On Sun, Jan 09, 2000 at 05:59:18PM -0500, Bart Szyszka wrote > Hi, > > I've been having problems in both Debian and Windows, > so I'm not sure which one could be causing this (probably > Windows?), but when I turn on my computer right now, it > doesn't start. I get absolutely nothing on my screen except > the default thing that shows up on the monitor if the computer > is turned off and on the older monitor I tried it with it's > just a blank blank space. I hear a little ticking like it's > doing something, but that doesn't last long because when I > put a boot disk in it doesn't go far enough to be trying to > boot of the harddrive/floppy/cdrom. I've tried replacing the > graphics card with a different one so it doesn't look like that's > the problem. My guess is that this is a BIOS problem. Any ideas? > Could a (Windows?) virus have caused this? Is the bios (I have > an AMIBIOS in that computer) replacable? Easily? Inexpenssively? > I'd appreciate some help with this. I'm using a very old computer > right now with a 486 that can barely handle this telnet prompt > in Win95 (I install Debian off the harddrive and don't have > anything downloaded for it in this computer for me to be able to > set it up easily), BTW. I'd appreciate some advice (in private > since this might not be specific to Debian?). >
Did you remove and replace hard drive cables? On many PCs, this is what you get if an IDE cable is installed backwards; try removing them both and see if that helps - if so, connect them back one at a time and check after each. Alternatively, try using a different slot for your video card - the one you're using may be bad/dirty. John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything." - Bill Gates in Denmark
