Computer Trouble
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Join Date: 2004-10-05 Member: 32107Members
Join Date: 2004-10-05 Member: 32107Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">(Non-NS related)</div> Okay I have this problem when I turn on my computer. One of 3 things happens:
1- The case turns on and the monitor doesn't.
2- Turns on saying it crashed at checkpoint "CRT?" "Vini" or "Vmgr"
3- Says: "I/O card parity interrupt at F000:B941" And it somtimes has these numbers following the "F000:" instead: BFB2, E862, 1D31, 7DE2, or 7A13
Can anyone tell me what this problem is?
1- The case turns on and the monitor doesn't.
2- Turns on saying it crashed at checkpoint "CRT?" "Vini" or "Vmgr"
3- Says: "I/O card parity interrupt at F000:B941" And it somtimes has these numbers following the "F000:" instead: BFB2, E862, 1D31, 7DE2, or 7A13
Can anyone tell me what this problem is?
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From a quick guess, it sounds like your PC has an issue with it's POST routine. I'm not going to post any suggestions, unless you can tell us the spec of your PC, just in case I give wrong advice...
Dell Dimension 8200
Windows XP Home Edition
Pentium 4
Nvidia gforce 5700 Ultra
512 mb ddr ram
Do you have any other interface cards installing in your PC, anything on PCI?
What would be ever better is it you could PM me your Dell Service Tag, and i'll look your PC up on Dell's website, which will give me a good idea of where to start...
The service tag will be on either the left hand side of the PC, near the OEM license sticker, or on the rear of the PC.
As I said before, try reseating all the components in your PC, like RAM, grpahics, and any PCI cards you've got remaining in the system.
If your system is reporting an I/O error at an address, then it means that one of the components is not relaying information properly.
If reseating devices doesn't fix the problem, then I'd start looking at removing everything from the inside of the PC, with the exception of the CPU, your graphics card, and one RAM module. Just unplug the IDE cables from the motherboard, and try that. Make sure the PC is off at the wall, but still plugged in. I can't stress enough the importance of being properly earthed when removing components from a motherboard. MAKE SURE THE BOARD HAS NO POWER GOING TO IT WHEN REMOVING OR INSERTING DEVICES!!! Sorry on the shout, but it's necessary, as I've seen motherboards blow when inserting devices into the board, even when the system is powered off. To do this, unplug the 20-pin ATX connector from the motherboard, and also removed 4-pin 12V connector as well.
If the system fires up ok, then plug your HDD back in. Them try it again. Keep on doing this until either one part causes the error, or you've got everything plugged back in. You must do this one component at a time, as then you'll know which one causes the error. If you don;t want to do this, I'd recommend either getting a local computer retailer to do this (nearly all of them have engineers on standby to fix PCs0, or get in contact with Dell.
Make sure you're totally ok with going inside your computer before you even remove the cover.
Edit: And I meant RDram, not DDR.