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  • Homskillet
    Platinum Poster
    • Jun 2004
    • 1292
    #1

    My computer... from hell!

    Ok, so I just bought and installed my AMD 3200 64 chip on a Asus K8V K8T800 DDR-400 motherboard. All has been working great for about a month when all of a sudden it freezes up. I hit the reset button and now my HD light stays on the whole time.

    I've been taking it apart and realize my HD won't spin. If I unplug the IDE cable it spins. If I plug the IDE cable back into the HD it stops spinning.

    I've also noticed that if there's NOTHING plugged into the IDE ports on the motherboard, the HD light goes off... if I plug something in, the HD light stays on!

    Does anyone have ANY idea what's going on??!?!
    https://soundcloud.com/dahlheim/shadynasty-tres-final
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    • Civic_Zen
      Platinum Poster
      • Jun 2004
      • 1116
      #2
      Wow. Thats interesting. BTW, you should start posting this sort of thing in MercuryEngine, or at least, ALSO post it there.

      So, as for the issue. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.


      Have you tried a different cable? That would be the first thing I would do, a new IDE cable, and make sure its an 80 pin conductor cable. You'll know if its not because Bios will let you know either right before it checks the drives connected to the motherboard or right after.
      "The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws." - Tacitus (55-117 A.D.)
      "That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves."
      - Thomas Jefferson

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        • Homskillet
          Platinum Poster
          • Jun 2004
          • 1292
          #3
          Re: My computer... from hell!

          Yes, I've tried a new cable and still nothing... OH YEAH, I FORGOT TO MENTION, bios won't even start up. When I hit the power button to start up my computer, the red light stays on and my monitor doesn't detect anything.

          Usually when you turn on your computer the monitor will come out of sleep mode and display something. Well it acts like it's not getting a signal at all. I know my monitor works becuse I was just using my laptop on it.


          thanks for the heads up, I'll throw this on MercuryEngine right now.
          https://soundcloud.com/dahlheim/shadynasty-tres-final

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            • neoee
              Platinum Poster
              • Jun 2004
              • 1266
              #4
              Re: My computer... from hell!

              Originally posted by Homskillet";p="
              Yes, I've tried a new cable and still nothing... OH YEAH, I FORGOT TO MENTION, bios won't even start up. When I hit the power button to start up my computer, the red light stays on and my monitor doesn't detect anything.

              Usually when you turn on your computer the monitor will come out of sleep mode and display something. Well it acts like it's not getting a signal at all. I know my monitor works becuse I was just using my laptop on it.


              thanks for the heads up, I'll throw this on MercuryEngine right now.
              Typically when I've had problems like your describing above (monitor won't come) it because I've either gotten a bad processor or I burned it up. I'm think that what you may have.
              "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security." -Benjamin Franklin

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                • diskofreak
                  Gold Gabber
                  • Jun 2004
                  • 648
                  #5
                  Re: My computer... from hell!

                  wow, couldn't help you,
                  sounds serious...
                  ( in the risk of sounding like a dork..)
                  did you call the 1 800 help line thats probably printed on the instructions
                  it could be faluty, do those things come with a warranty?

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                    • Homskillet
                      Platinum Poster
                      • Jun 2004
                      • 1292
                      #6
                      Thanks for the help but I've just come to the conclusion that it's my CPU. I've replaced everything from the motherboard to the power supply and still nothing. Sucks that this shit is just a little over a month old too!
                      https://soundcloud.com/dahlheim/shadynasty-tres-final

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                        • Steve Graham
                          DJ Jelly
                          • Jun 2004
                          • 12888
                          #7
                          Re: My computer... from hell!

                          Originally posted by diskofreak";p="
                          wow, couldn't help you,
                          sounds serious...
                          ( in the risk of sounding like a dork..)
                          did you call the 1 800 help line thats probably printed on the instructions
                          it could be faluty, do those things come with a warranty?
                          alot of those "Help Line" numbers.. wont give you any information thats usefull unless you pay $24.95.. these fuckers get you coming and going.

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