I'm having a problem booting my system, a Pressario 7PL290. I have gon
through several debug cycles with this so this note may be a littl
long. The issue originally started as a problem where the syste
would boot, I'd get the Compaq logo, then the XP boot screen but the
it would loop between the Compaq logo and the XP boot screen.
thought it might be a bad operating system so I rebuilt the HDD with
new XP on a different system. The HDD boots fine on that system. Now
upon booting, the Compaq logo comes up, the system goes through POS
with no beep codes. I don't think I've ever heard beep codes with thi
machine. After the POST, all I get is a blinking cursor in the uppe
left corner of the monitor. It sees the HDD. I have two 256mb memor
modules, and discovered tonight that one of them is bad. The syste
only sees 128mb on that module. I've tried booting with both modules
and with just the single good 256mb module, all with the same result.
have disconnected all the adapters except the video card but no change.
I don't know if it is significant but normally, you have to hol
the on/off switch down for several seconds in order to turn the machin
off. If I take out the memory, this is the way it works. With th
memory in, the system shuts off immediately. Any suggestions? I
this is a motherboard issue, it sounds like (from the Compaq FAQ)
new motherboard is not a possibility. Is that correct?
Georg
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