Buildin a pc for a friend..lots of parts

PcFreak14 · 10-10-2006, 10:37 PM

well my friend has three pc towers one gateway select 1100 , Gateway essential 433c , and a compaq presario 6000. I want to use the select1100 case becasue its bigger for expansion..the only big question i have it is no matter what hard drive i hook up to it , when it boots i keep getting a small blinking dash in the top left corner screen.. im not sure what it means. is something inside the case no propertly hooked up? or is it something else. i tried 4 hard drives and no luck. i came to you guys for expert help. thanks again..any questions on specs or anything please ask.
Steve

xspwn · 10-10-2006, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by PcFreak14

any questions on specs or anything please ask.
Steve

well what are the specs?

Redbull{wings} · 10-10-2006, 10:54 PM

usually means a hdd or os problem make sure your jumpers are set correctly that you have an os installed and if you are trying to install one make sure you told it to boot from cd

PcFreak14 · 10-10-2006, 11:12 PM

okay..one question what if the fan for the heatsink isnt spinning..i tryed reseating the connector,,no go also tryed hooking it up to another one on the board no go...but i hooked it up in another one and it was spinning fine..

rogueeskimo · 10-10-2006, 11:17 PM

my comp has that, too, but thats because i disabled the system diognostics in the BIOS, but after about 10 seconds it boots up.

maybe your connecting the HDD wrong, do you have one or 2 hdd's?
try connecting them into the different plugs...

PcFreak14 · 10-11-2006, 12:15 AM

when i tryed to hook up one of the other harddrives to my sisters as a slave it recongized it but i threw in a windows xp disc so that i can do a repair to the slaved drived that needed it and now her hard drive wont boot.. and wheni try to run the xp disc i get a messege with ntkrnlmp.exe the code error is 4 also i get setupdd.sys

10-10-2006, 10:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
PcFreak14 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Moosic,Pa Posts: 118	Buildin a pc for a friend..lots of parts well my friend has three pc towers one gateway select 1100 , Gateway essential 433c , and a compaq presario 6000. I want to use the select1100 case becasue its bigger for expansion..the only big question i have it is no matter what hard drive i hook up to it , when it boots i keep getting a small blinking dash in the top left corner screen.. im not sure what it means. is something inside the case no propertly hooked up? or is it something else. i tried 4 hard drives and no luck. i came to you guys for expert help. thanks again..any questions on specs or anything please ask. Steve

10-10-2006, 11:17 PM	#5 (permalink)
rogueeskimo Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: California Age: 16 Posts: 68	my comp has that, too, but thats because i disabled the system diognostics in the BIOS, but after about 10 seconds it boots up. maybe your connecting the HDD wrong, do you have one or 2 hdd's? try connecting them into the different plugs... __________________ //::t3h r1g::\\ CPU: AMD Athlon X2 4600+ Windsor GPU: BFG GeForce 7600 GT OC 256 MB (custom overclocked: 630 MHz core clk, 775 MHz memory clock) RAM: 2 GB PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM HDD: Seagate 320GB 7200RPM Serial ATA MOBO: ASUS A8M2N-LA Socket AM2 Micro ATX Audio: Realtek ALC 888 High Definition 8 channel PSU: Antec TruePower 2.0 480-Watt ATX

10-11-2006, 12:15 AM	#6 (permalink)
PcFreak14 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Moosic,Pa Posts: 118	when i tryed to hook up one of the other harddrives to my sisters as a slave it recongized it but i threw in a windows xp disc so that i can do a repair to the slaved drived that needed it and now her hard drive wont boot.. and wheni try to run the xp disc i get a messege with ntkrnlmp.exe the code error is 4 also i get setupdd.sys Last edited by PcFreak14; 10-11-2006 at 12:18 AM. Reason: more errors

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10-10-2006, 11:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
PcFreak14 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Moosic,Pa Posts: 118	okay..one question what if the fan for the heatsink isnt spinning..i tryed reseating the connector,,no go also tryed hooking it up to another one on the board no go...but i hooked it up in another one and it was spinning fine..