ReverbDP

Ok i just tried what you said, i pulled out the ram and i got 3 bleeps. So the speaker is working. And the insert on system boot dont work.

I tried pressing F11 repeatably though and it says



And stays like that. Freezing again
Any suggestions?

jmcmtank

That's quite positive actually; means there isn't a problem with the CPU/memory at least.
Normally the default boot order would be; floppy, HDD, CD, third device and the system would look to see the devices in that order. The popup should list the devices it has found.....except you aren't getting a popup? Just to make sure; you are hitting F2 repeatedly as the system boots and your keyboard isn't one of those weird ones which disables the F keys initially? I would even try "delete" in case the manual is wrong btw. Also try booting with no HDD or CD and see if it comes up with an error message.

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ReverbDP

Nope no pop up.
I tried hitting F2 again nothing.
I tried Delete too.. Nothing..
Its like its forgot the F2 to setup since i reset the bios. It dont show as it used to. But i couldnt get in it before..

You say Floppy is usually the first in the default boot sequence. Should i try and find a bios update for my board and try and flash it.. I got a spare Floppy drive in my other computer????

jmcmtank

I would see if you can get it to recognise the floppy; ie put in a bootable floppy and see if it gets you into DOS, but I wouldn't try flashing the BIOS at this stage. Make sure the HDD and CD are not connected as they use different controllers. You could also try just the CD player; the chances of three different controllers being faulty is slim. The lack of access to the BIOS is really confusing me to be honest?

Another long shot but a bad overclock will often bring up the BIOS, perhaps selecting the wrong FSB on jumper No 31 will scare it into normality?

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The Duke

There is such a thing, oddly rare though as I've only seen one and I still have it.

MB battery usually lasts about 3 years but you never know. Usually around 2.7ish volts or lower things can start acting up. The first clue is your time stamp lags behind.

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ReverbDP

Saying that about overclocking. One thing i didnt add was..
Because my brother had the motherboard before with a quad core he did a little overclock and he left it overclocked when he transfered his components. When i put in my CPU it did the screen i have now but the speed was 3.0ghz.
But i doubt this had something to do with the problem ??
At this point i reset the bios by taking out the battery. And it changed to 2.8ghz.

Anyways, i have already tried putting a bootable CD into the CD Drive, nothing.. I tried XP Install.

And what bootable DOS could i put on a floppy disc to test this?? Could you link me to something that i could use to test to see if i can use the floppy?

Thanks

jmcmtank

Bootdisk.com. Just write an fDisk floppy, for example.

Edit; daft as it sounds make sure you have a mouse connected, this will stop some systems completing the POST.

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ReverbDP

Ok i will make a Floppy disc now and try it out. And i looked at my MB on the internet and found this list of compatible CPU's
http://www.asrock.com/mb/cpu.asp?Model=4Core1333-GLAN
I cant find mine. Do you think it is not compatible. Could you have a look for me please as i do this. I did Ctrl+f and typed E6300 and all there is on there is the older 6300.
What you think ?

Edit: Ohhh and which one i gotta download?

jmcmtank

Your CPU is fine, otherwise you would get a whole load of nothing showing up! Scroll down that page and you will see a link for FDISK; you don't really need it but you DO need to see if your board will boot from the floppy.
Had a Google about your problem; one esoteric bit of advice was to unplug the three pin power cable from your PSU between attempts at booting? What did seem common to this problem is people changing a lot of components; even though you would think the BIOS clearing would sort that. Does look as if your mobo might be toast btw, but you can but try.

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ReverbDP

Why would my MB be toast if my brother was using it only 2 weeks ago without a problem. And what should i do if this Fdisk works??

Im having problem formatting the floppy disc so i can add the fdisk app.

Im not too experienced in Floppy drives lol