Hello, I am new in this forum. I live in Spain (continental Europe). One day I was working in my PC, light went down, and when I restarted my PC, it did not work anymore. What "did not work" means is that when the black screen of windows (with the windows logo) appears, it only stays there a fraction of a second, and the computer restarts again.
When I use the official Windows CD I own, and I want to even format the HD and to do a new installation, I cannot. The reason is that there is no HD appearing there to format. I do not know if this is part of the problem, or if it has something to do with the fact that I have 2 S-ATA HDs (and no IDE one). I remember when I installed my first HD I had to use a floppy with the drivers. It worked well. But now, when the Windows installation starts, I press F6 and when I insert my floppy, it does not recognize it. So, I even cannot format my HDs!
I have been able to use a CD live of Ubuntu without problems.
I went to a PC shop, and they told me I had to change the mainboard, the processor, and the memory (the PSU works, apparently). I think it is excessive. In fact, it is not a bad idea, because I own a 754 board and an Athlon 64 at 2.8 Ghz, but I have 2 GB of DDR400 that I would hate to throw away.
Any ideas?
When I use the official Windows CD I own, and I want to even format the HD and to do a new installation, I cannot. The reason is that there is no HD appearing there to format. I do not know if this is part of the problem, or if it has something to do with the fact that I have 2 S-ATA HDs (and no IDE one). I remember when I installed my first HD I had to use a floppy with the drivers. It worked well. But now, when the Windows installation starts, I press F6 and when I insert my floppy, it does not recognize it. So, I even cannot format my HDs!
I have been able to use a CD live of Ubuntu without problems.
I went to a PC shop, and they told me I had to change the mainboard, the processor, and the memory (the PSU works, apparently). I think it is excessive. In fact, it is not a bad idea, because I own a 754 board and an Athlon 64 at 2.8 Ghz, but I have 2 GB of DDR400 that I would hate to throw away.
Any ideas?