Eddie Haskell
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Is there a simple way to determine if the CPU is bad as opposed to the numerous other things that could be wrong?
I have a Compaq computer (got it free) model 5000 with an Intel P4 1.7 cpu, it will boot from the cd drive but not the hard drive. I tell windows to repair existing install and it will go through the motions as if it will accomplish something until it gets to the "Windows is restarting in 10,9,8,7,etc but when it restarts it doesn't continue to repair, it says "to boot from CD press any key...." and it just sits there. If you press any key the process starts over.
If I start it without the CD in the drive it gets past the start up screen and it has just a blinking cursor up in the left corner.
The person that gave me this said it was diagnosed with a bad CPU but they were going to charge X amount to fix it and she wasn't willing to pay that as it was up there.
I don't know how reputable the repair shop is so I'm starting from scratch with that knowledge as a building block.
When I first got it it would do nothing when you pushed the power button so I re-seated all the cards and ram (128) and removed and re-seated the CPU. When I hit the power button it lit up and seemed to have OS issues so I re-installed windows and did the hours of updates and it was working fine until the first time I turned it off that's when all this started. I checked the voltage on the MB battery and it appears to still be good, 3.03 vdc.
If it's a bad CPU, great I'll get a new one. I hate to get one and have it not be the problem, it gets expensive throwing money at something when your not really sure where the problem lies, especially when the thing is free. Any help would be greatly appreciated
I have a Compaq computer (got it free) model 5000 with an Intel P4 1.7 cpu, it will boot from the cd drive but not the hard drive. I tell windows to repair existing install and it will go through the motions as if it will accomplish something until it gets to the "Windows is restarting in 10,9,8,7,etc but when it restarts it doesn't continue to repair, it says "to boot from CD press any key...." and it just sits there. If you press any key the process starts over.
If I start it without the CD in the drive it gets past the start up screen and it has just a blinking cursor up in the left corner.
The person that gave me this said it was diagnosed with a bad CPU but they were going to charge X amount to fix it and she wasn't willing to pay that as it was up there.
I don't know how reputable the repair shop is so I'm starting from scratch with that knowledge as a building block.When I first got it it would do nothing when you pushed the power button so I re-seated all the cards and ram (128) and removed and re-seated the CPU. When I hit the power button it lit up and seemed to have OS issues so I re-installed windows and did the hours of updates and it was working fine until the first time I turned it off that's when all this started. I checked the voltage on the MB battery and it appears to still be good, 3.03 vdc.
If it's a bad CPU, great I'll get a new one. I hate to get one and have it not be the problem, it gets expensive throwing money at something when your not really sure where the problem lies, especially when the thing is free. Any help would be greatly appreciated
