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Dale · 05-30-2010, 09:01 AM

Originally posted by Jim Sachs:

Update - I tried removing the video card, and just using the on-board graphics. Still failed, after greatly varying amounts of time (anywhere from 1 second to 3 hours). Doesn't seem to be heat-related. All fans working fine, with the cpu fan mostly in its quietest mode (normal speed-up when taxed).
At that point, there were too many variables (CPU, memory chips, motherboard, etc.), so I decided to try to resurrect another computer, and put this hard drive in it. Despite the fact that they are both HP Pavilions and very similar, the hard drive just won't fully wake up in its new body. Gets as far as the first XP screen, then reboots. So I put the native hard drive back in, with my drive as a secondary. Everythings there, but of course nothing's "installed", so it's a whole different environment. Took me a long time to remember even how to log onto this Forum, and now everything is blue. Not sure if some things can be put back in place, as they were originally installed years ago in another house (and another state), and I don't have any of the original CDs.

If you have a full system backup, it's time to do a restore. Preferably to a new hard drive.

Otherwise, it's time to not make things worse. So, the absolutely first thing, is to make sure you have good backups of at least all of the data on your original hard drive.

If you tell me the models of the two Pavilions, I might (or might not) know more.

I suggest that your best bet will be to put the original drive back in the original PC, and get that to work. It's not video, so the next thing to consider is the memory. Do you have more than one memory stick in that PC? If so, remove one at a time (and move them to the correct positions) and see if that fixes the problem.

Clearly, you do have one "old" PC that you can use to access this forum, so you can still get advice from the community, while you try to get your original PC back in order. If you don't have any of the installation CDs (inclucing the HP restore CD), and you don't have system or data backups, that's the first priority - make sure you don't lose anything else.

Of course, by now, you've probably gone well beyond that advice, due to the "time warp".

Do you have a computer shop in your area, that you would trust to not make things worse?

05-30-2010, 09:01 AM	#46
Dale Banned Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Western Missouri Posts: 960	Originally posted by Jim Sachs: Update - I tried removing the video card, and just using the on-board graphics. Still failed, after greatly varying amounts of time (anywhere from 1 second to 3 hours). Doesn't seem to be heat-related. All fans working fine, with the cpu fan mostly in its quietest mode (normal speed-up when taxed). At that point, there were too many variables (CPU, memory chips, motherboard, etc.), so I decided to try to resurrect another computer, and put this hard drive in it. Despite the fact that they are both HP Pavilions and very similar, the hard drive just won't fully wake up in its new body. Gets as far as the first XP screen, then reboots. So I put the native hard drive back in, with my drive as a secondary. Everythings there, but of course nothing's "installed", so it's a whole different environment. Took me a long time to remember even how to log onto this Forum, and now everything is blue. Not sure if some things can be put back in place, as they were originally installed years ago in another house (and another state), and I don't have any of the original CDs. If you have a full system backup, it's time to do a restore. Preferably to a new hard drive. Otherwise, it's time to not make things worse. So, the absolutely first thing, is to make sure you have good backups of at least all of the data on your original hard drive. If you tell me the models of the two Pavilions, I might (or might not) know more. I suggest that your best bet will be to put the original drive back in the original PC, and get that to work. It's not video, so the next thing to consider is the memory. Do you have more than one memory stick in that PC? If so, remove one at a time (and move them to the correct positions) and see if that fixes the problem. Clearly, you do have one "old" PC that you can use to access this forum, so you can still get advice from the community, while you try to get your original PC back in order. If you don't have any of the installation CDs (inclucing the HP restore CD), and you don't have system or data backups, that's the first priority - make sure you don't lose anything else. Of course, by now, you've probably gone well beyond that advice, due to the "time warp". Do you have a computer shop in your area, that you would trust to not make things worse? Last edited by Dale; 05-31-2010 at 04:58 PM.