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- From: pilcher_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
- Subject: Re: Please help me
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.051059.11639@peponi.wcc.govt.nz>
- Sender: news@peponi.wcc.govt.nz (NEWS)
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- Organization: Wellington City Council, Wgtn, NZ
- References: <1992Jul18.143625.22031@sbcs.sunysb.edu>,<1992Jul19.014216.29884@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 05:10:59 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul19.014216.29884@samba.oit.unc.edu>, Karen.Denbleyker@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Karen Denbleyker) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul18.143625.22031@sbcs.sunysb.edu> mepstein@csws15.ic.sunysb.edu (Not On Our Customer File) writes:
- >>
- >>
- >>
- >>My computer has gone nuts.
- >>I think something is wrong with my hard drive.
- >>I have a 386 sx16
- >>I turn the computer on and the memory check is ok
- >>then the hard drive starts making a loud clicking sound
- >>and nothing happens. The computer doesn't completely lock
- >>because number lock can be turned on and off.
- >>I can't even boot off drive A. It still checks the hard drive and
- >>goes nuts
- >>
- >Sounds like it might be your HD/FD controller giving you problems. Mine
- >did the same thing once but the funny thing is, it seems to have fixed
- >itself. I shut the machine down left for a few hours, tried it again
- >and it worked. Go figure.
- >
- >>any help is appreciated.
- >>
- >>please e-mail if possible
- >>thanks.
- >>mepstein@ic.sunysb.edu
- >
- >
- >--
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- > North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Campus Office for Information
- > Technology, or the Experimental Bulletin Board Service.
- > internet: bbs.oit.unc.edu or 152.2.22.80
-
- well firstly try taking the hd and the controller out and then booting off a
- floppy, if that dosnt work then the problem is with your system, if it does
- then get the manual out for the controller and the HD and re install it from
- scratch...another possiblity is to look at the cmos settings (that is if you
- have a cmos set up thingy...)
- good luck
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