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unclefloyd

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    Re: Potential BIOS problem
    « Reply #15 on: December 20, 2009, 07:39:55 AM »
    Unless every last slot and every last card went bad at the same time, that ain't it, either.

    UPDATE: Tried to reseat all the RAM just for s&g, and now, all I get is a system alert beep every four seconds. I've tried re-arranging the RAM< slotting only one pair, etc. Same thing.

    This stupid machine is trying to kill me.
    « Last Edit: December 20, 2009, 01:36:31 PM by unclefloyd »

    unclefloyd

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      Re: Potential BIOS problem
      « Reply #16 on: January 01, 2010, 02:21:33 PM »
      Okay. I had some time to fiddle around with this again, and ignoring some more mysteries, I'm not getting the following BSOD every time.

      It says my BIOS doesn't fully support ACPI and that I need to upgrade it or turn ACPI off. Which brings me back to my first post where I need to find out what kind of MOBO I have.

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      Re: Potential BIOS problem
      « Reply #17 on: January 01, 2010, 02:50:30 PM »
      DLoad install and run Everest Home...
      It will tell you more than you need to know about that machine...
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      unclefloyd

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        Re: Potential BIOS problem
        « Reply #18 on: January 02, 2010, 12:02:21 PM »
        The machine isn't booting. What am I going to run it on?

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        Re: Potential BIOS problem
        « Reply #19 on: January 02, 2010, 12:13:30 PM »
        UBCD...the Ultimate Boot CD has system info tools included and will run from the CD...
        Follow the info at their site for creating a bootable CD.
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          Re: Potential BIOS problem
          « Reply #20 on: January 03, 2010, 07:51:45 PM »
          UBCD...the Ultimate Boot CD has system info tools included and will run from the CD...
          Follow the info at their site for creating a bootable CD.

          If I could boot from disc, I wouldn't be here. I tried specifically with the Ultimate Boot CD (in addition to other boot disks), and I get a disk error when trying.