Happy New Year!
Both computers completely died; unbootable. Just black screens - not even the blue screen of death. I tried booting to DOS; no response. I tried booting with the recovery disk: no response. I finally decided that it must be an environmental source. It was too much of a coincidence for both to die simultaneously.
I unplugged everything, de-energized the beast, got out my contact cleaner and disassembled the machine. I cleaned every component connection - except the CPU. I checked all the jumpers... After reassembling the beast, I cleared the CMOS.
It booted up and I used key to start recovery.
I did the same thing to the eMachine and it is working fine.
It's worth the effort to study a manual for your motherboards. Taking pictures helps too.
Best wishes,
Phred
Both computers completely died; unbootable. Just black screens - not even the blue screen of death. I tried booting to DOS; no response. I tried booting with the recovery disk: no response. I finally decided that it must be an environmental source. It was too much of a coincidence for both to die simultaneously.
I unplugged everything, de-energized the beast, got out my contact cleaner and disassembled the machine. I cleaned every component connection - except the CPU. I checked all the jumpers... After reassembling the beast, I cleared the CMOS.
It booted up and I used key to start recovery.
I did the same thing to the eMachine and it is working fine.
It's worth the effort to study a manual for your motherboards. Taking pictures helps too.
Best wishes,
Phred
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My Computers
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At a glance
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Service Pack 1Pentium Dual-Core E5800 @ 3.20GHz 3.20GHz6.00 GBIntel G45/G43 Express Chipset- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Gateway SX2803
- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Service Pack 1
- CPU
- Pentium Dual-Core E5800 @ 3.20GHz 3.20GHz
- Memory
- 6.00 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel G45/G43 Express Chipset
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell E207WFP
- Internet Speed
- 1.0 GB
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At a glance
XP SP3AMD Athlon Clock Rate 1191MHz704 MBNVIDIA GeoForce4 MX In GPU VMem 65344KB- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model Number
- eMachine T3095
- OS
- XP SP3
- CPU
- AMD Athlon Clock Rate 1191MHz
- Motherboard
- C255346807
- Memory
- 704 MB
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeoForce4 MX In GPU VMem 65344KB
- Sound Card
- nForce 6-Channel/Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- DELL 174FPC
- Screen Resolution
- 1024 by 768
- Hard Drives
- Disk C: NTFS 70.7 GB
Disk D: NTFS 37.25 GB