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On Monday 02 March 2009 23:46, Julian Hall wrote: > jon.davey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > OK, I have just moved and taken my computer set-up plus about four other > > boards I have aquired along the way. I set up the board that I was > > using...nothing. I set up one of the other random boards and it posts but > > doesn't load the OS so I try to hook a CD ROM up to the system and it > > kills it....The same thing happens with another board with a different CD > > drive as I thought it was the drive that killed it. > > Adding a CD drive to an IDE cable shouldn't stop a Motherboard from > > working, should it?...what's going wrong here? Ahh! I've turned into a > > computer killer!!! > > Jon > > When you say it won't POST, how far is it getting? Anything on screen? > Any beeps from the system? Definitely check for beeps - any beeps check manual. Beeps tell man much about mobo problems Tom te tom te tom (in a Teepee?) > Memory counting? Recognising the hard disk > and/or CD? Have you checked the BIOS to see if it recognises the hard > disk that is connected? When you say 'kills it', in what manner? > > Kind regards, > > Julian -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html