hard drive crash ????

Hi,
I have a parkardbell aloh@ which will not boot when I turn on the pc it
powers up and on the screen it says Packard bell, and press esc to run post
and press f2 to enter coms
both of which I can start.
I`ve tried switching the jumpers
and booting with the recovery floppy disk.but it does not seem to get to the
boot sequence i have put the hard drive in another Aoh@ pc with the same
spec`s
and got the same results.

is there a way to solve this problem or as I think I need a new hard drive

Any ideas
Brendan

Hello

Well from what your saying time to get a new hard drive

Alvin


Brendan wrote:

> Hi,
> I have a parkardbell aloh@ which will not boot when I turn on the pc it
> powers up and on the screen it says Packard bell, and press esc to run post
> and press f2 to enter coms
> both of which I can start.
> I`ve tried switching the jumpers
> and booting with the recovery floppy disk.but it does not seem to get to the
> boot sequence i have put the hard drive in another Aoh@ pc with the same
> spec`s
> and got the same results.
>
> is there a way to solve this problem or as I think I need a new hard drive
>
> Any ideas
> Brendan

Brendan,

You've described symptoms of a hard drive probably gone south. With the chassis
opened up, power up the system, and put your hand on the hard drive. Does it
vibrate when powered up, indicating that it is spinning? Does the drive make
its usual clicking noise as it recalibrates itself? When you access the
motherboard's BIOS CMOS setup menus, does the motherboard BIOS indicate presence
of the drive (assuming that the BIOS is capable of doing so)? If the answer to
these questions is "No", and you've checked and double checked cable and power
connections, the drive is probably history... Ben Myers

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:38:29 +0100, "Brendan" <> wrote:

>Hi,
>I have a parkardbell aloh@ which will not boot when I turn on the pc it
>powers up and on the screen it says Packard bell, and press esc to run post
>and press f2 to enter coms
>both of which I can start.
>I`ve tried switching the jumpers
>and booting with the recovery floppy disk.but it does not seem to get to the
>boot sequence i have put the hard drive in another Aoh@ pc with the same
>spec`s
>and got the same results.
>
>is there a way to solve this problem or as I think I need a new hard drive
>
>Any ideas
>Brendan
>
>

In article <>,
Alvin Brown <> wrote:
>Hello
>
>Well from what your saying time to get a new hard drive
>
>Alvin
>

He's got a Packard Bell; He needs a new computer.

>
>Brendan wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I have a parkardbell aloh@ which will not boot when I turn on the pc it
>> powers up and on the screen it says Packard bell, and press esc to run post
>> and press f2 to enter coms
>> both of which I can start.
>> I`ve tried switching the jumpers
>> and booting with the recovery floppy disk.but it does not seem to get to the
>> boot sequence i have put the hard drive in another Aoh@ pc with the same
>> spec`s
>> and got the same results.
>>
>> is there a way to solve this problem or as I think I need a new hard drive
>>
>> Any ideas
>> Brendan
>


--
Al Dykes
-----------

did you place the HD from the woeking system
in the non working system
<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:...
> Brendan,
>
> You've described symptoms of a hard drive probably gone south. With the
chassis
> opened up, power up the system, and put your hand on the hard drive. Does
it
> vibrate when powered up, indicating that it is spinning? Does the drive
make
> its usual clicking noise as it recalibrates itself? When you access the
> motherboard's BIOS CMOS setup menus, does the motherboard BIOS indicate
presence
> of the drive (assuming that the BIOS is capable of doing so)? If the
answer to
> these questions is "No", and you've checked and double checked cable and
power
> connections, the drive is probably history... Ben Myers
>
> On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:38:29 +0100, "Brendan" <>
wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >I have a parkardbell aloh@ which will not boot when I turn on the pc it
> >powers up and on the screen it says Packard bell, and press esc to run
post
> >and press f2 to enter coms
> >both of which I can start.
> >I`ve tried switching the jumpers
> >and booting with the recovery floppy disk.but it does not seem to get to
the
> >boot sequence i have put the hard drive in another Aoh@ pc with the same
> >spec`s
> >and got the same results.
> >
> >is there a way to solve this problem or as I think I need a new hard
drive
> >
> >Any ideas
> >Brendan
> >
> >
>

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:46:12 -0500, "metronid" <> had this to say and I had to
reply to it:

::did you place the HD from the woeking system
::in the non working system

Ahh I see where your going with this. Maybe the motherboard is shot in the older PB. Or that the
CMOS battery is dead, or that the Power supply is dying yada yada yada.

I would however point out that the first thing I would do is make sure the power connector is not
lose on the driver, then that the PIN 1 is with the red/blue/black stripe of the ribbon, and then
that the unit was not shorted out do to a fried Hard Drive (look for burned material at the power
connector) if all that fails and then the introduction of a new had drive in the system results in
the same behavior then it more than likely is the latter above.

On the other hand if the newer hard driver is installed and the same occurs then it can be a bad
connector, or ribbon, or CMOS battery.

Elector

You could always boot from a f;oppy and see if C: is present, if so the
drive is there and if you install a second boot drive you may be able to
save data.

the_gnome

"metronid" <> wrote in message
news:mIKdnccT9rq0Am2iRVn-...
> did you place the HD from the woeking system
> in the non working system
> <ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
> news:...
> > Brendan,
> >
> > You've described symptoms of a hard drive probably gone south. With the
> chassis
> > opened up, power up the system, and put your hand on the hard drive.
Does
> it
> > vibrate when powered up, indicating that it is spinning? Does the drive
> make
> > its usual clicking noise as it recalibrates itself? When you access the
> > motherboard's BIOS CMOS setup menus, does the motherboard BIOS indicate
> presence
> > of the drive (assuming that the BIOS is capable of doing so)? If the
> answer to
> > these questions is "No", and you've checked and double checked cable and
> power
> > connections, the drive is probably history... Ben Myers
> >
> > On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:38:29 +0100, "Brendan" <>
> wrote:
> >
> > >Hi,
> > >I have a parkardbell aloh@ which will not boot when I turn on the pc it
> > >powers up and on the screen it says Packard bell, and press esc to run
> post
> > >and press f2 to enter coms
> > >both of which I can start.
> > >I`ve tried switching the jumpers
> > >and booting with the recovery floppy disk.but it does not seem to get
to
> the
> > >boot sequence i have put the hard drive in another Aoh@ pc with the
same
> > >spec`s
> > >and got the same results.
> > >
> > >is there a way to solve this problem or as I think I need a new hard
> drive
> > >
> > >Any ideas
> > >Brendan
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

test reply
"Al Dykes" <> wrote in message
news:bsq51n$lrh$...
> In article <>,
> Alvin Brown <> wrote:
> >Hello
> >
> >Well from what your saying time to get a new hard drive
> >
> >Alvin
> >
>
> He's got a Packard Bell; He needs a new computer.
>
> >
> >Brendan wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> I have a parkardbell aloh@ which will not boot when I turn on the pc it
> >> powers up and on the screen it says Packard bell, and press esc to run
post
> >> and press f2 to enter coms
> >> both of which I can start.
> >> I`ve tried switching the jumpers
> >> and booting with the recovery floppy disk.but it does not seem to get
to the
> >> boot sequence i have put the hard drive in another Aoh@ pc with the
same
> >> spec`s
> >> and got the same results.
> >>
> >> is there a way to solve this problem or as I think I need a new hard
drive
> >>
> >> Any ideas
> >> Brendan
> >
>
>
> --
> Al Dykes
> -----------
>
>