Asus A7N8X-E Delux BEEP on Startup
Hi everyone.
I have an Asus A7N8X-E Delux MB , Athelon XP3000 with 1Gig DDR300 memory.
I have started to get a long duration (2 second) single beep on startup.
I have checked all wiring, removed the memory and graphics card (ATI Radion 9800 Pro) and reseated same to no avail.
My Bios reads:
"Unable to boot from CD"
"Unable to boot from CD"
(Twice), then "Invalid Boot INI file", and "Booting from C/Windows/"
I do not get the post Beep on a software reset, just the above Bios messages.
Thanks for any info re this problem, as it is a nuisance, and apologies if this is a fairly simple issue. I don't pretent to be Einstein re computers!
Best wishes from Australia.
Ken.
I have an Asus A7N8X-E Delux MB , Athelon XP3000 with 1Gig DDR300 memory.
I have started to get a long duration (2 second) single beep on startup.
I have checked all wiring, removed the memory and graphics card (ATI Radion 9800 Pro) and reseated same to no avail.
My Bios reads:
"Unable to boot from CD"
"Unable to boot from CD"
(Twice), then "Invalid Boot INI file", and "Booting from C/Windows/"
I do not get the post Beep on a software reset, just the above Bios messages.
Thanks for any info re this problem, as it is a nuisance, and apologies if this is a fairly simple issue. I don't pretent to be Einstein re computers!
Best wishes from Australia.
Ken.
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Thanks for the quick follow up folks.
What a great site.
Mwmmj, re your question on my setup:
I have 1 OS (WIN XP Pro & SP2)
OS on C Drive, with another partition on that drive for programs.
I have two separate 80GIG drives (IDE). 2nd drive is for media files.
I will go back to my BIOS and look deeper following your comments.
I'll let you know how I wnt.
Thanks once again for your effort.
Ken.
What a great site.
Mwmmj, re your question on my setup:
I have 1 OS (WIN XP Pro & SP2)
OS on C Drive, with another partition on that drive for programs.
I have two separate 80GIG drives (IDE). 2nd drive is for media files.
I will go back to my BIOS and look deeper following your comments.
I'll let you know how I wnt.
Thanks once again for your effort.
Ken.
ASKER
Hi Callendor.
Thanks for your professional ethos, but you were both correct. I have two desk tops, and was repairing in real time while on line.
I reversed the IDE cable from the two drives and now no 3 second fault beep.
I also went to the web site that Mwnnj provided, did as was explained, and now no:
"boot from CD"
"boot from CD"
Invalid Boot INI file"
My computer boots faster (much) and no alarm beep.
Great!!!
Thanks again to you both for the great assistance.
I wish I could give you both scores, but can't see how to.
Apologies Mwnnj, as I wanted to reward your effort as well.
Thanks again fellas (?) for your help with this problem.
What a fantastic site, and well worth the subscription price.
Best wishes from Australia.
Ken.
Thanks for your professional ethos, but you were both correct. I have two desk tops, and was repairing in real time while on line.
I reversed the IDE cable from the two drives and now no 3 second fault beep.
I also went to the web site that Mwnnj provided, did as was explained, and now no:
"boot from CD"
"boot from CD"
Invalid Boot INI file"
My computer boots faster (much) and no alarm beep.
Great!!!
Thanks again to you both for the great assistance.
I wish I could give you both scores, but can't see how to.
Apologies Mwnnj, as I wanted to reward your effort as well.
Thanks again fellas (?) for your help with this problem.
What a fantastic site, and well worth the subscription price.
Best wishes from Australia.
Ken.
Ok, what I'll do is post a "points for..." question to give mwnnj credit.
mwnnj, see https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21440167/Points-for-mwnnj.html
mwnnj, see https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21440167/Points-for-mwnnj.html
Ken, i am really happy, you've solved your problem and i wish you very nice time in wonderful Australia!
No worries about the points awarding ,i know a guy ,he's very generous and i'll get my piece of the pie too. ^_^ <<just joking>>
All the best!
No worries about the points awarding ,i know a guy ,he's very generous and i'll get my piece of the pie too. ^_^ <<just joking>>
All the best!
ASKER
Thanks again fellas (hope your both blokes!)
I'll look for the divide link next time!
Best wishes.
Ken.
I'll look for the divide link next time!
Best wishes.
Ken.
i found many forum disussions on the net regarding the same problem,see this link:
http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tips/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=29025&subsectionid=390
if you can't get much of this message then we will help you go furthur,the problem actually is your boot.ini has been damaged/deleted ,,,
tell me please:
-how many OS have you installed on your pc + OS version?
-how many partitions do you have and where did you install the windows ?
!!!
i will give a sample of my boot.ini file !!use this info only at last !! ,please do NOT go experimenting with your pc,this is only as an example ,how looks like a boot.ini file!!!
let's say,i have one hard drive on first ide channel with first partition my bootable partition where i have installed my OS ::Windows XP SP2:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdi
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)par
this text you could save under the file named boot.ini and paste the file in C:\ and NOT in C:\Windows due the recovery console from the windows xp installation cd-BUT PLEASE do this stuff as a last resort.
later