comp wont start.

[kyle_L]

So i just woke up and my comp wont turn on. Spec's in sig. first boot stoped at the windows 7 loading screen, no whenever i turn it on it get to checking for sata port 4, it checks 1 and 2 and then skips to 4. i have made shure that everything is all pluged in and now im just going to bypass number 4, but any body know what this could be. EDIT: i cant get to the bios because of this.

[Sagath]

Originally Posted by kyle_L

So i just woke up and my comp wont turn on. Spec's in sig. first boot stoped at the windows 7 loading screen, no whenever i turn it on it get to checking for sata port 4, it checks 1 and 2 and then skips to 4. i have made shure that everything is all pluged in and now im just going to bypass number 4, but any body know what this could be. EDIT: i cant get to the bios because of this.

Disconnect all the HDD's and just try to get into the bios, it may be a bad HDD/DVDrom.

My 2nd guess would be a pooched MB. Lets hope its not that.

[kyle_L]

well i tryd moving the hdd that was in slot 4 to 3 and the problem moved to 3, so unplugged it and now my comp works. so know i have to figure out whats wrong with my seagate hdd. and man am i glad i chose not to back up 300+ gigs to it last night.

[Sagath]

Glad I could help :)

[kyle_L]

ok so now that i know its the hdd how do i figure out whats wrong with it. i tried it in another computer and its does the exact same thing. it spin up and everything. what do i do, it was the hdd that has everthing backed up on it. and would sticking it in an external excloser help me get my stuff off of it.

[BobbyLou]

its a seagate thats your prblem right there.... best thing to do is like u said stick it in an enclosure and try to save your files and then RMA that badboy and hope to get a one with new firmware.

[Phobia]

RMA it!

[saltyvinegar]

Does plugging in that HD prevent all your computers from booting? Ideally you could run Speedfan and do a HD analysis on it, at least see what the SMART counters are at and how bad the disk is.