My computer is still having boot up problems–when I turn it on, I hear the fan and see the lights but there is no beep–to show a successful post. The I hit reset and try to reboot with the same results. Then I turn the power off for a few seconds and then turn it back on usually with no beep. It is taking more and more cycles to get the computer to go into POST and then takes it several reset cycles to go past the spec sheets. After that it seems to run fine.
I took the earlier suggestions and reseated the cards and RAM and checked the cables. But I had the same results as before.
In checking my books I found a similar sympton in Meyer’s A+ book: “an inoperative device can sometimes disrupt the POST, forcing the machine into an endless loop. This causes the PC to act “dead”–no beeps and nothing on the screen. In this case you need a device to monitor the POST and report which piece of hardware is causing the trouble. The devices designed for this are known as POST cards.”
I just found this this morning and so my questions are– How do you get POST card without paying a fortune for them? And why should any device seem inoperative enough to stop a POST and later seem to work fine?
I checked my Device Manager and all devices seem to be working fine. So how do I stop the endless loop without going through the terrible routine described above?
Is there a way to reset some settings to allow me to boot up from a startup disk–which I have been unable to do? I checked set up and have the right settings enabled I think.
Thanks to the people that tried to help me with my last question–however it seems that it didn’t go far enough and I am back to square one.
