Re: My PC will not boot up

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No, there is not floppy. I should have given more info. Here it goes, in
the chance somebody can help. Thanks.

Here goes the info I could get:
Generic PC
Motherboard: Not sure, on the back of the PC is says: (ECA-ATX8300PRO)
Energy supply: 300W

BIOS Information:
Intel Corporation D865GBF DESLTOP BOARD
Serial Number; BQBF32807784

MAIN
MAKER OF BIOS: (NOT SPECIFIED)
BIOS VERSION: BF86510A.86A.0036.P07
PROCESSOR TYPE: INTEL PENTIUM 4
HT: ENABLED
PROCESSOR SPEED: 2.8 Ghz
SYSTEM BUS SPEED: 800 Mhz
SYSTEM MEMORY SPEED: 400 Mhz
CACHE RAM: 512 KB
TOTAL MEMORY: 512 KB
MEMORY MODE: DUAL CHANNEL

BOOT CONFIGURATION
PLUG & PLAY O/S: YES
NUMLOCK: ON

DRIVE CONFIGURATION
ATA/IDE CONFIGURATION: ENHANCED
PCI IDE BUS MASTER: ENABLED
HARD DISK PRE-DELAY: DISABLED
SATA PORT-0: NOT DETECTED
SATA PORT-1: NOT DETECTED
DATA PRIMARY MASTER: CD-RW 52X24
DATA PRIMARY SLAVE: NOT DETECTED
DATA SECONDARY MASTER: NOT DETECTED
DATA SECONDARY SLAVE: NOT DETECTED

BOOT
SILENT BOOT: ENABLED
INTEL RAPID BIOS BOOT: ENABLED
PXE BOOT TO LAN: DISABLED
USB BOOT: ENABLED
1ST BOOT DEVICE: 1ST FLOPPY DRIVE
2ND BOOT DEVICE: 3M CD-RW 52X24

REMOVABLE DEVICES
1ST DRIVE: 1ST FLOPPY DRIVE


"Rich Barry" wrote:

> Take a look to see if you have a floppy in the floppy drive. If yes,
> remove and restart.
> "johann59" <johann59@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:60B37411-193B-43BA-9A5C-2C8258B054BD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I'm not a hardware oriented guy. My PC was working fine and then suddenly
> > it
> > won't reboot. I turn my PC on, but no sounds, no error messages, nothing,
> > only "Reboot and select proper boot device or insert Boot media in
> > selected
> > boot device". Hard drive does not make a sound. I don't recall installing
> > anything new. My dumb mistake is that I had no backup. Does it mean my
> > hard
> > drive is completely gone or is there any advice somebody can give me?
> > Thanks,
> > I'd appreciate any help.
> >
> > P4, 2.8 Mhz
> > 512 Mb Ram
> > 80 Gb HD (Wester Direct)
> > Win XP Pro
>
>
>
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