Hibernation problem

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petemk2

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Hi,

Finished staging WinXP onto a HP DC7100 SFF and got it working perfectly. Yesterday I was fiddling with the display settings and switched the hibernation to turn off the hard drive after 2 hours.

When I came back to it today the power light was on but wouldnt boot back up, I tried moving the mouse and hitting keys but nothing helps.

I have unplugged it totally and tried again but when I boot up the HD sounds like it spins once and nothing happens. USB mouse doesnt light up and neither does the keyboard.

Can anybody help?
 
go to device manager in control panel and make sure your mouse and keyboard are set to bring the computer out of standby, that might help
 
Hi

Obviously there are not many clues to go on so far.
Can you boot into your BIOS?

Have you got a floppy drive?
If yes, maybe you can try to boot from a floppy and test the HDD?
It definitly does not sound like a hibernation problem...
 
I can see what you're saying about unplugging everything and trying again, does sound a bit more serious, can you try the HDD in another computer and another HDD in this computer?
 
I think it must be hard drive related, I cant even get it to boot into BIOS and as I dont have a floppy drive I cant do anything from there either. Just seems weird that its brand new.
I have got my old PC but the connections on the new one to the hard drive look alot different. I think I will try that tomorrow.
 
It does not sound like hard drive problems to me as you should be able to access your BIOS with or without a hard drive.

Now you need to try and start your system as they say - barebones.
start it with nothing connected. Literaly just the CPU. See if it POSTs (beeps).
If it does, see if you can go into BIOS. If nothing happens then I am afraid that one of three things might got buggered: The mobo, CPU or PSU.

If any of the parts are new get them checked.

If the system POSTs and goes into BIOS, start conneting components back, one by one, checking each time that the system POSTs and goes into BIOS and reports the item in BIOS. You should find out the ofending component.

Good luck!
 
sabashuali said:
It does not sound like hard drive problems to me as you should be able to access your BIOS with or without a hard drive.
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O Contraire', i beg to differ!
If a HDD or CD-ROM fails or is'nt working properly most of the time the computer won't POST and usually always freezes at IDE or SATA detection!
I've had this happen alot, unplug the HDD and then if it does'nt post it's not your HDD. If it posts with the HDD unplugged it's likely your HDD is in bad condition but not as bad as you might think!
 
O Contraire', i beg to differ!
If a HDD or CD-ROM fails or is'nt working properly most of the time the computer won't POST and usually always freezes at IDE or SATA detection!
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That is a very good correction! I was 100% sure that the systems goes into BIOS before HDD detection. I since checked and I stand corrected. Another mighty lesson from the Pelvis.

Thanks for that!
 
I have bought the HD into work and put it onto an identical PC and it works fine, which means that there is something wrong with the actual PC. Any ideas?
 
Yep, try what sabashuali said in post #6 except don't focus primarily on the HDD, boot it barebones, first without RAM, then without Video Card etc... to establish error beeps and then plug in all components one by one until you think you've found the problem component!
If you've tried all of the above and the system still won't POST then it's possible it's your motherboard on it's last legs and would be worth getting tested.
Don't hesitate to come back if it's still not working :)
 
Now you need to try and start your system as they say - barebones.
start it with nothing connected. Literaly just the CPU. See if it POSTs (beeps).
If it does, see if you can go into BIOS. If nothing happens then I am afraid that one of three things might got buggered: The mobo, CPU or PSU.

If they are newly purchased, take them back and have them checked.

Try the PSU in another machine to see if it delivers any power.

I am sure you get the drift Watson.....
 
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