it could a few days ago. but i had to mess with the bios to failsafe to make it work again cause a virus messed it up. where is the so called "autodectect" roms area?

also

there is a little red light next to my ram. whats taht mean!?

also
i now notice on startup a grey bar appears and loads on the bottom before the windows logo shows up...

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When you say you got a virus, how did you know you got it? Did your anti-virus catch it, or did the virus do damage to your system? Also, how did you rid your system of the virus? Did you let the AV get rid of it, did you have to manually remove it, or did you have to reformat your machine (if you reformatted, did you "wipe" the hard drive?)?


Loading failsafe defaults in the BIOS isn't all that bad of a thing, really. I've had to do it more than once on more than one machine and it never really seemed to damage or corrupt anything.

i was using a portable spyware doctor to check for spyware, but when it started up it guess it was infected. so to clean it i went into safe mode and removed the info. (and since it is portable, the registry info was gone on startup)

Was this portable spyware doctor run from a CD?

Go into your control panel, click on "system", then click the hardware tab, then click on "Device Manager". Check to see if there are any exclamation points next to anything. If there are, please tell me exactly what they're next too.

Oh, and the light next to your ram is probably just a light on the motherboard to indicate if the board has power or not. Not a big deal

k well, i have checked the device manager and there are no ! points. and the cdroms dont even show up in there.

Really? Wow....that's odd that the optical drives don't show up....have you had your case open recently? If so, check the connections in there to ensure that everything is connected and seated properly. If that doesn't work, then we'll try checking for a virus and things of that sort.

hmmm
will try it. i have indeed already unpluged, and repluged in everything. they open and stuff still too.


scanning for a virus in a sec here

no virus's

tried registry mechanic on it. 200 errors found, fixed em - still no cdroms

1) Make sure that your system is actually clean - try this free scan: http://safety.live.com/

2) Check your BIOS to ensure that the drives are recognized and enabled there.
3) Visit Windows Update
4) Try updating your motherboard/chipset drivers.

i dont know what it would look like in the bios to say they're enabled...can i have a screenshot of it pls?

Please inform us of the exact make and model of your system - also include any additional devices that you have added since purchasing it.

OK NEW INFO;
i was messing with the bios. and after turning the HD reset button on, when i booted it would reboot before the login screen appeared (like the first time.)


so i must still have it, and it only works if the HD reset button is activated. however i cant see my cd's. so i need to know how to remove it.


I also tested a few new things too.
i used different wiring to reconnect the cdroms. - nothing
i used a different cdrom - nothing


also. i can boot into safe mode with the reset button enabled...so its something that is like a startup item (doesnt' appear in msconfig's startup area)
and starts before the login screen.


any ideas?

ergh....windows xp pro sp2....ummm mother board is a

http://www.dealtime.com/xPF-Elitegroup-Soc...-www.google.com

Eliete group P6IWP-Fe

anything else?

added after purchasing...well letsee....been 7 years now...5 years ago we got the 2nd cdrom drive (burner)

http://www.nodevice.com/driver/P6IWP-Fe/get17126.html


would this help me at all either?
i donno if just updating would stop the virus or w/e that norton cant detect

The very first step is to remove any viruses - the scan at http://safety.live.com/ should take care of this.

Then we can proceed with troubleshooting any problems that may remain.

no virus's, no open ports. a few reg. errors.


still no cdroms detected.

OK, now we presume that your system is clean of viruses.

Next is the troubleshooting. Since this problem occurs before Windows starts to boot, we'll start with the hardware.

1) Have you checked to see if all the wires are in their correct places? It's unusual for Reset switch to behave like this unless something else is wrong.

2) Have you checked the motherboard for damage? In particular, have you checked for bad capacitors? http://www.badcaps.net/

3) Have you run MemTest86? Please follow the directions exactly and let the test run for at least 2 passes. http://www.memtest86.com/

4) Please visit the website of the manufacturer of your hard drive and download a bootable utility to check your hard drive.

5) Have you tried disconnecting all but the most essential devices? Here's a mini-guide on it: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic70216.html

4) Please visit the website of the manufacturer of your hard drive and download a bootable utility to check your hard drive.

check it for what? virus check it again? or just check it. cause couldn't i do a check /f or something in start>run

A utility to check your hard drive. If you'll tell us who manufactured your hard drive we'll locate the correct download for you.

ok the HD is a


Western Digital

WDC WD205-AA-00BAA0


and when i was opening the case, the computer reset itself (monitor light went orange too) this any more help or not?

bump....pls..i neeed this fixed.

Did you disconnect the power before going into the case?

nah, just slide the cover a little so i could see who the maker was. i got the ID from device manager

The computer resetting itself is a concern.

Here's the link to Western Digital download site: http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp

Select the "floppy" or "CD" version for DOS if you want to get a version to test your system outside of Windows. Then make the floppy/CD and follw the instructions to run the test.

No errors found (ran the tests from the site)

Try this mini-guide to isolate the hardware problem: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic70216.html

will do that tonight. will report what happens

OK. well i was messing around and got them to show up agian. so i went to install the new norton, AND ITS BACK TO BOOTING, SHOWING THE WELCOME SCREEN, THEN REBOOTING. garrrr. i can start in safe mode, BUT my mouse wont power up. i have hte usb controller enabled, and have tried this on multiple mice, both ps2 and usb. even switched out the green things. WAAAA pls help or i am going to best buy and i dont wanna pay a ton for it

Try uninstalling Norton, then running this Norton Removal Tool: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgen...005033108162039

mouse doesn't work...

PROBLEM RESOLVED.

reinstalled xp with friends disk, using same product key.