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Best I can tell the auto option is not available on the computer.

I removed it from a working system. I'd rather just let her press F1 occasionally than chase down a hardware failure.

Oh yes, I've tried Master and slave too -- no help.

There are six possibilities: The two IDE positions in the BIOS times the three jumper positions. I think I've tried them all. I'm a little...

I know and I've seen motherboards with no IDE ports but all I have seen with IDE ports they came in pairs.



The drive is connected to the last connector on the cable. I've tried the Cable...

My sister-in-law's CDROM drive failed and I installed a new one. Now I'm having a problem.

About every third restart it stops at the screen in the picture below. I'm guessing maybe the drive...

Thanks for all the replies and help.

Thanks for your reply. The motherboard is the one in my signature as are the other components. I didn't realize there were Seagate SATA drives that installed differently. It's a Barracuda.

I...

My auxiliary hard drive (a Western Digital IDE) failed yesterday, and I'm installing Seagate SATA today.

I've never installed an SATA hard drive before and I'm finding some things confusing. My...

I use an internal drive with a USB adapter for backup.

I use two of these internal hard drives and every couple of months I swap one to a safety deposit box. I use the same USB adapter.

Twice...

I use an internal drive in a USB box/enclosure for backup. (An enclosure with its own power supply that lets the drive act as a USB drive.)

I have two of these internal hard drives and every...

On all the drives I've owned the button is below the tray. This button is to the right of the tray. I'm including a crude sketch.

I don't know the model of the computer. I'll try to get it,...

A friend's DVD drive has failed and she wants me to replace i but I've never seen a drive like this before. The open/close button is part of the case, not the drive. It's an HP mini tower.

How...

Thanks for your reply.


Why did you choose this over the later Beta version?


Does this mean one shouldn't remove the fan/heatsink/processor as an assembly?

SOYO K7VTA PRO motherboard.

I am going to remove a Duron processor and replace it with an Athlon processor.

I've installed several AMD processors but it's been long enough ago I don't remember...

SOYO K7VTA PRO motherboard. On startup it says it has an AwardBOS 6.00PGN. Later on it says the BIOS is a K7VTAPRO-2BA1.

The system currently has a Duron 800 processor.

I will be replacing...

Just a report to put this mystery to bed.

I bought a replacement mobo and it's up and running properly again.

A little frustrating -- I bought a used copy of the original mobo on ebay. The...

Thanks. I had changed the battery anyway, out of desperation.

Incidentally I did have a question about the battery. It measured 3V (the rated voltage) with no load. Can the battery be bad and still read full voltage? Most batteries (alkaline, NiCad, NiMh,...

I replaced the battery early on. See my post 12-18-2006, 04:21 PM.

Amazingly, I was taking to an acquaintance this evening about my problem and he had just bought a case with PSU to build a new system. He lent me the PSU. It didn't start either, so I assume it's...

But, I have no way to test further. I have no spare PSU to try. I did connect a hard drive while testing the PSU to add some load. I guess I could hook up all three drives, but given your...

Only with Go-NoGo LEDs.


As I reported in my 10:23 AM post:

I guess it must be the motherboard. In 25 years of using and maintaining two PC computers, this is my first MB failure. I've had multiple failures of every other component, but never a motherboard....

My that was a long thread. I bought a power supply tester and the power supply tests OK.

You clever guy.


When the PS_ON is shorted to ground the power supply fans start and I hear something click on the in the system, but the moment I remove the short everything stops.