MY COMPUTER WONT START!!

[SupraTran]

ok i left my computer on, and when i checked up on it, there was a black screen with some white text, saying somthing about IDE. I tried restaring my computer and it wont start-up, it will start but it wont go pass the screen where it says press del to enter setup. Now i'm stuck with my old computer, what should I do????????? I just got my new computer. please help my computer wont star-up into windows
PS- I think somthing's wrong with my IDE drive, how do I fix it?

 

[mechBgon]

Try Hitachi/IBM's Drive Fitness Test diagnostics from this page and see if that sheds any light on it.

 

[SupraTran]

how do I exactly use Fitness test??

 

[Dragonbate]

They ae usually bootable diskettes. It does sound like a hard drive issue.

 

[SupraTran]

When it it goes to the press del to enter bios screen it shows up
Master IDE 0: None
Slave IDE 0:none
Master IDE 1:none
Slave IDE 0:none
when I go into the bios and try to detect the drives I detect the cdroms IDE 1 but it wont detect my hardrive
PS- when I tried using the fitness test it weouldn't showe up on my new computer, but the computer im on right now the fitness test works

 

[ledo]

Check the power & ide cables to the hard drive make sure they're plugged in tight & getting a good connection.

 

[mechBgon]

If that doesn't work, then transplant your IBM into the working computer (assuming it isn't a laptop) and try to detect and test it there. If that doesn't work either, then it sounds like it's kicked the bucket.

 

[SupraTran]

Nope, it isn't a laptop, I'll try that right now
I think maybe it could be the IDE drivers??? The Nvidia one's i have the 6.39 standalone drivers and Windows XP SP2

 

[OverVolt]

Originally posted by: SupraTran
Nope, it isn't a laptop, I'll try that right now
I think maybe it could be the IDE drivers??? The Nvidia one's i have the 6.39 standalone drivers and Windows XP SP2

No, drivers will not make a difference in detecting the drives during POST. Only while the OS is running.

If it was working before and then you had problems - then the harddrive is dead
If it wasn't working before and you can't get it started then double check your drive jumpers.

If it is a brand new drive, it either was DOA, malfactured, or in handling the drive you dropped/bumped/banged/got water in/ and otherwise messed it up. HD's are fairly sensitive to this type of thing.

Of course, the drive could have been shorted out or your PSU could have potentially killed the drive from faulty power control (way outside voltage spec)

Check your hardware monitor from the BIOS and make sure your voltages are within 5% spec

ex: 12v should be within 11.4v to 12.6v

 

[Jexx]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
If that doesn't work, then transplant your IBM into the working computer (assuming it isn't a laptop) and try to detect and test it there. If that doesn't work either, then it sounds like it's kicked the bucket.

Totaly agree, if its the drive it will fail in the other machine, if not its down to your bios settings or worst possible case IDE controller (as the drive was working before).

I'm assuming that you ment you left the machine on in windows and came back to a black screen with the message on?

 

[SupraTran]

^^ Thats exactly what I ment
I tried my harddrive on my old computer, and my old computer didnt reconize it either, So does that mean the harddrive is dead??

 

[SupraTran]

Is it possible for a hacker to do that to my harddrive. I think my "friend" hacked me and if he did im going to kill him, im just making sure that he did it before I do anything servere tho- Thanx

 

[mechBgon]

I don't think that would be very easy. Give him the benefit of the doubt this time around. To nuke a hard drive beyond being recognized by an IDE controller, I think you'd have to attack the drive's firmware, which is typically updated in a pure DOS command-line environment.

At any rate, what you described is what I typically see at work when a Win2000 system's IDE drive kicks the bucket. Maybe just bad luck

 

[SupraTran]

Ok thanx, that sounds hard and his only like beginnign to learn to hack. I exploded on him though because he was "jokeing" around saying he did it. :-( Thanx for all the help guys

 

[Jexx]

Sorry about your drive mate, if its less than 3years old you may find it still have a manufatures waranty.

As for the hacker, let it fly, I highly doubt he did it but maybe it will put him off doing it again

 

[Trente]

IBM? enough said.