[Cialug] New Computer Hardware Issue

[Tim Wilson]

I've had this happen to me too.  My wife's computer has a problem where on a
reboot, it'll hang.  I'm guessing it is some jumper setting, but it could
also be some incompatibility between the DVD drive and the BIOS (I haven't
spent the time to figure it out).  In any case, disconnecting the DVD drive
(and separate burner) fixes the problem.  Of course, I have to hook them
back up when she needs them.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Usually, on power-up, it works fine.  The problem is in a reboot.

On Dec 3, 2007 12:23 PM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:

> Summary
> I have a newly built computer that won't boot.  I have everything
> installed.  It has one hard drive and one DVD drive.  I hook up power
> to everything and press the power button and...
>
> Good
> It seems as if the mobo powers up.  The CPU fan spins and the PCI
> Express video card lights up and its fan spins.  The front LED lights
> up red.
>
> Bad
> The front LED being red probably means bad.  The hard drive and DVD
> drive don't power up at all.  I can't eject the DVD drive and none of
> it lights up.  The hard drive isn't vibrating or making noise.  The
> computer doesn't even get to BIOS.  At least it doesn't show on the
> monitor.
>
> Troubleshooting
> I've used different power connectors and even swapped out the power
> supply to no avail.  It does exactly the same thing.  So it can't be
> the power supply.
>
> I've disconnected and reconnected all cabling to the motherboard and the
> drives.
>
> Funky Thing
> When I disconnect the IDE cable to the optical drive, but leave power
> plugged in, it'll turn on.  I can eject it and it winks its LED at me.
>  So they must build drives to take input from the motherboard on
> whether it's okay to power up or not.
>
> Question
> Any ideas what could be happening?
>
> Signature
> -todd
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Tim
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