Re: My computer won't boot up!
From: Ken Blake, MVP (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 03/27/04
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Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 12:13:32 -0700
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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> WinXP may not run on such a slow processor. It has
> minimum system requirements.
Yes it does, but a 400MHz P2 exceeds those requirements. My wife
runs Windows XP on a 256MB 400MHz PC quite well. It's no speed
demon, but it runs fine.
That's not the problem.
-- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup > >>-----Original Message----- >>I know this question is not directly linked with XP, but there may be >>some people who know the answer. My friend recently bought a second >>hand computer, and we can be the money back, but we would rather have >>a working computer. The problem is this: It won't boot up! >> >>I have swapped over the IDE cables to see if it makes any difference, >>but it still comes back with the same error message: "Remove disks >>or any other media, press any key to continue" >> >>But there are no disks in any of the disks drive, and I am unsure >>whether there is anything on the HDD, but this should not be a >>problem. The boot up sequence shows the motherboard intro screen, >>but the BIOS doesn't even load! I have checked that everything is >>plugged in, so I can't see what the problem is. Previously, some of >>the BIOS loaded up, detecting the HDD, CD drive, keyboard, processor >>and RAM, and then it returned an error "Error 02B0 Diskette drive >>error". I thought that this might be because there wasn't a disk >>drive, but now there is and it still doesn't work! >> >>The motherboard is an Intel SE440BX with a P2 400 MHz and 192 MB ram. >> >>My friend assures me that the computer was working previously. >> >>Any ideas? >> >>Cheers >> >>Phil >> >> >>.
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