post screen problems!

[z]

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i have MB matsonic 8137c and duron1200 with 250W PS. when i connect hard
disk comp won't
boot (searching ide drive for 30 sec then goes to black screen with cursor
in left angle) and when i connect cd-rom or dvd and restart there's no power
in cd-rom and display stays in stand-by with no post screen!
but all the fans work fine (even on graphic card)!
all the components tested 100% ok
all master/slave jumpers connected right!

please help!

i don't get where's the problem!

 

[overlord]

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Did you go into the BIOS and tell the system how/where/what to look for in
the way of drives?

On Tue, 11 May 2004 01:10:36 +0200, "Z" <iris@mamef.mef.hr> wrote:

>i have MB matsonic 8137c and duron1200 with 250W PS. when i connect hard
>disk comp won't
>boot (searching ide drive for 30 sec then goes to black screen with cursor
>in left angle) and when i connect cd-rom or dvd and restart there's no power
>in cd-rom and display stays in stand-by with no post screen!
>but all the fans work fine (even on graphic card)!
>all the components tested 100% ok
>all master/slave jumpers connected right!
>
>please help!
>
>i don't get where's the problem!
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[Guest]

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yeah, overlord has a good idea. set all the drives to auto detect.
I had this problem once, but it turned out to be a bad hard drive.