Re: System restarts and then BIOS can't see disk
- From: "James E Middleton" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:01:54 +0900
Just in case it's the HDD, back up your data ASAP!
"Sunny" <sunny@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Barryco wrote:
My XP Home system has increasingly been showing the following behaviour:
* it is all working fine then suddenly just stops whatever you are doing
and spontaneously reboots.
* when it restarts, the BIOS at this point can't see the disk - the
Primary disk master is "none"
* if you select the Primary master and hit enter at this point it
automatically finds the disk and then reboots as normal and works OK til
the next time it happens
This behaviour is unpredictable and seems completely independant of what
you happen to be doing on the computer at the time. It is also starting
to happen more often - at least a few times a day.
Is this indicative of an impending hard disk failure or does anyone have
any other thoughts?
The system is a fairly old PIII but has always been reliable, the BIOS
never flashed etc.
Thanks,
Barry
I trust you have current backups!
Your deteriorating symptoms are typical of a PIII motherboard whose filter
capacitors have failed. Take the cover off and examine the motherboard to
see if capacitors are the problem - there's a good picture of what you're
looking for here:
http://www.careyholzman.com/caps/images/bad_caps.jpg
The picture shows a couple of good capacitors, which are flat on top, and
others in various stages of failure, ranging from slight bulging on top to
severe bulging and leakage.
Sunny
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