Posted: 7/20/2011 1:11:57 PM EDT
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Came home from work, computer is off. Turn it on and it loads to the black boot screen, but with no text. Couple minutes later, white text says intel matrix storage manager. Couple minutes after that it says something about TFTP open timeout, and no bootable device-insert boot disk and press any key.
Not sure what's wrong how to fix it, any help is appreciated. |
| I think I'd probably pull the side off and put my fingers on the hard drive as you turn it on to see if it spins up. This will also give you a chance to check the connections. If you found it off and it had been left on, there could be something up with the power supply not putting power to the drive now! That would be much better than a dead drive. |
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I think I'd probably pull the side off and put my fingers on the hard drive as you turn it on to see if it spins up. This will also give you a chance to check the connections. If you found it off and it had been left on, there could be something up with the power supply not putting power to the drive now! That would be much better than a dead drive. I have the side off, I checked all the connections I could see/get to, and reseated the ram, and the graphics card. Didn't think to physically check the hard drive... 
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I think I'd probably pull the side off and put my fingers on the hard drive as you turn it on to see if it spins up. This will also give you a chance to check the connections. If you found it off and it had been left on, there could be something up with the power supply not putting power to the drive now! That would be much better than a dead drive. I have the side off, I checked all the connections I could see/get to, and reseated the ram, and the graphics card. Didn't think to physically check the hard drive... You'll be able to tell if the drive is spinning, you'll feel the vibration from it... just touch your index finger to the side of it. |