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Random Shut Down, Computer doesn't work now...

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SteveOne

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About 15 minutes ago my computer just randomly shut down. I preceeded to reboot it and when it got to the 2nd bios screen it says Boot Record IDE-0.... OK or something like that, and from there on nothing else boots or goes or works for that matter it just stays there.... did my drive die?


thanks in advanced
 
Originally posted by SteveOne
About 15 minutes ago my computer just randomly shut down. I preceeded to reboot it and when it got to the 2nd bios screen it says Boot Record IDE-0.... OK or something like that, and from there on nothing else boots or goes or works for that matter it just stays there.... did my drive die?


thanks in advanced
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Hi Steve, I beleive if you provide some additional information, system specs specifically people would be able to help you out more. Also, if you would explain what you were doing on your machine just before it turned off it may help as well. In the meantime I would find some spare parts and begin testing. Good Luck.
 
ECS k7s5a mobo
1600+ athlon xp
384MB DDR
80gig barracuda (2 years old)
TNT2 nvidia

i was playing americas army, which ive played before on that machine, and then it just turned off and rebooted but hung on the Boot Record load up or whatnot....
 
i yanked the battery and popped it back in, works now... time to order a backup hd :D
 
Probably time to buy a new battery too. I used to have an Asus motherboard that would eat batteries for breakfast. It worked without one though, just required you to either use default CMOS settings or manually set them every time you cut the power to the PC. So I guess just some motherboards have issues with that sort of thing. I've noticed that sometimes when something stops working because a battery is too low you can pull it out and put it back in to get the thing working again for a short while, and I wondered if the same principle could apply to a motherboard (this is usually with stuff like MP3 players that use AA batteries rather than the little things PCs use.)

BTW, TNT2? EW... d-: Hehe, just had to say it.
 
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