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computer locks up during hard drive install (twice)
aus9:
hi
thanks for the explanation of your issues with hdd and hdc.
Are they wide ribbon = IDE drives?
If so, it may not be the drive at all.........swap the wide ribbon data cables.....when they get bent....their internal wires get broke.
You may be able to find new ones at computer stores.....but for now just swap the cables and see if your nasty optical drive now changes its spots to hdc?
ejames82:
aus9,
tomorrow i will switch that ribbon cable with another. i have an abundance of parts. the cdrom deck that doesn't work properly is on the end of the ribbon cable. if these were hard drives, it would be moster. if i want to view the contents of a disk, it works just fine, but does not boot a disk or install to one. that would suggest a data problem. power cutting out doesn't seem as likely. yeah, it's IDE.
i appreciate your help and suggestions. donj't ever think that just because you're a newbie that your ideas aren't valueable. i know for certain that they are.
thanks.
Juanito:
--- Quote from: ejames82 on May 31, 2010, 02:54:25 PM ---i did install the gimp1 program.
you build just about everything in the appbrowser program, it looks like. appbrowser works great. as good as ubuntu's package manager.
the main reason i need the screenshot utility is to post my screenshot on this thread. when i click on the (new) gimp icon, nothing happens.
--- End quote ---
You could try entering "gimp" (without the "quotes") in a terminal window and then hitting the <enter> key - this will usually show some kind of error message that will help figure out why it doesn't work.
aus9:
hi
Yeah well it could be both the ribbon and the power....but power is more likely an issue with your PSU is failing and you "should" have more frequent and more "bells" ways of being alarmed on that issue.
There could still be an issue with the power connector, of course. But that means you should before changing ribbons....swap the power leads and see if issue swaps to hdc.
2) there are sites where you show all your hardware and it says what is the min watt PSU you need.
http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp
feel free to google for other sites if you don't trust this one
ejames82:
Juanito,
since i installed tinycore to the new hard drive, i installed gimp1 again, and this time there is no problem at all. the gui interface came right up. should i ever have a problem with gimp1 again, i will keep your suggestion in mind. i'll bet that same fix works on other programs as well (of course, the name would be different).
aus9,
when i do a computer task, often i take the long way. to make a long story short, i removed the front piece, the floppy/hard drive carriage, and the two decks and discovered the cd deck was jumpered as slave (the one that wouldn't boot a disk or install an OS and was at the end of the ribbon cable). it makes me wonder if i ever really did successfully play any disks with it, how could i? it doesn't seem like it would work.
i have too many computers. :) maybe i have it mistaken for a different computer.
even after trying every possible jumper configuration, that memorex still wouldn't boot to disk or install. i immediately got an error message (error 16). it was indeed defective. it was a "general purpose" computer at a not-for-profit agency. young people abused this computer and it was badly infected when it was given to my wife. i cleaned the infections, took the hard drive out, and now it's a linux machine.
i hunted down another cd drive and now it's 100%. your suggestion caused me to look the machine over.
thanks for both replies.
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