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My Power Spec pentium 4 Running Windows 2000 Server Wont Boot or Go into Bios Or do Anything when I turn it on. What do i Do?
hey guys my boss has a power spec pentium 4 running windows 2000 server in his basement. we run the companies web site off of it and he uses it as an entry into his home network forhis personal business. Anyway his kids use it alot to download porn and burn it to dvd's and stuff like that and I've told him to lock it up but he just can't seem to understand the importance of keeping them off of it. I've fixed it several times before from viruses but i don't think I can fix this one unless you guys help.
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someone else told me since it is beeping on start up and the cd drives are lighting up i should try a boot disk. what do you think of this?
If it beeps more than once, it may be that a piece of hardware was removed, or a new one was added (if you don't see video, it might have been the video card).
Try hitting F1 after the beep, and wait a few minutes. Does Windows come up then? If you can't get anything on the screen, a boot disc probably won't help.
Try hitting F1 after the beep, and wait a few minutes. Does Windows come up then? If you can't get anything on the screen, a boot disc probably won't help.
If you can't get into the BIOS, I doubt that a boot disk will work, but you can try it anyways.
is there any beep coming when you switch the power ON?
please open the cabinet and see whether you can see the LEDs glowing on motherboard. then remove all the power connectors and reconnect and then check whetherit turns ON
If it turns ON but beeps, then there is some hardware problem then try removing RAM and other addon cards and reinserting those again
please open the cabinet and see whether you can see the LEDs glowing on motherboard. then remove all the power connectors and reconnect and then check whetherit turns ON
If it turns ON but beeps, then there is some hardware problem then try removing RAM and other addon cards and reinserting those again
And, count the number and type of beeps. I mean, one short beep, then two long beeps, etc.
If you can, tell us the model of the motherboard, and with all this, we can diagnose your hardware failure.
You can see what beeps mean at:
http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm
Hope that this helps
If you can, tell us the model of the motherboard, and with all this, we can diagnose your hardware failure.
You can see what beeps mean at:
http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm
Hope that this helps
Best practice is to attempt software resolution before hardware tinkering.
Pressing F1 (or the appropriate key based on make/model of motherboard) to try continuing bootup after a POST message (as long as it is not fatal, usually indicated by no POST beeps) should work. If it does not, then attempting to replace hardware should be done piece by piece starting with the most likely culprit. (sounds like video card in this case since nothing is on screen, but asker does not provide many details...)
Thanks for the cleanup rindi!
Cheers!
Pressing F1 (or the appropriate key based on make/model of motherboard) to try continuing bootup after a POST message (as long as it is not fatal, usually indicated by no POST beeps) should work. If it does not, then attempting to replace hardware should be done piece by piece starting with the most likely culprit. (sounds like video card in this case since nothing is on screen, but asker does not provide many details...)
Thanks for the cleanup rindi!
Cheers!
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