Jeff:
You have received a lot of good suggestions,
especially from Roger. You have win 98. Did you make
a startup floppy disk? This will let you boot your system
from a floppy disk if you can not boot from your hard
drive, or if your hard drive does not yet have an operating
system installed.
Go to My Computer /Control Panel /Add
Remove Programs / Click on the Startup disk tab and select
create disk. Follow the instructions.
I think the noise is being made by the CPU cooling fan
and that it is not cooling the CPU properly. The CPU is
overheating and turning off. When the CPU cools enough
on its own, it starts the cycle of on-off again. Open the
computer and check the fan operation and try to clear
any dust that may be collected in the fan. Sometimes
you can lift the label in the center of the fan and put
a drop of oil on the bearing to get the fan to run
better.
Let us know if you have any further questions about
proceeding with the hard drive transfer.
Wally
On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 08:14:43 -0400 "Jeff Dougherty"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Roger,
> My home computer is making a loud noise, I think from the hard
> drive.
> Last night, it started turning off/on/off/on until I removed AC
> power from it.
> Also, when it's unplugged, it loses it's time.
> HD has Win 98 on it.
> So, it sounds like I have to also get a new hard drive and put on
> with the bare-bones and run this one has
> a slave...which I am not sure how to do..only read about it.
> Thanks for the reply, Roger, Wally.
> Jeff
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger Carnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 11:45 PM
> Subject: Re: PCWorks: Bare bones system...
>
>
> I think you will experience trouble when it trys to boot up. I have
> tried
> using a HD from one PC installed into another chassis and it
> wouldn't make
> the boot up. It kept finding "new resources" and "new hardware" and
> finally
> just locked up. The drivers for your old MB will most likely be
> different
> from the new MB, unless you know it's the same model # MB, which is
> highly
> unlikely. The last time I tried this was with a HD with WIN 98.
> Newer OS's
> may not have as big a problem. I'm not that familiar with WIN
> XP....maybe it
> could handle it ??? What OS do you have?
>
> Roger C.
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