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> Dell Dimension 8100 won't boot up, Machine isn't detecting fans and Diskette Drive 0
tvhevh
post Apr 17 2009, 01:13 PM
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Operating System: The computer I'm worrying about used to run Windows ME with 256 MB RAM, now it's running XP Home and 768 MB.
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I just tried to reboot the other desktop on the home network, a Dell Dimension 8100. It didn't get through the BIOS startup, giving me the following messages:

Diskette Drive 0 Seek Failure
Alert! Hard Drive Thermal Probe Not Detected!
Alert! Cardcage Fan Not Detected!
Alert! System Fan Not Detected!
Alert! Chipset Heat Sink Not Detected!
System Halted!

It seemed to me that they were really overusing exclamation points in all of this, and found it amusing...but that was the only thing. The machine, of course, won't go past this point in the boot and start the operating system (XP Home--SP4, I think). I opened the side of the case up, and saw that the muffin fans are, indeed working. I haven't touched anything else.

Any thoughts/advice would be welcome at this point. I want to see if the problems are hardware-related or not.

Thanks in advance--Tom vonHatten
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- tvhevh   Dell Dimension 8100 won't boot up   Apr 17 2009, 01:13 PM
- - jephree   Hello Tom, Is this a new problem? When was the la...   Apr 17 2009, 01:36 PM
- - tvhevh   Jephree: Yep, it's a new problem. I booted...   Apr 17 2009, 08:18 PM
- - jephree   Hi Tom, Well the Dell line as seen is: See ...   Apr 17 2009, 08:51 PM
- - tvhevh   Jephree: I couldn't find anything to describe...   Apr 18 2009, 08:15 AM
- - jephree   Hello Tom, You are correct that the diagram is no...   Apr 18 2009, 11:14 AM
- - tvhevh   I tried moving the jumper to RTCRST--the machine w...   Apr 19 2009, 10:19 AM
- - jephree   Hello Tom, Appears the only change is the Config...   Apr 19 2009, 10:40 AM
- - tvhevh   I'm pretty comfortable with working inside the...   Apr 19 2009, 01:43 PM
- - jephree   Are you still getting the same LED pattern on the ...   Apr 19 2009, 01:52 PM
- - tvhevh   I am getting the same LED pattern; three greens an...   Apr 21 2009, 04:20 PM
- - tvhevh   Jephree: I unplugged, removed all the RAM, repl...   Apr 22 2009, 07:55 PM
- - jephree   That is curious. Did you / Do you have two RAM st...   Apr 22 2009, 07:58 PM
- - tvhevh   Actually, I have 4 sticks; 2 are 256 MB and 2 are ...   Apr 23 2009, 03:51 PM
- - jephree   You can also try each pair in the paired slots. S...   Apr 23 2009, 04:46 PM
- - tvhevh   Just did that. If I don't use the "botto...   Apr 25 2009, 01:08 PM
- - tvhevh   I swapped monitors and got no display again. I gu...   Apr 25 2009, 01:47 PM
- - jephree   As seen here: Memory QUOTE HINT: If you upgrade ...   Apr 25 2009, 06:57 PM
- - tvhevh   I should have the continuity modules somewhere in ...   Apr 26 2009, 10:05 AM
- - tvhevh   Jephree: I finally got a pair of continuation m...   Apr 30 2009, 05:18 PM
- - jephree   Are the mouse and keyboard USB or PS/2? If the for...   Apr 30 2009, 05:33 PM
- - tvhevh   I just put power to the motherboard and started th...   May 1 2009, 09:09 PM
- - jephree   The keyboard is one of the first things a BIOS loo...   May 1 2009, 09:23 PM
- - tvhevh   Don't have another PS/2 keyboard, unfortunatel...   May 2 2009, 08:18 AM
- - jephree   PS/2 devices are not hot swappable like USB. Have...   May 2 2009, 05:06 PM
- - tvhevh   I just tried it--it seems to work fine. --TvH   May 2 2009, 06:18 PM
- - jephree   So? Are you able to boot up?   May 2 2009, 06:23 PM
- - tvhevh   I went as far as actually swapping keyboards betwe...   May 3 2009, 01:10 PM
- - jephree   Appears to be the case. Just to verify: with a US...   May 3 2009, 06:27 PM

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