Quick Access to Boot Process Troubleshooting
The PC is dead, there is no power at all. External
power has not been verified. Power protection devices have not been checked.
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The PC has no power, external power has been
checked and is OK, power protection device may still be a problem
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The PC has no power, external power and
power protection devices are OK, power cord and power supply settings have not been
checked
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The PC has no power and all external power problems
and settings have been checked
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The system has power but there is no video; the
monitor has not been checked
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There is no video and no
sound; the monitor and speaker are known to work
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There is no video but a loud buzzing,
ringing or rasping is heard from the PC speaker
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There is no video produced on the
screen but a beep code is heard
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The system never displays the video BIOS
message
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The BIOS startup screen
appears but the system hangs before the memory test and without an error message
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The boot stops in the
middle of the memory test
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The memory test
completed, but the system stops without seeking the floppy disks
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The system is
saying it cannot find IDE devices that it has been told to autodetect
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The system
stops booting while trying to identify Plug and Play devices
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The
system displays the system configuration summary but then stops the boot process without
trying to boot either the hard disk or floppy disk drive
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The
system is supposed to be booting the floppy drive but it doesn't even try to boot it
and activates the hard disk instead
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The
floppy drive starts booting but then the PC hangs
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The
floppy drive is activated but then the light goes off and the hard disk starts booting
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The
system is supposed to be booting the hard drive but it doesn't even try to boot it
and activates the floppy disk drive instead
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The
hard disk is activated but then the PC stops booting and halts
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The
hard disk starts booting but then the light goes off and the floppy disk starts booting
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The
system boots the hard disk and "Starting MS-DOS" or "Starting Windows
95" is displayed
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