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Just updated Vista.. and now the HD has gone nuts

The HD just spins very fast, making lots of noise.


The PC was fine before that.. but after the Vista upgrade, the PC
does
not recognise the screen, the keyboard or the CD drive.


All it does is spin the HD fast, until the machine is switched off.


Any ideas?


Thnaks

"t8769" <> wrote in message
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> Just updated Vista.. and now the HD has gone nuts
>
> The HD just spins very fast, making lots of noise.
>
>
> The PC was fine before that.. but after the Vista upgrade, the PC
> does
> not recognise the screen, the keyboard or the CD drive.
>
>
> All it does is spin the HD fast, until the machine is switched off.
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Thnaks

thanks to Bill Gates...You're Screwed

See what happens in Safe Mode

Can't go to safe mode.. keyboard not recognised, keys do nothing...

I guess you people never learn - Vista is CRAPWARE!


Steve

"t8769" <> wrote in message
news:96a5104a-5dbb-4a2e-97bc-...
> Just updated Vista.. and now the HD has gone nuts
>
> The HD just spins very fast, making lots of noise.
>
>
> The PC was fine before that.. but after the Vista upgrade, the PC
> does
> not recognise the screen, the keyboard or the CD drive.
>
>
> All it does is spin the HD fast, until the machine is switched off.
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Thnaks

On Apr 27, 4:49*pm, t8769 <t...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Just updated Vista.. and now the HD has gone nuts
>
> The HD just spins very fast, making lots of noise.
>
> The PC was fine before that.. but after the Vista upgrade, the PC
> does
> not recognise the screen, the keyboard or the CD drive.
>
> All it does is spin the HD fast, until the machine is switched off.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thnaks

Vista itself should not be capable of destroying a HDD. Worst case it
caused such a load that the HDD broke. But if a HDD can't handle the
load any OS sends it then it is junk.

But the situation you describe seems to me like the computer is not
even POSTing (Power On Self Test, where it beeps once usually and
shows you some system information). Do you get any BIOS screens?

If indeed the HDD is broken, it is possible that it is keeping the
motherboard from POSTing. Unplug the HDD data and power cables and
see what happens. If it POSTs, then you should try running a Linux
Live CD or some other bootable CD to see if everything is working
normally.

If disconnecting the HDD didn't fix anything, then my next guess is
power supply problems. From there we move on to motherboard, then
RAM, and then processor. Of course it could be any one of those, or
video card, or anything that is connected to the motherboard.
Basically you want to strip down the motherboard until it POSTs (will
need power supply, RAM, and processor), and then add components one by
one until it doesn't. Then you know what's bad.

Let us know...

Aaron

Thanks Aaron

Useful information (as always thhere are always idiots who post
messages about how bad Vista is, without having anything else useful
to say).

I assumed it was something to do with the upgrade, as this happened
immediately after I updated Windows then restarted - quite a co-
incidence, but I know these do happen sometimes..


Thanks

After a long conversatin with Dell, it seems that the motherboard's
shot...

Oh well

Vista = Horseballs

t8769 wrote:

> Just updated Vista.. and now the HD has gone nuts
>
> The HD just spins very fast, making lots of noise.
>
> The PC was fine before that.. but after the Vista upgrade, the PC
> does
> not recognise the screen, the keyboard or the CD drive.
>
> All it does is spin the HD fast, until the machine is switched off.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thnaks

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In message <> Tony
<> wrote:

>Vista = Horseballs

Couldn't figure it out, huh?