-=PCTechTalk=- Re: puzzling problem
- From: "don101" <don101@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:30:53 -0400
Try reinstalling each device by itself. Especially those devices that
caused the no boot situation when combined with one or more other items.
Remember to set any drives to "Master" for this test.
With the problem coming and going with various combinations with apparently
no consistency except it always exists when the second optical drive exists
as a slave it sounds like a problem with something that is shared by
everything and gets overloaded such as the power supply or the system bus.
You could also be dealing with two defective units.
I once had an avionics computer that consisted of three main parts.... the
main chassis, the synchro pack and the power supply. When assembled with
the original three parts the problem existed. A second computer worked
perfectly.
When the 3 parts were swapped around in various combinations between the two
computers, everything worked perfect on both units. When the original three
parts were put back together, the problem returned.
Never did find the source of the problem so just swapped pieces around and
sent them both back into service.
Don
P. S. Yes, I said synchro pack. It was an analog computer.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jo Ann Weaver" <bookworm54@xxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 12:57 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: puzzling problem
> GMan,
> Ok, here's what's happening. I was checking connections and noticed the
> hard
> drive cable was a flat cable that somebody
> wrapped material around to make it round and crimped it up.Replaced it
> with
> a new flat cable ( everything else still disconnected )
> and it booted right up. Hooked up first optical drive which was a DVD
> player, and still booted, hookep second CD-RW on the same cable
> just like it was before, and no boot. The DVD is set to master on the end
> of
> the cable and the second one is slave. Unhooked second drive,
> booted right up. Replaced second drive with another drive, no boot.
> Decided
> to let that go for now and replace cards. Put in sound card, booted.
> Put in dial-up modem, no boot. Took out sound card, put in ethernet card,
> booted up. Put in USB card, booted. Then no boot next time. Took out
> sound card, booted up. Later repalced it, it still boots. It's booted
> several times in a row and I played a game on it, but I'm still not
> convinced it's ok.
> Still won't boot with the second optical drive at all. Going to bed now,
> will take a hammer to the thing tomorrow :)
>
> Jo Ann
>
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