Re: Need help troubleshooting a Compaq Presario SR1365CL (ASUS K8S-LA)
- From: Franc Zabkar <fzabkar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 09:50:25 +1000
On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:42:46 GMT, "Peter Bogiatzidis"
<pbogi@xxxxxxxxxxx> put finger to keyboard and composed:
Hello,
I'm trying to fix a Compaq Presario SR1365CL. The owner worked on it and
somehow decided that the hard drive was at fault. I'm not sure what else was
tried in order to "fix" it. Currently, PC will not boot Windows XP Home, but
BIOS can be entered and changed and it does recognize the hard drive.
After numerous attempts at trying to restore the original drive (Compaq has
a restore partition on it) or install Windows on a new drive, I took it to a
local computer repair shop to have it checked out. The consensus was that
either the motherboard or BIOS was at fault. This is an ASUS K8S-LA
motherboard OEM'd for Compaq. Unfortunately, the BIOS can only be updated
through Windows.
How can I prove that it is either the motherboard or the BIOS at fault? Is
there any way to update the BIOS without using Windows?
If the BIOS is allowing you to see the hard drive, then I expect it is
OK. Anyway, if you really want to try a flash upgrade, then boot to a
DOS floppy and run Uniflash.
http://www.uniflash.org/
It doesn't appear that your board's chipset (SiS 760 / SiS 964) is on
the current Uniflash list, but you could at least try reading the BIOS
chip without fear of damaging your board:
http://www.uniflash.org/hardware.htm
Otherwise I'd try a disc diagnostic tool such SeaTools for Seagate
drives. You need to run this from a floppy diskette. Other HD
manufacturers have their own tools.
Hard Drive Diagnostic Programs by Vendor:
OnTrack Data Advisor:
http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor
IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test:
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools:
http://support.wdc.com/download/
Quantum/Maxtor PowerMax:
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm
Seagate SeaTools:
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html
Download:
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/B7a.html
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/seatoold_reg.html
The above list is reproduced from this old post by Glen Ventura:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion/msg/e4981c19fab8355b?hl=en&;
- Franc Zabkar
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