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August 13th, 2004 17:00

L 99 99 99 .... after boot

hello,

one hour ago i tried to power up my inspiron 2650, but just after the blue screen on boot with DELL inspiron written, a black screen (dos screen with prompt) appears with "L 99 99 99 ....' ( 10 lines of 99) appeared and nothing else after.

i can only access to bios setup but all the changes i did on it made changes on my problem.

is ther anyone who can tell me what's the problem and how to solve it ?

thx

David.

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August 13th, 2004 18:00

Did you have Linux on the system?

That looks like a Linux (grub) boot error - not a hardware failure.

 

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August 13th, 2004 18:00

the system if xp home edition (from the dell installation).

you think it may be software ?

i would prefer but i don't think so (it seems more like an hardware failure)

 

 

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August 13th, 2004 18:00

It's a common disk error code under Linux - boot the Dell diagnostics CD and test the drive, including a full surface scan.

I've never seen it appear under Windows, but it could indicate a corrupt drive.

 

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August 13th, 2004 19:00

it works now !

the problem was on boot disk signature, after booting on floppy disk, i have lanched the command 'fdisk /mbr' and the problem has disappeared !!

 

thx for your help :)

 

David.

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