From: Jose on
On Dec 24, 5:03 am, albatross <albatross.43p...(a)DoNotSpam.com> wrote:
> Hi
> I was having issues with a fatal error. I tried flushing the cmos,
> and changing the boot sequence. I now have a problem in that the
> computer is not starting up at all. It gets as far as displaying
>
> X300XT BIOS P/N 113-A33437-102
>
> and then just sits there. Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
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After executing a Google search for that exact message, I'll guess
that this is some kind of a Dell computer.

I suppose you could just keep trying things (how's that working out
anyway...), but I think would look for the happy endings in the
results returned after a Google search for:

X300XT BIOS P/N 113-A33437-102

Do any of those apply to your system?



From: albatross on

No, I mean soft drive. It was sitting at the top of the boot list, and I
don't have one, so I tried removing it from the list.


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From: Daave on
albatross wrote:
> No, I mean soft drive. It was sitting at the top of the boot list,
> and I don't have one, so I tried removing it from the list.

What is a soft drive?

Who are you replying to?

Please do yourself and the rest of us a favor by using a news reader
instead of the problematic techarena.in interface. It is confusing when
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From: db on
you might have to temporarily
remove the cmos battery for
about 5 minutes .

meanwhile ensure that the mobo
has no other connections other
than the main hard drive, kb
and mouse.

then install the cmos battery back
in and see if your can auto configure
your bios.

with any luck the hard drive will
be recognized and become bootable,

that is if it is still bootable.

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"albatross" <albatross.43p1j8(a)DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> I was having issues with a fatal error. I tried flushing the cmos,
> and changing the boot sequence. I now have a problem in that the
> computer is not starting up at all. It gets as far as displaying
>
> X300XT BIOS P/N 113-A33437-102
>
> and then just sits there. Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> --
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