Re: crash please help


My computer turns on and I can access the bios, everything looks
normal
and correct, the Operating systems just wont run, And the vista setup
wont run.<<

OK. Do you have the book for your motherboard? If so, reset the bios.
This is usually a jumper. YOu remove the jumper, wait like 10 seconds
and replace it. This usually restores a screwed up bios to the default
.. Usually you can't even get into the bios when this kind of a reset is
necessary. YOu seem to be able to get into the bios so likely this is
not the problem but it's worth a try. Look in your motherboard book (or
download the manual online) and find how to reset the bios with the
jumper. IF you can't find it, give me the exact
model of your motherboard. I'll see if I can find it. If you reset
the bios and you still have the problem.
Then.....

I'm assume your Vista Disc will not boot -- but can you put any sort
of bootable DVD or CD rom into the CDROM/DVD drive and boot that?
I'm trying to find out if the CD/DVD rom drive is recognized in the
bios and is working. This might be the problem. IF the CD/DVD is dead
you will not be able to load Vista or anything else. Tell me how you
are sure it is working?

-- Usually your harddrive comes with a setup disc of somekind to format
the drive .. can you boot that? .. Do you have an old Boot disc from DOS
or Win98 or something you know will boot on a CD/DVD drive? Download
some freeware that will make a boot disc for something and make a
bootable disc of any kind to test the CD/ROM DVD drive .. Can you find
something that can boot from a CDROM/DVD on another system? .. What
exactly happens on your monitor when you have exited the bios and are
trying to boot a disc from your CDROM/DVD drive? Is it just black?

Hang in there. This is how we all learned this stuff. FRUSTRATION! BIG
TIME.
Sorry if I'm asking what seem like stupid questions.


--
pberk
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