fresheadies Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Hey everyone, I'm new here and I believe I have a major problem with my computer when I try to format- it keeps restarting. I'm really in a bind and if you could help me out it would be wonderful. Thanks in advance! Anyway, the screen restarts with NO error messages (just complete blackout) specifically during the NTFS quick or normal speed formatting. I've gotten to 100 percent with normal speed and it goes to 20 percent unceasingly during a quick format, then it crashes. I've read through your forums and I couldn't find anything specific to the formatting exactly. I've formatted dozens of times and I've never encountered something quite like this! Please help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Get a boot cd from your harddrives vendor and test your drive!!!I am willing to bet your drive has become a nice silver-colered paper weight. (It's dead Jim) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fresheadies Posted December 5, 2007 Author Share Posted December 5, 2007 (edited) I just used SeaTools (it's a Maxtor HDD) on it and the drive passed. The problem is still occurring as well. Could it be the motherboard, or IRQ's? ****! Edited December 5, 2007 by fresheadies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Now it could be a mobo or irq issue.Are you experienced enogh to open your tower and switch the ide cables so the drive is on the other ide channel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fresheadies Posted December 5, 2007 Author Share Posted December 5, 2007 (edited) I don't quite follow what you mean by "Channel". Do you mean the jumpers, or perhaps the position (Slave/Master) on the IDE itself? I'm no professional, but I'm handy when it comes to computers. Self-taught type of IT . Edited December 5, 2007 by fresheadies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 ok then you know you have 2 ide plugs on your mobo simply switch the wires.(So the harddrives are on the other one and the cd\dvd drives are on the other) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fresheadies Posted December 5, 2007 Author Share Posted December 5, 2007 OK, I switched the cables as you said, and everything seemed to go fine.....UNTIL the formatting was being prepared in windows setup (as in before the actual formatting occurs). but something important happened- a blue screen of death with the error message (paraphrase): the BIOS is not fully ACPI compliant. Visit *website* for BIOS update. If unable to obtain latest BIOS or if they're not ACPI compliant I can turn off ACPI mode during text mode setup. To do this press F7 when prompted to install storage drivers. I have no idea what ACPI is, man this is bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Do you know the make\model of your mobo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fresheadies Posted December 5, 2007 Author Share Posted December 5, 2007 It is a piece of s*** AOpen AK-77 600N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 http://download.aopen.com.tw/Default.aspxTry and update the bios, other than that I have no clue what else todo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fresheadies Posted December 5, 2007 Author Share Posted December 5, 2007 Well either way, I appreciate all of your help. Hopefully I'll be able to see the light. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 I wish you luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fresheadies Posted December 5, 2007 Author Share Posted December 5, 2007 Actually, would you (or anyoen else for that matter) know how to make the BIOS update bootable? I tried ripping an ISO with the download to no avail. I downloaded the update here: It's an AK-77 600N, and it comes with 3 files: a BIN and two EXE's....odd. AGain, I tried ripping the three together as an ISO and it was weak sauce. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 You put in a floppy disk and select format, then choose make a startup disk or boot disk whatever it says. and then add those 3 files to it.Nevermind I finally looked at those files and I know see that it is made to be flashed from within a windows enviroment...As a last option before you start looking for a new mobo get memtest 86+ and run it from CD.Also reconfigure your system so that it has only one cd drive and one harddrive. (You can add the rest back in if the install goes.), but yeah you are definatly having a hardware issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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