HELP!!!!! PC w/XP wont boot!

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Back when I worked in the corporate world there was one specific model of
Dell that would do this on a regular basis. There was some sort of
grounding issue with that specific model that would often result in this
exact behavior.

By removing/replacing the cover you can also solve a pinched cable problem
or perhaps something shorting something out by being where it shouldn't be.
 
Wowbagger said:
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Back when I worked in the corporate world there was one specific model of
Dell that would do this on a regular basis. There was some sort of
grounding issue with that specific model that would often result in this
exact behavior.
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## That doesn't surprise me one bit! Bet "we" can't locate the problem
so have to ship it back. That is if the box ever gets here.
By removing/replacing the cover you can also solve a pinched cable problem
or perhaps something shorting something out by being where it shouldn't
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be.

## Well, it has other problems with the floppy and CD drives and is still
under warranty. I'll just keep shipping it back until they either fix or
replace the PC.

FS.............
 
Shouldnt be this if she said it didnt work when they completely disconnected the floppy drive. For the sake of maybes, if it was this then the floppy drive's access led would stay on the whole time the machine was powered up.
 
the floppy cable is probably backwards !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

----- ~ Free Spirit ~ wrote: ----

Hi guys, My husband replaced the bad floppy drive in my HP PC running W-X
home and now the PC wont boot. He replaced the old Floppy and it still won
boot. What now? He checked all the cables and none are loose. It won
boot from the recovery disk either. The fans spin, we can hear the H
spin - the lights flash briefly on both the ROM and DVD drives but it stil
wont boot. The little yellow HD light will be on for a few seconds bu
still no boot. I need this PC.... HELP!!!

FS..........
 
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