Let me start off with what i have.
Gateway GM5424
DG965OT
2 Gigs of DDr2 Ram
400 GB Hitachi HDD
Intel Core 2 Duo VIIV 2.13 Ghz. E6400
350 Watt PSU
NvIdia 7300 GT XFX
Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit
Now my issue,
My computer won't boot up at all, When i try to boot up i get a black screen and in the top left corner it flash's an underscore, indicating
A. Reading from CD (i have no CD)
B. No boot Device availible.
This issue started occuring sometime last year but it didn't happen much. But now it happens all the time when i try to boot off of that hard drive.
I recently installed a secondary IDE Hard drive that is on the primary slot of the IDE 40 gig wester digital, i have Ubuntu (Intrepid just updated )
I don't mind linux but as we all know, windows is the gamming PC, with halo 2 vista, and shadow run, and many many many more. I've come to a conclusion that it might be my motherboard. sadly, i don't want to fork out 400 dollars for the mobo that i want just yet...
Things that i have tried are...
I. Different hard drives (same thing happen flashing underscore)
II. Different Processor (Still same thing flashing undersocre
III. Put my hard drive different computer (Boots up like a smooth sexy dream)
IV. Update bios (I currently have the intel bios installed and the same thing happens, i get a little error when i turn on my computer saying that AA number has not been programed. Don't know what the heck that means. But it's minor, just press enter and i'm on my way.
V. I have taken it all out and followed the nice tutorial from intel to help solve why a computer won't start, unplugged everything, and it worked untill i got to the last thing to plug in. and when i plugged in the HD audio it wouldn't boot up and when i un plugged them it wouldn't boot up anymore either. Restarted the whole thing and it still wouldn't work on the bare minimum requirements for a computer.
So with all of this, i want to hear more ideas that i can try rather than everyone saying, yes it's your mobo it's done for.. even though i know that's what it is.. any input would be GREATLY appreciated though. thanks
Gateway GM5424
DG965OT
2 Gigs of DDr2 Ram
400 GB Hitachi HDD
Intel Core 2 Duo VIIV 2.13 Ghz. E6400
350 Watt PSU
NvIdia 7300 GT XFX
Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit
Now my issue,
My computer won't boot up at all, When i try to boot up i get a black screen and in the top left corner it flash's an underscore, indicating
A. Reading from CD (i have no CD)
B. No boot Device availible.
This issue started occuring sometime last year but it didn't happen much. But now it happens all the time when i try to boot off of that hard drive.
I recently installed a secondary IDE Hard drive that is on the primary slot of the IDE 40 gig wester digital, i have Ubuntu (Intrepid just updated )
I don't mind linux but as we all know, windows is the gamming PC, with halo 2 vista, and shadow run, and many many many more. I've come to a conclusion that it might be my motherboard. sadly, i don't want to fork out 400 dollars for the mobo that i want just yet...
Things that i have tried are...
I. Different hard drives (same thing happen flashing underscore)
II. Different Processor (Still same thing flashing undersocre
III. Put my hard drive different computer (Boots up like a smooth sexy dream)
IV. Update bios (I currently have the intel bios installed and the same thing happens, i get a little error when i turn on my computer saying that AA number has not been programed. Don't know what the heck that means. But it's minor, just press enter and i'm on my way.
V. I have taken it all out and followed the nice tutorial from intel to help solve why a computer won't start, unplugged everything, and it worked untill i got to the last thing to plug in. and when i plugged in the HD audio it wouldn't boot up and when i un plugged them it wouldn't boot up anymore either. Restarted the whole thing and it still wouldn't work on the bare minimum requirements for a computer.
So with all of this, i want to hear more ideas that i can try rather than everyone saying, yes it's your mobo it's done for.. even though i know that's what it is.. any input would be GREATLY appreciated though. thanks