Re: [nlug] Workstation not booting

2010-09-02 Thread Chris McQuistion
Maybe a bad SATA cable, bad power SATA power connector, or bad SATA settings in the BIOS (set to AHCI, when it should be legacy IDE or vice versa)? Chris On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Howard White wrote: > Likely a hardware problem; soliciting ideas on what to kick before > recycling... > > H

Re: [nlug] Workstation not booting

2010-09-02 Thread Howard White
On 09/02/2010 05:48 PM, Chris McQuistion wrote: Maybe a bad SATA cable, bad power SATA power connector, or bad SATA settings in the BIOS (set to AHCI, when it should be legacy IDE or vice versa)? Chris Thanks for the thoughts. No SATA in this beast. These bad boys have the Windows 2000 COAs

Re: [nlug] Workstation not booting

2010-09-02 Thread Chris McQuistion
Could be the IDE cable or power connector/supply? Chris Sent from my iPhone On Sep 2, 2010, at 6:01 PM, Howard White wrote: > On 09/02/2010 05:48 PM, Chris McQuistion wrote: >> Maybe a bad SATA cable, bad power SATA power connector, or bad SATA >> settings in the BIOS (set to AHCI, when it sho

Re: [nlug] Workstation not booting

2010-09-02 Thread Howard White
On 09/02/2010 05:45 PM, Howard White wrote: Likely a hardware problem; soliciting ideas on what to kick before recycling... Never mind - (bless you, Ruth Buzzy)! Check the ~...@#$%^&* Boot Order in the BIOS Sigh Howard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Googl

RE: [nlug] Workstation not booting

2010-09-02 Thread John F. Eldredge
That sounds like a hardware or BIOS problem. The first thing I would do would be to check for cabling problems. If the BIOS is socketed, check to see if it is firmly seated in the socket. The next step, if possible, would be to burn or flash a new copy of the BIOS, copied from one the working

Re: [nlug] Workstation not booting

2010-09-02 Thread Don McMorris
to do, do what I meant > to tell you to do!". Computers are still idiot-savants. > > ---Original Email--- > Subject :Re: [nlug] Workstation not booting > From :mailto:how...@usit.net > Date :Thu Sep 02 18:18:58 America/Chicago 2010 > > > On 09/02/2010 05:45 PM, Ho

RE: Re: [nlug] Workstation not booting

2010-09-02 Thread John F. Eldredge
Ah, yes, the age-old cry. "Don't do what I told you to do, do what I meant to tell you to do!". Computers are still idiot-savants. ---Original Email------- Subject :Re: [nlug] Workstation not booting >From :mailto:how...@usit.net Date :Thu Sep 02 18:18:58 America/Chica