Hello Hugh,
On Saturday 09 April 2005 2:50 pm, you wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 14:25:36 +0100, you wrote:
>
> Long shot --- VERY long shot.... but did you do anything physically
> prior to the no boot situation?????
>
> I ask this because I bought some QDI mobos some time ago and the
> first 2 wouldn't do a thing......... ZILCH....
>
> I got 2 replacements withot a quibble and they wouldn't boot so I
> read the manual --- Who else had read one in detail??????
>
> Then it dawned the BIOS was locked by a jumper - remove the jumper
> and off we jolly well went Varoooooooooooooooooooooom!
>
> Just a thought
>
> Hugh
This is a standard procedure on a lot of mainboards nowadays.
Regretfully not many mainboard manufacturers bother to document this
in the manual.
As far as Steve's problem is concerned its not relevant. The machine
had worked fine, for four months prior to failure !!
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
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