Hey guys, first time poster here.
I've been a computer tech for the last 5 years and I've dealt with this sort of problems alot my life but I can't figure this out.
I was doing some work on an older laptop (Dell Inspirion 5100) for a friend of mine. She had to reload windows a couple months ago and the drivers didnt get installed. Well, after installing the gfx, bios, cpu, sound, and usb bus drivers i restarted and everything was running great. A days later she told me I forgot about the CD/DVD ROM driver.
I went over to her house and installed it without any troubles, or so I thought. When I went to restart it seemed fine at first, but then gave me a generic IRQ error blue screen and shut off. I figured I needed to tweak the settings in BIOS but the thing is that it will no longer get past POST. The computer attempts to turn on, then shuts down approx 5 seconds after. The monitor never comes on either. I tried using a boot disc, but since it won't post, I can't.
The computer has a fresh version of XP on it, and no other troubles that I know of. Please help! I'm thrown for a loop here.
Thanks
I've been a computer tech for the last 5 years and I've dealt with this sort of problems alot my life but I can't figure this out.
I was doing some work on an older laptop (Dell Inspirion 5100) for a friend of mine. She had to reload windows a couple months ago and the drivers didnt get installed. Well, after installing the gfx, bios, cpu, sound, and usb bus drivers i restarted and everything was running great. A days later she told me I forgot about the CD/DVD ROM driver.
I went over to her house and installed it without any troubles, or so I thought. When I went to restart it seemed fine at first, but then gave me a generic IRQ error blue screen and shut off. I figured I needed to tweak the settings in BIOS but the thing is that it will no longer get past POST. The computer attempts to turn on, then shuts down approx 5 seconds after. The monitor never comes on either. I tried using a boot disc, but since it won't post, I can't.
The computer has a fresh version of XP on it, and no other troubles that I know of. Please help! I'm thrown for a loop here.
Thanks