motherboard

[Guest Sanford Aranoff]

XP Home not working. Unable to boot into safe mode. Part of

the way it gives error messages. Tried to put in the Windows

CD. Boot from CD. Part of the way, error message and hang.

What could be wrong? If the hard disk is bad, why should it

read part of the CD? Could the motherboard be bad?

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: motherboard

 

 

"Sanford Aranoff" <aranoff@analysis-knowledge.com> wrote in message

news:47E78BA3.1178FD50@analysis-knowledge.com...

> XP Home not working. Unable to boot into safe mode. Part of

> the way it gives error messages. Tried to put in the Windows

> CD. Boot from CD. Part of the way, error message and hang.

> What could be wrong? If the hard disk is bad, why should it

> read part of the CD? Could the motherboard be bad?

 

It would help if you quoted the error message(s) you see on

the screen. Remember - we can't see your machine!

 

What is the recent history of the machine?

[Guest PD43]

Re: motherboard

 

Sanford Aranoff <aranoff@analysis-knowledge.com> wrote:

>XP Home not working. Unable to boot into safe mode. Part of

>the way it gives error messages.

 

What error messages? Probably only one.

>Tried to put in the Windows CD. Boot from CD. Part of the way,

>error message and hang.

 

What error messages? Probably only one.

>What could be wrong? If the hard disk is bad, why should it

>read part of the CD?

 

CD reading is completely separate from hard disk reading.

 

There are many ways - other than it completely dying - that the hard

disk could be bad.

>Could the motherboard be bad?

 

Possibly. You need to provide much more info.

[Guest Sanford Aranoff]

Re: motherboard

 

PD43 wrote:

>

>

> >XP Home not working. Unable to boot into safe mode. Part of

> >the way it gives error messages.

>

> What error messages? Probably only one.

There was a 701 error message, as I recall.

[Guest PD43]

Re: motherboard

 

Sanford Aranoff <aranoff@analysis-knowledge.com> wrote:

>PD43 wrote:

>>

>> >XP Home not working. Unable to boot into safe mode. Part of

>> >the way it gives error messages.

>>

>> What error messages? Probably only one.

>

>There was a 701 error message, as I recall.

 

HUH???

 

You are talking about something totally foreign to my experience...

and probably to everyone else who frequents this group.

 

WHERE are you seeing those error messages?

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: motherboard

 

PD43 wrote:

> Sanford Aranoff <aranoff@analysis-knowledge.com> wrote:

>

>> PD43 wrote:

>>>

>>>> XP Home not working. Unable to boot into safe mode. Part of

>>>> the way it gives error messages.

>>>

>>> What error messages? Probably only one.

>>

>> There was a 701 error message, as I recall.

>

> HUH???

>

> You are talking about something totally foreign to my experience...

> and probably to everyone else who frequents this group.

>

> WHERE are you seeing those error messages?

 

On his monitor, bubba. :-)

[Guest sgopus]

Re: motherboard

 

Please give the exact wording of the error.

and the timing of the error, ie in what phase of the boot does the error

display?

 

"Sanford Aranoff" wrote:

> PD43 wrote:

> >

> >

> > >XP Home not working. Unable to boot into safe mode. Part of

> > >the way it gives error messages.

> >

> > What error messages? Probably only one.

> There was a 701 error message, as I recall.

>

[Guest PD43]

Re: motherboard

 

sgopus <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Please give the exact wording of the error.

>and the timing of the error, ie in what phase of the boot does the error

>display?

 

Reply to the OP... not to me.

[Guest Bob I]

Re: motherboard

 

review some of the entries here to see if any of it looks familiar.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=701+bios+error

 

Sanford Aranoff wrote:

> PD43 wrote:

>

>>

>>>XP Home not working. Unable to boot into safe mode. Part of

>>>the way it gives error messages.

>>

>>What error messages? Probably only one.

>

> There was a 701 error message, as I recall.