Re: a7v600-x stuck in reboot loop?

In article <5RucnZNtaKFJPhXeSa8jmw@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "Son Of LaL"
<mpick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Got the bios to update using a boot disc. that worked fine. i can get to the
> bios ok its just when it seems to want to access the hdd to load windows it
> resets. like i say i`ve tried the hdd in my system and its ok as far as i
> can test it. its like the bios isn`t allowing interaction between devices so
> i`m not sure what reseating the cpu will achieve. is this a syptom of a
> corrupt bios?

I'm sorry. I thought you were saying that the BIOS wasn't able
to complete POST.

When you see the stuff printed on the screen, is the BIOS
able to read the particulars from the hard drive(s) ? You
know, where it displays what disks it has detected. That
would tell you it is able to get identity information
from the drive, and perhaps the interface is not dead.

If you are able to boot from a floppy, can you boot a DOS
diskette ? Can you type "C:", to change to the C drive, and
do that successfully ? If you can do that, perhaps there is
something wrong with the MBR (not that I understand what
that is, but whatever the first bit of code that comes
off the disk).

It could be there is nothing wrong with the hardware, and
it is actually the boot failing, before it even gets to
the file system. Booting DOS from a floppy, and accessing
the C drive, would tell you that at the file system level,
there is still hope.

Paul
.

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