I can't boot from cd-rom nor floppy anyway I was told if I remove the ram from the pc then boot with out the ram and get the ram error message then shut down and reboot with ram inside this will get rid of this message that I can't go beyond?? Is this true? will it fix the problem?? is there a chance I could damage something else by doing this? do you think it will work or will it give me even more problems?? worth trying?
2007-03-27 21:45:39 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Why are you trying to boot from CD or floppy? Are you getting some sort of error message when you try to boot from the HD?
Removing the RAM should make you able to boot from CD or floppy? Not that I know of. There should be no way that removing the RAM affects your boot order.
Can you provide more details as to what the problem was that made you want to boot from CD or floppy?
2007-03-27 21:50:50 · answer #1 · answered by Star 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to boot from cd-rom or floppy and can't the most likely cause is that your BIOS is set to skip these devices and boot from the hard drive.
If you entry the BIOS during booting usually by pressing Del or F2 and go to advanced section you should see setting that check for what devices to check for booting and in what order. So for instance if you had the hard drive first (and a lot of the manufacture do this) then if there is an OS installed on that disk it will boot it and it will never check anything else. So you really want them in the order floppy, CD, and then hard disk.
As for the RAM question. If you took out the RAM most systems would just refuse to boot, and would maybe beep to try to tell you there was no RAM found.
On the other hand what might have been meant is that they thought you "CMOS" was corrupt and needed be cleared. The "CMOS" keeps the settings you make in the BIOS and there is a battery that keeps this information even when the power is off. If a system won't boot at all, like you can't get even to the point where you can get into the BIOS screen, then resetting the "CMOS" might help. This usually done by taking out the battery and moving a jumper, and then moving it back, and then putting in the battery. If you think this is the case you should refer to the user manual for your machine/motherboard. For laptops they will have another way to do the same thing, maybe like holding down some keys while booting, refer to the user manual.
2007-03-28 05:02:58 · answer #2 · answered by Bulk O 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strange problem.
I manage 120 PCs, but never found such problem like this.
Have you plug cables correctly?
Haddisk is set as primary IDE master, CD-ROM set as primary IDE slave, secondary IDE master, or secondary IDE slave. If you select CD-ROM as slave, sometimes you need to set its jumper.
Also, make sure the boot priority is set to CD-ROM or Floppy Disk, and then CD-ROM as second priority.
I thing the problem may be come from memory. You may try to remove dusk from memory by using soft and dry cloth, and then plug the memory carefully.
I hope this will help you.
2007-03-28 05:00:08 · answer #3 · answered by Mawan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chances are the computer will not boot. It will give a posting beep error and the screen will likely remain black. It shouldn't hurt anything but based upon what you've mentioned above, I wouldn't do it.
2007-03-28 04:51:46 · answer #4 · answered by David W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋