SPECS
Intel® Pentium® 4 630 Desktop Processor w/ HT Technology 3.0GHz 800MHz FSB 2M
Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2
17" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD with Built-in Camera
Intel® 915P PCI-Express Chipset
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 533MHz - 2 x 1024MB
80GB ATA/100 7,200 RPM
24x10x24 CD-RW / 8X DVD Combo w/Software MPEG2 Decoder
8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
256MB NVidia® GeForce™ Go 6800 ultra
Internal 802.11b/g WiFi Card
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Problem
Computer crashed a while back every time It would boot into XP pro it would lock up about 5-15 minutes after user logon, I tried recovery console and reinstaling OS but it keeps stating device not found in XP instalation/recovery.
1.Wont boot to OS. Every time during boot phase i see it searching for a bootable device. Continuasly states Operating system not found or somtimes it will go through> (detecting..........)> BIOS not instaled/ OS not found> then it will reboot to bios after I pressed F2
2.Somtimes will not load BIOS configuration menu or states BIOS not installed/BIOS not found.
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What I have done
1.Checked physical connections including ATA hard drive pins and ATA ribon cable no apparent damage.
2.Tried both connection ATA ports 1 & 2 the machine has only booted to XP once succesfuly after detecting ATA 100 Hard Drive.
3.Disabled SCSI HD in BIOS and made sure its looking for an ATA drive.
4.used Defualt setting for BIOS.
5. Cleared CMOS by removing all power sources BUT manufacture states revers CMOS polarity by fliping over the battery (i'd rather not do that I have seen what reversing polarity can do to electronics very nasty even with DC power)
Result after all efforts thus far my Alienware 7700 will not load OS due to not locating a bootable device. Somtimes I am able to get into BIOS configuration 9/10 times I am unable to get in. Also continualy states BIOS not found/instaled or OS not found.
Please help
1.normal boot=Operating system not found
2.Pressing F2 to get into BIOS configuration= OS not found
3.Instaling XP=
Uknown Disk
Uknown Disk
Uknown Disk
Uknown Disk
when i press enter i get this stop message
Technical informaitn ***STOP:Ox0000008E (OxCOOOOOO5, OxF77F5CAD, OxF73B27E4, OxOOOOOOOO)
*** setupdd.sys-Address F77F5CAD base at F77C9000, DateStamp 41107c8f
I get the stop message if i press enter at the disk instaltion menu during XP instalation.
<b>Its only booted once succesfully after correcting a physical connection error on my part.</b>
Please help.
Intel® Pentium® 4 630 Desktop Processor w/ HT Technology 3.0GHz 800MHz FSB 2M
Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2
17" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD with Built-in Camera
Intel® 915P PCI-Express Chipset
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 533MHz - 2 x 1024MB
80GB ATA/100 7,200 RPM
24x10x24 CD-RW / 8X DVD Combo w/Software MPEG2 Decoder
8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
256MB NVidia® GeForce™ Go 6800 ultra
Internal 802.11b/g WiFi Card
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Problem
Computer crashed a while back every time It would boot into XP pro it would lock up about 5-15 minutes after user logon, I tried recovery console and reinstaling OS but it keeps stating device not found in XP instalation/recovery.
1.Wont boot to OS. Every time during boot phase i see it searching for a bootable device. Continuasly states Operating system not found or somtimes it will go through> (detecting..........)> BIOS not instaled/ OS not found> then it will reboot to bios after I pressed F2
2.Somtimes will not load BIOS configuration menu or states BIOS not installed/BIOS not found.
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What I have done
1.Checked physical connections including ATA hard drive pins and ATA ribon cable no apparent damage.
2.Tried both connection ATA ports 1 & 2 the machine has only booted to XP once succesfuly after detecting ATA 100 Hard Drive.
3.Disabled SCSI HD in BIOS and made sure its looking for an ATA drive.
4.used Defualt setting for BIOS.
5. Cleared CMOS by removing all power sources BUT manufacture states revers CMOS polarity by fliping over the battery (i'd rather not do that I have seen what reversing polarity can do to electronics very nasty even with DC power)
Result after all efforts thus far my Alienware 7700 will not load OS due to not locating a bootable device. Somtimes I am able to get into BIOS configuration 9/10 times I am unable to get in. Also continualy states BIOS not found/instaled or OS not found.
Please help
1.normal boot=Operating system not found
2.Pressing F2 to get into BIOS configuration= OS not found
3.Instaling XP=
Uknown Disk
Uknown Disk
Uknown Disk
Uknown Disk
when i press enter i get this stop message
Technical informaitn ***STOP:Ox0000008E (OxCOOOOOO5, OxF77F5CAD, OxF73B27E4, OxOOOOOOOO)
*** setupdd.sys-Address F77F5CAD base at F77C9000, DateStamp 41107c8f
I get the stop message if i press enter at the disk instaltion menu during XP instalation.
<b>Its only booted once succesfully after correcting a physical connection error on my part.</b>
Please help.