2010/9/5 David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com>: > > Yes i do. Great =) Way to go, eh!
> Can't. I turn it on and get the Intel splash screen then a Dos promt > saying boot failure. Does this happen more often when the PC hasn't been on for a few days? I highly doubt this would be the cause but would you know how old the BIOS/CMOS buffer battery is? > I upgraded the HD in 2006, i think, and it was about a year later i > started getting these boot failure prompts. Usually a few retries and > i was in. Sounds like something closer to the mainboard again. Has there ever been a BIOS update? This is what I would go for next. > I had it looked at last Oct, and the computer guy > one mane show [sic] Lion King Enterprises by any chance? Sorry I just had to =) > found nothing wrong, out of the ordinary, and suggested several > things. However due to the age of the PC we both agreed it was a waste > of money and if it happened again and new PC would be cheaper in the > long run, It has been working fine until Saturday and now i can only > get intro windows with the F8 key. Have you tried F8 and then "halt on error" or whatever the setting is called in English? This should give us a more detailed message? Please can you do so? Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
