I tried booting with the CD after trying the first set of "F" buttons didn't
work. The DVD drive wouldspin up and the light would flicker for about 6
seconds and then nothing..

I've tried <DEL>, <F8>, <F12>, and <F9> and cannot get beyond the first
screen except that when I use <DEL> (to get to the BIOS) the bottom lines
change from the listing of the "F" buttons to a line that says "Preparing to
Enter Setup" and then the last line is "01/11/2007- I945-6A79TG0RC-00"..
And that's as far as it goes..

Fred615



"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "Fred615" <Fred615@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B8D1A3D9-A789-4480-9D83-34D510EDEBED@microsoft.com...
> >
> >
> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "Fred615" <Fred615@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:356A8357-CAC2-4993-BE8B-E6D5CD50ABCF@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have an Intel dual core 2.4 ghz running XP Pro SP2. After a couple of
> >> > reboots to install some USB devices including a USB to Parallel cable
> >> > for
> >> > a
> >> > printer, I wasn't able to reboot the machine. All I get is the very
> >> > first
> >> > DOS
> >> > type screen where the Function keys are listed at the bottom of the
> >> > page.
> >> > I've tried F8, F12, etc. to try to get to the boot screen with no luck.
> >> > The
> >> > first screen just sits there (for as long as 30 minutes) and I have to
> >> > power
> >> > down via the power button.
> >> >
> >> > The machine had been working just fine for weeks before this problem.
> >> > Any
> >> > ideas on what might be wrong and any possible solutions to get it
> >> > running
> >> > again?
> >>
> >> What are the words you see after the BIOS messages?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > If you mean what follows the "Award BIOS, etc" line at the top, then it is
> >
> > "CPU : Intel, etc"
> > "Memory Test : 1 GB OK + 8M shared memory"
> >
> > and then blank except for the boot and bios instructions at the bottom of
> > the screen.
>
> The absence of any Windows-related messages suggests that
> the Windows boot files never begin to load, which could be
> caused by a motherboard or a hard disk problem. What happens
> when you boot the machine with your Windows CD? Remember
> to get into the BIOS first and to set the CD drive as the primary
> boot device.
>
>
>