Tuesday, November 29, 2011

[Simply Computers] Re: Intel D915GAV Won't Boot

 

http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/cs-010254.htm
http://tinyurl.com/ml6x93
In the Memory issues section:
If you have defective memory modules, the system may not boot. One, two or three beeps at boot indicate defective memory.

--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, FastdragonFly <fastdragonfly@...> wrote:
>
> You are correct. I never tried to load XP.
>
> Remember. The issue is that I can't get it to read any drive. I tried
> IDE hard drive, DVD, CD, SATA hard drive and USB.
>
> I have been over this several times in my head. Two things stick out and
> leave questions in my mind.
>
> It does the memory count down, displays the attached drives, beeps and
> the screen goes blank.
>
> 1. It seems that the video is being switched to something else. I wish I
> had a cheap PCIe video card to test this theory with. It wasn't worth it
> to purchase one just to test with. I tried an old PCI video card but
> that changed nothing. It did not see it.
>
> 2. Should it beep before the memory count down or just before it reads a
> disk?
>
> DragonFly
>
>
> On 11/29/2011 9:17 PM, RogerX19 wrote:
> > I'm looking back through your messages, and I don't see where you tried
> > the XP disks that you have. Did I miss that?
> >
> > The symptoms you describe don't suggest that the DVD drive is bad, but
> > rather that the motherboard won't load Win 7, which is consistent with
> > what the Intel website says.
> >
> > Let us know if it will load XP.
> >
> > (Sorry if you told us earlier and I missed it)
> >
> > rogerX

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