Weird screen

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wayne00

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So my computer was working fine and when i go to turn it on, it does this:

my desktop was working fine











Phoenix Award BIOS V6.00PC, ENEGRY STAR ALLEY
Copy Right (c) 1984-2002, Phoenix Technologies, LTD
ASUS A7N8X2.0 DELUXE ACPI BIOS REV 1,007
MAIN PROCESSOR: AND ATHLON (TM) XP 2500 +
MEMORY TESTING: 1048576K OK
TREND CHIPAWAY VIRUS (R) ONGUARD VER 1.065
PREFORMANCE DDR TIMING ENABLED , DUAL CHANNEL MODE
DETECTING IDE DRIVES...








PRESS DELETE TO ENTER SETUP; PRESS ALT F2 TO ENTER AWDFLASH UTILITY
10/06/2003-nVidia-nForce-A7N8X2.0


any clue why/how to fix this?.
 
The last bios version for that board was the 1008 revision. But if that's as far as you are getting it could be a few things. Need a board? The last board here was the exact same model until the cpu cooked! After a year or so the Lithium battery on the board quit one day where nothing would come up onscreen. Fortunately CR2032 Lithium batteries are common watch and calculator type batteries found in jewelry and watch dept.s in retail stores and of course Radio Shack of all places.

If you are not seeing any listing of the one or hard drives or optical drive(s) you have installed start checking the ide cables. The flat ribbon type are notorious for getting stiff and going bad at times. If your system never overheated it's most likely a battery, cable, or possible corrption of the bios programming. Was the Asus logo enabled or disabled to allow the post screen when first set up?
 
no clue, im not a comptuer person so i did not undestand what you just wrote. haha...so basically i was using my comp, turned it off the next day tried to use it and boom, weird screen. so i doubt anything is burned out our broke but i could be wrong. so could of give me suggestions on what to fix/check/do in "easy" terms?
 
Well, I'm more into hardware, but it looks like the system check you typed above stopped at DETECTING IDE DRIVES so from what I know, it seems the hard drive is not being detected. Try checking to make sure that both the power and data cables are attached to your hard drive, and then make sure the data cable on your hard drive is connected to the motherboard. (Just try to push the connector into the slot to make sure its all the way in) But before you do this, make sure to disconnect the power to your computer, so as not to fry anything!!. If all your cables are in place, see if you can hear the hard drive start when you turn on your computer the next time, and also listen for strange noises that you normally don't hear when you start your computer.
 
If your hard drive didn't simply quit when you shutdown that last time the cable itself may be useless. If you find it plugged in the way it should that could be the problem or the battery on the board itself. Another thought comes up on the power supply going bad and not being able to provide enough power to see the system startup normally.

The three things you don't have to worry about there are cpu, memory, and video card since that model board would sound an audio alert or visual message in the event of cpu failure. The battery on the board still has enough life left since you are seeing the post screen but may not be strong enough to see the post tests complete. A clicking sound if any from the hard drive or being hot to touch would indicate a failure there.
 
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