John Tiedeman wrote:
> Until about 4 p.m. today, only one system was completely down. Fans
> turned but no POST. Tried everything on MSI website and even moving the
> m/b to the other case didn't help.
When I've seen this, it's often been badly seated components- usually
RAM or proc. Try removing the RAM (or proc), powering the system, and
see if it complains about having no memory. Typically, memory errors
make system give a series of three beeps, pause, repeat. Check your mobo
manufacturer's manual (or Google) for POST beep codes. YMMV- I've seen a
system that played Beethoven's "Fur Elise" on the PC speaker when the
fan died.
> With the other system, I have been having hd problems. They would
> dual boot with the w2k disc (only 3.2G) for a few days, then quit.
How old is your drive? Who's the manufacturer? Try running the OEM
diagnostics from a boot floppy if you can. The Ultimate Boot CD
(ultimatebootcd.com) has all of the major manufacturers' diagnostics, if
you have the ability to burn a CD. If not, let me know and I can give
you one.
> Could w2k be destroying the MBR on the Linux
> hd even though Linux is on the master, w2k on the slave?
If Windows was eating the MBR, I think you've get "NTLDR missing"
errors, or it wouldn't boot so far as to think it wants a fsck.
MDK
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