Hold on a minute guys. I gotta go and make popcorn. On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:14 PM, David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 10:04 AM, eckinator <eckina...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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? > > Sometimes yes, sometimes no, its all over the place. Battery is original. >> >>> 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? > > When i press F8 i get a Dos screen asking how i want to boot, Disk, HD > or something else, i don't remember what at the moment. I hit HD and > XP loads and runs, so far. > > Dave >> >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > 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. >
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