Questions tagged [post]
Power On Self Test, a routine that a device runs immediately after turning on.
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Long wait until POST
Here are the specs to put things into context:
ECS P4VXASD2+ (V5.0) motherboard
Intel Pentium 4 Northwood 2.8 GHz (512 KB L2, 533 MHz FSB)
2x 512 MB PC2100 DDR266 RAM
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Building new computer, turns on, but no POST
Pardon my ignorance here. I finally decided to put together a computer and egads. I purchased a new motherboard, power supply, processor, video card and memory.
ASUS M4A79XTD EVO AM3 AMD 790X ATX ...
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Laptop Acer Travelmate 4050 takes over 10 Mins to POST
I am a computer tech and have received a laptop for repair. I noticed when I turned it on the laptop would not do anything for a min or two (the fan would run up and stop, power led would shine and ...
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My computer won't POST when I install my new video card
My current Windows 7 32-bit system won't POST when I install my new Radeon HD5770 video card. When I pull out my new video card and replace it with my old nVidia 8800 GTS, it boots into windows fine. ...
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Learning about BIOS memory, instructions and code origins
I'm learning about the BIOS and have a few questions.
What is meant by, "This is the last 16 bytes of memory at the end of the first megabyte of memory"?
The first instruction of BIOS is jump, which ...
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Gateway GT5220 Boot/POST Failure
I have a Gateway GT5220 I'm troubleshooting. It is, in fact, the machine I just gave my father for his birthday a couple months ago. (Prior to that, it was my home PC. My home PC is now the MacBook on ...
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New hardware will not boot
I'm building a virtual machine server, and can't get the damned thing to POST. I've double checked everything (and now triple checked), and I can't see anything wrong. Right now I have the case open, ...
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Machine startup issues
Posting this on my father's behalf to try and diagnose what's up with his machine:
The machine is around 5/6 years old, I can't remember the exact spec and has recently been suffering from the ...
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System Works Fine but only after Very Long BIOS POST Times?
I built this AMD XP64/XP32 system in November 2008. It runs well, but it does not start well. Windows Restarts are fine, but cold starts average 4-5 minutes to POST, with the record-holder so far ...
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HDDs ~ When SATA 1 has System + OS, should PATA 0 contain Active?
Using XP64 and XP32, I have built a computer that has 3 new SATA HDDs + 1 PATA HD.
I use a lot of partitions. I have only ONE partition on the whole system set as a PRIMARY, and ALL the rest are ...
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New desktop won't POST
I've just built a PC, and for some reason the motherboard won't POST and boot the OS. I can hear/see everything get power and but nothing happens.
I have pulled the RAM to see if it's bad and it ...
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How can I sniff/capture submitted form data in IE?
I filled out an online form which is submitting to a crashed ASP.NET app. If I refresh, I get the message:
To display the webpage again, Internet Explorer
needs to resend the information you've
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Computer won't POST after power outage
I had just turned my computer on and windows was loading when the power in my neighborhood went out.
Normally, when I turn my computer on, the video card fan spins up, then slows down, POST and ...
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