[galleon]

I built a computer with a Gigabyte 7ZXE motherboard. It's been working fine for ages but suddenly cannot boot from anything.

The system detects the HDD fine, but when it comes to booing off a device, it fails on HDD, FDD and CD. It usually sends you to a blank screen until a restart.

Could it be a fault with the motherboard?

System info:

Mobo: Gigabyte 7ZXE
RAM: 512mb DDR PC2100
Video: nVidia GeForce 2 MX 440 64mb
Processor: AMD Athlon 1000MHz
OS: WinXP Pro

If you need any more info i can post it.

 

[Zvalkor]

Welcome :wave:

Have you tried clearing the CMOS?

 

[galleon]

Nope, i set the BIOS to Fail safe defaults and thats about it.

I dont want to do too much as it may void the warranty. I sent the company i bought it off an email and am waiting a response. Any ideas on why it is happening tho?

 

[Guest]

It's been working fine for ages

Does the bios retain it's settings if you unplug the machine for a couple of hours?

The battery may be on it's way out..................

 

[galleon]

Yes, all settings are retained, ive sent it to the company i bought the parts off who said they will take relevant action to fix it, prolly a new mobo.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Guest]

Let us know how you make out...........................

 

[galleon]

will do, hopefully it wont take them long.

 

[galleon]

Found out what it was, the HDD was buggered, ive got a new one and it works fine. Dont know why it stopped the boot tho.