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Fat_Trucker:

--- Quote ---Oh yeah is there a way to make the computer turn on when the power suppley is turned on and not when the power button is turned on?
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There should be an option (I think its in the bios) asking what to do after a power failure or unexpected shutdown. Simply set that to power on. That way it will boot the PC every time its powered up from the mains.


The other thing, working on the presumtion that you have already successfully installed an operating system, if its hanging during post but you are getting data displayed on the screen, it sounds like bad ram, you might want to check your memory is properly seated and working.

If its hanging after post during windows boot it sounds like a driver issue (possibly a vxd driver relating to your GPU). Try booting into safe mode and choose the step by step option where you load a driver at a time and you should be able to identify what is missing/corrupted/causing the system to hang.

eccs19:

--- Quote from: Fat_Trucker on February 22, 2006, 02:41:38 pm ---
--- Quote ---Oh yeah is there a way to make the computer turn on when the power suppley is turned on and not when the power button is turned on?
--- End quote ---

There should be an option (I think its in the bios) asking what to do after a power failure or unexpected shutdown. Simply set that to power on. That way it will boot the PC every time its powered up from the mains.


The other thing, working on the presumtion that you have already successfully installed an operating system, if its hanging during post but you are getting data displayed on the screen, it sounds like bad ram, you might want to check your memory is properly seated and working.

If its hanging after post during windows boot it sounds like a driver issue (possibly a vxd driver relating to your GPU). Try booting into safe mode and choose the step by step option where you load a driver at a time and you should be able to identify what is missing/corrupted/causing the system to hang.



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As Fat Trucker mentioned, you may have an option in the bios to set as he mentioned.  If it's an older system, then it my not exist.  I've not seen that option on to many older boards, but seems common on newer boards. Best to have a look, but don't bet on it.

Did you take this board out of the case and put into the arcade machine?  If so, you may have very well jarred lose the memory. Possibly even the CPU.  Was it working before putting it into this machine?  Did you put an ArcadeVGA card into it, or just a regular card?  Make sure video card is also seated well.  If you did transplant this from a case, and it's not in the case anymore, then chances are that you don't have the small speaker hooked up that may give you some beeps. (as mentioned earlier in the thread) Hook it up and see what happens.  If you know the make / model of the motherboard, that may help also.
Masterful Gaze:
My advice is to start at the very beginning and check for loose cables. If the Hard drive cable is plugged in backwards it can cause unusual problems.

Did you mean ATAPI instead of ATI? ATAPI usually has something to do with the IDE port, like a CDROM drive or a hard drive.
Pioneer:
"I feel like a moron wrapped inside an idiot"

You guys were right
I didn't put in an OS.
I figured it out and then started installing 98 to an xp upgrade and when
I read your replys I was like "How did they know that..."
You guys we're on the money.... and I'll check out the bios for the power switch feature.

By the way, the quote at the top was from my mexican friend Sal
so If you repeat it with a mexican accent you'll get the full effect.
leapinlew:

--- Quote from: Pioneer on February 22, 2006, 03:48:13 pm ---"I feel like a moron wrapped inside an idiot"

You guys were right
I didn't put in an OS.
I figured it out and then started installing 98 to an xp upgrade and when
I read your replys I was like "How did they know that..."
You guys we're on the money.... and I'll check out the bios for the power switch feature.

By the way, the quote at the top was from my mexican friend Sal
so If you repeat it with a mexican accent you'll get the full effect.

--- End quote ---

* leapinlew jaw drops
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