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April 6th, 2003, 03:48 PM
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hey, I was changing my floppy drive and I had to unplug a lot of other stuff to make it fit... plugged it back in, though, and now my computer won't boot :\
makes a beeping sound when I turn it on, I had to take out the RAM and the IDE ribbon for a cd-rom and cd-rw to get it to fit... the floppy drive is also right above the hard drive so I hope I didn't mess that up heh :\
sorry if this is vague but I'm a newb, thanks in advance :P | 
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April 6th, 2003, 03:54 PM
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does the POST run or does it just beep?
if no post, remove and reseat the ram. check that all your cables (data & power) are properly connected as well. | |
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April 6th, 2003, 03:54 PM
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oh yeah, motherboard is an IWILL P4R533, no usb connected, pc800 ram... | |
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April 6th, 2003, 03:58 PM
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ok I read the definition for 'POST', I think that it's running... I'll make sure the cables and RAM are in properly now, thanks D: | |
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April 6th, 2003, 04:03 PM
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April 6th, 2003, 04:10 PM
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the ram seems to be ok but I'm not quite sure how to check if the cables are in correctly... if I removed the cables from everything but the hard drive, would it still beep or would I be able to see if that was my problem? | |
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April 6th, 2003, 04:12 PM
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did you make sure your have the correct cables in place? you might of put the ide cable in the floppy drive... i would unplug all the drives and BOOT up. Does it show anything? | |
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April 6th, 2003, 04:17 PM
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yeah unplug all drives and boot up with just cpu, ram and video card.
EDIT: forgot to say, if it posts, then u probebly have cables plugged in the wrong places. | |
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April 6th, 2003, 04:24 PM
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ok, I unplugged the IDE cables and the sound cables but I can't figure out how to get the power supply cables out, heh
thanks for all the help btw  | |
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April 6th, 2003, 04:41 PM
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Power supply cables out of where, the drives? They just pull out. | |
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