Computer Help

[bigdawgfoxx]

Ok, my friend got my computer fucked up, so I went to reformatt the C drive, Which is where windows is.

I put the CD in and can delete the partition and format it again fine, but then it has to restart to install windows and it WONT. I can only turn it OFF then back ON. Therefore whenever I do this, It makes me start the windows installation back over again, and again, and again. Why wont the damn thing restart? I have reset CMOS many times, I have to reset it alot just to get the comp on.

When it restarts, the computer keeps running, but the monitor gets that orange light on it...but the computer seems to work fine...its pissing me off bad.

[adamp2p]

The BIOS is configured to boot from the harddrive after it reboots, right?

[bigdawgfoxx]

I have CD then HDD...should It be HDD then CD?

Also my friend is running an Athlon 64 3000+ and his temps are 140F...isnt that kinda high?

[Virtualbody1234]

Are we talking about your computer or your friend's?

At the first restart of the Windows installation, DO NOT press any key to boot the CD.


Also why would you post temperatures in Fahrenheit when we always use Celsius here? Btw... that's 60°C.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Umm...like I press a button at first to make it boot from cd, then it has to restart and it wont..it does what i said above.

It is my computer

[Virtualbody1234]

Set it back to stock speeds and try again.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Ok...now its working..bout fucking time lol thanks...what bout those temps on my friends comp though? the athlon 64

[Virtualbody1234]

What did you do to solve the problem?

[tesco]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@20 March 2004 - 17:42
Ok...now its working..bout fucking time lol thanks...what bout those temps on my friends comp though? the athlon 64
uhh yeah those temps are high, you know how to get them lower now do it.

[bigdawgfoxx]

He wont let me. He knows NOTHING about hardware, but he says "those temps are excelent for my computer" He has a thermaltake Xaser 3 with 5 fans in it...those temps are NOT fine. But he wont believe me.

He says that shit thats wrong with it isnt a big deal..like the front wont close right and there like wierd errors sometimes...which should not be happening..but he says its perfectly fine..which it isnt haha oh well...he thinks he knows it all but he knows nothing.

And to solve my problem I didnt boot from CD like I was doing..I just let it run. Good job VB

[Chewie]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@20 March 2004 - 23:20
And to solve my problem I didnt boot from CD like I was doing..I just let it run. Good job VB
I wondered how long it would be before I first saw that problem! Much longer than I had anticipated.
Perhaps a big notice saying TAKE THE CD OUT when it's rebooting? :)

[tesco]

Originally posted by Chewie UK+20 March 2004 - 18:30--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Chewie UK @ 20 March 2004 - 18:30)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-bigdawgfoxx@20 March 2004 - 23:20
And to solve my problem I didnt boot from CD like I was doing..I just let it run.&nbsp; Good job VB
I wondered how long it would be before I first saw that problem&#33; Much longer than I had anticipated.
Perhaps a big notice saying TAKE THE CD OUT when it&#39;s rebooting? :) [/b][/quote]
or how about DONT PRESS A BUTTON AFTER REBOOT when it reboots?

[Chewie]

LOL, yeah.
Norton (and others, I suspect) bootable CDs don&#39;t give you that warning - not on my computer, anyway.

I&#39;ve been called to computers a few times where &#39;xxx was on the computer and (s)he&#39;s done something to it and now it doesn&#39;t work... I&#39;m gonna strangle them when I see them&#39; only to find a floppy in the drive. I don&#39;t ask them on the phone, cos then I wouldn&#39;t get a call-out. :devil:

[Mad Cat]

Originally posted by Chewie UK@20 March 2004 - 23:43
LOL, yeah.
Norton (and others, I suspect) bootable CDs don&#39;t give you that warning - not on my computer, anyway.

I&#39;ve been called to computers a few times where &#39;xxx was on the computer and (s)he&#39;s done something to it and now it doesn&#39;t work... I&#39;m gonna strangle them when I see them&#39; only to find a floppy in the drive. I don&#39;t ask them on the phone, cos then I wouldn&#39;t get a call-out. :devil:
You shrewd dude, you.

[abu_has_the_power]

what did u friend do?