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From: B__P on 19 Apr 2010 12:35

I apologize if I left info out. Not sure what would be needed to help
the problem.

>You have left out a lot of things that would be helpful for troubleshooting.
>
>The new vid card suggests to me that prior to the vid card, that the
>mobo had an integrated working video which might be used for
>troubleshooting.
>
>You also didn't say the mobo or the storebought/OEM name/modelno of the
>original equipment.


It started life as an emachine.
I'm sure that alone would be a nice start for a new thread flaming me,
but while it worked the computer suited my needs to a T.
It wasn't a $3500 gaming rig, but I didn't intend for it to be, nor
was that the niche I was filling with the system.

The additional Drives I added were all large Western Digital running
from an add in SATA card. These were all removed while trying to
trouble shoot.

It is an eMachine T3522 with integrated Video.
I have an Nvidia 7900 GS in there now,
and 4 gigs of ram.

While rebooting to see what Video Card I had in the system,
the system actually passed the first part of the log on where it had
been hanging and is now showing the emachine logo a big white e and
the selection for BIOS and BOOT menus.
For a while inside the machine there was a sound like when a key is
stuck on the KB, a really soft repeating click, no a loud ping from
the speaker.

Well, here it is, more information.
If someone can help me learn form this and fix the thing, I'd be
grateful.


>
>Does that mean to say that during the BIOS POST of the assessment of the
>vid card that the bios 'crashes' -- if so, that certainly suggests that
>something might be wrong in the vid cards ram.


Not sure if CRASH is the proper term or not.
The screen shows the vid card name, 256 Megs Ram and even though the
systems is running, the fan whirls and lights are on - no one is home.
Nothing happens, it just hangs.




>
>> Being only a partial Nim,
>
>I'm not familiar with the term 'Nim'. The suggested meanings need
>disambiguation for this context.
>



Nim= Nimrod. I'm only a partial nim so about equal to a half wit.

But, the answer always seems to be easier once someone else shows you.

I feel this is something I should be able to fix but cannot and I do
not want to let it beat me.
I'll try to reboot w/o the vid card, then I guess I'll try swapping
out components unless you can provide some help.

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