I have been having some issues for a few days now, here's what's happening.
I have a usb hub hooked up and 3 days ago, my system had trouble finding it (1st time in almost 2 yrs, since i hooked it up).After getting the system to recognize the hub it worked for a short period and i shut down the system, when i restarted later, I got a screen saying windows did not start normally, and it gave me 5 options and 30 seconds to choose my option, I tried normal start 1st with the same result, i tried safe mode with the same result, i then tried each of the other options with the same result, then i started getting blue screens with irq errors, when i checked online, the only references i could find to the specific error #'s i was seeking said that it was 2 devices trying to use the same channel and to use device manager to resolve the conflict, great idea, but i could never get to the device manager. I tried to look at the bios, but could never get to it either. after a time, i just decided to re-install windows.
The re-install from my system restore disc did not work because the computer insisted thet it couldn't read the disc, so i took a full copy of xp home that i bought a few years back for another system and tried to install that, it too failed, never getting past the "installing windows executive" notification, then going into blue screen. After 2 trries with this everything quit.
My current situation is as follows:
1) Power on gives me fans and drive lights except the floppy, but nothing else.
2) I purchased a new power supply, same result
3) I purchased a new hard drive same result
4) I get no post screen so cannot access the bios, the system will not read from any drive and i'm getting no signal to my monitor
5) i get no beep codes or any other indicaors of what' wrong
6) i returned the power supply and hard drive since they obviously weren't the issue
7) tried restarting again with all drives disconnected and no change
8) I have a useless hunk of metal and plastic where i should have a computer
This is what the system is:
Compaq Presario Sa4000T
Motherboard-
Asus PTGD2-LA motherboard ( I can get a new one from H/P for $16 )
Processor-
Intel P4 560J 3.6 ghz 800 mhz FSB Hyperthreaded ( I can buy new from H/P for $933 or on the web for $337, but not willing to buy unless i know thwt's the problem )
Chipset-
i915P
Memory-
2gb DDR2-533/PC2 4300
Hard Drive-
Western Digital WD2500 250gb, SATA, 7200 rpm
Video Card-
ATI Radeon x600se pci express
Sound Card-
Soundblaster Audigy 2ZS
Power Supply-
400w ATX form factor, OEM ( the power supply i tried was 500w )
I'm at my wits end and my moneys run out, any help is appreciated, any help with how i test the motherboard and processor will also be appreciated, i do not have a known good processer or mobo to test against
Thank You
I
I have a usb hub hooked up and 3 days ago, my system had trouble finding it (1st time in almost 2 yrs, since i hooked it up).After getting the system to recognize the hub it worked for a short period and i shut down the system, when i restarted later, I got a screen saying windows did not start normally, and it gave me 5 options and 30 seconds to choose my option, I tried normal start 1st with the same result, i tried safe mode with the same result, i then tried each of the other options with the same result, then i started getting blue screens with irq errors, when i checked online, the only references i could find to the specific error #'s i was seeking said that it was 2 devices trying to use the same channel and to use device manager to resolve the conflict, great idea, but i could never get to the device manager. I tried to look at the bios, but could never get to it either. after a time, i just decided to re-install windows.
The re-install from my system restore disc did not work because the computer insisted thet it couldn't read the disc, so i took a full copy of xp home that i bought a few years back for another system and tried to install that, it too failed, never getting past the "installing windows executive" notification, then going into blue screen. After 2 trries with this everything quit.
My current situation is as follows:
1) Power on gives me fans and drive lights except the floppy, but nothing else.
2) I purchased a new power supply, same result
3) I purchased a new hard drive same result
4) I get no post screen so cannot access the bios, the system will not read from any drive and i'm getting no signal to my monitor
5) i get no beep codes or any other indicaors of what' wrong
6) i returned the power supply and hard drive since they obviously weren't the issue
7) tried restarting again with all drives disconnected and no change
8) I have a useless hunk of metal and plastic where i should have a computer
This is what the system is:
Compaq Presario Sa4000T
Motherboard-
Asus PTGD2-LA motherboard ( I can get a new one from H/P for $16 )
Processor-
Intel P4 560J 3.6 ghz 800 mhz FSB Hyperthreaded ( I can buy new from H/P for $933 or on the web for $337, but not willing to buy unless i know thwt's the problem )
Chipset-
i915P
Memory-
2gb DDR2-533/PC2 4300
Hard Drive-
Western Digital WD2500 250gb, SATA, 7200 rpm
Video Card-
ATI Radeon x600se pci express
Sound Card-
Soundblaster Audigy 2ZS
Power Supply-
400w ATX form factor, OEM ( the power supply i tried was 500w )
I'm at my wits end and my moneys run out, any help is appreciated, any help with how i test the motherboard and processor will also be appreciated, i do not have a known good processer or mobo to test against
Thank You
I
