Window's won't start, not even from boot disk

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stygian7

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I have an old Compaq Presario 7000 (7AP140). It used to work just fine, but
now, if I turn it on, it just goes to a screen that says Compaq...nothing else. I thought maybe Windows needed to be reinstalled, so I tried a Window's 98 floppy boot disk...still nothing. I also tried a Window's 2000 and XP cd-rom. I have no idea what's going on as this computer never showed any signs of problems.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
-Kevin
 
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Sounds like your HDD may have failed... when the computer starts follow the directions to enter your CMOS setup and change the boot drive to your floppy or CD drive.
 
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stygian7

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Thats the thing, I don't even get a screen where I can enter the CMOS setup :( . It powers up directly to the "compaq" screen; is there any hope for this computer?
Thanks for the help,
Kevin
 
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Death_Shadow

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stygian7 said:
Search of Google Groups for what?
Thanks for all the help so far,
Kevin
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Erm... usually this is a problem with your processor or motherboard malfunctioning. Usually it's the motherboard, they may be a short in it somewhere or it may have just blown, not a clue, have you tried looking inside or possiby replacing hte motherboard?
 
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nomav6

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had a friend that had the same problem with his Compaq, so I went to one of the local computer shops and got a small HDD really cheap just to test it and that was the problem, but before spending the $5-10 on a old HDD I would check to make sure none of the cables have came loose. Hope this helps
 
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UrbanDragon

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Try doing this. Unplug the power from the back of your computer. hold power button in for 30sec to 1 min.
disconnect all third party devices.. printer,scanner,webcam.etc..... then reconnect your power cable then try. what you are seeing is the Compaq bios splash screen.

Try this before dropping money into a possible hdd failure when you aren't even getting past the BIOS POST test.
 
Jimbob1989

Jimbob1989

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It may be something different. I once installed a second virus scanner with Norton. The 2 programs used simular proccesses and trying to login was impossible. I tried to do system recovery and it said a certain file was corrupted. I checked and it was used by both virus scanners.

Jimbob
 
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