Bill Six wrote: >Hi, > >This isn't a Gentoo related problem, but a hardware >one (I know next to nothing about hardware). > >First of all I have a Micron computer with a floppy >drive, DVD-read drive (/dev/hdc), CDR drive >(/dev/hdd), a master harddrive (/dev/hde), and a slave >harddrive (/dev/hdf). > >Yesterday my computer was running fine. Today my dad >put in a DVD burner where the CDR was previously >(/dev/hdd). He also took both harddrives out and put >them back in because the ribbon (whatever it's called, >the grey cable that goes into each drive) was twisted. > >Now, when I try to start up my computer, it doesn't >start at all, it just goes "Beep.... (wait 3 >seconds)...Beep.... (wait 3 seconds)...Beep.... (wait >3 seconds)..." over and over. It doesn't show the >splash screen for the video card, or for the >manufacturer (Micron). > >Any idea why it would do that? What do the beeps mean? >I put the CDR back in instead of the DVD burner, and >it still gives the same error. > >Last time I let my dad touch my computer haha. > >Thanks for any help, > >Bill Six > > > > > > make sure that the ribbon cable is oriented correctly. In most cases the striped edge (red/blue or some other color) is next to the power plugin and that the striped edge is connected to the #1 pin of your MB connector.
-- Ted Ozolins(VE7TVO) Westbank, B. C -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
