangement, as well as the computer or mothereboard make/model?

i dont know if i have a sata pci controller.
HARD DRIVE
Western Digital
WD Caviar
Enhanced IDE Hard Drive
Drive Parameters LBA 156301488   80.0 GB
MDL: wd800jb-00cra1
Date: 24 jul 2002
DCM: dsracv2ca
Video Card
ati radeon 9600 pro


Motherboard
i cant remember exaclty the name and model of the board, but i got this off the board

Iwill p4E Version 1.0  when i had it checked i was told it was a LEU board or something.

CPU
intel pentium 4 2.53 ghz/512/533/1.525vsl63g
3247A016-0667

Ram
88c5JDLO-ILD6
512mb 64x64 pc 2100
CL2.5DDR


i will update with more info on comp and the optical drive arrangement soon.

[GX1_Man]

You might want to download and run Everest Home. It will give you ALL the information on your machine in a nice little log file in HTML or .txt

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

My first guess is that the IDE cable is not making good contact with the motherboard, is bad, or the primary IDE channel is shot.

Post more info and we'll see. Check those connections!  

[NazDebo]

ok i got it working and i installed all the drivers for everything. But now after like 1hr30min of making sure everything worked up to speed. The computer turned itself off and now it turns on and makes a beep noise when it turns on but the monitor says plz check signal cable.

The monitor works on other computers, but the same thing happens when i try another monitor.



any suggestions?

[GX1_Man]

First, what solved the first original problem?

Is the video onboard or an add-in card? If a card, it may need tot be reseated. The video out plug could also not be making sufficient contact. What did you learn from Everest?

[NazDebo]

First, what solved the first original problem?

Is the video onboard or an add-in card? If a card, it may need tot be reseated. The video out plug could also not be making sufficient contact. What did you learn from Everest?

the first problem was that is wasnt connected right. its a add-card. On everest i downloaded it but didnt get to install it. Everything was running fine then......shutsdown.    ok ill try to reseat it right now

thanks btw

[NazDebo]

 

[NazDebo]

reseating it didnt work. anymore suggestions?

[GX1_Man]

Check for bent pins, and try anaother video card, if that is possible.  

[NazDebo]

Check for bent pins, and try anaother video card, if that is possible.  

bent pins on what? the video card?

[GX1_Man]

Yes, on the card. Make suure they are all there (15 of them).