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2350 bios A02
I have a 2350, tried to upgrade bois to A02 did not work. I went ahead and downloaded the windows update for XP Pro which installed fine. I then tried the floppy again with the bois upgrade this time it seemed to work when I rebooted the machine it never came back on.
PETER345
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January 28th, 2008 21:00
By never came on, does that mean no lights? Or is the power indicator on? color? blinking? Any diagnostic lights?
Peter
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January 29th, 2008 13:00
Peter,
The lights come on and I can hear the fan running but I do not get a bois start up screen nor do I hear the hard drive spinning.
Ron
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January 29th, 2008 13:00
Peter
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February 2nd, 2008 19:00
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February 2nd, 2008 19:00
PETER345
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February 2nd, 2008 20:00
This is what the manual says:
Another type of failure has occurred.
Check the computer message that appears on your monitor screen.
I would try disconnecting all cards and see if that helps.
Otherwise you might have a motherboard problem.
Peter
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February 2nd, 2008 20:00
jpastudio
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February 4th, 2008 23:00
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February 5th, 2008 00:00
Peter
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February 5th, 2008 01:00
Peter,
So at this point I might be better off to just change the motherboard, what are your thoughts on that idea.
Ron
PETER345
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February 5th, 2008 01:00
It's too bad Dells don't have a backup BIOS on board like some Intel boards do. Seems like fairly cheap insurance against these failures.
Peter