"Failure Imminent" should i continue?
Ok, a few weeks ago, my BIOS chip died, so I ordered a new one.
I have a ASUS P4S533 motherboard (it's like 1 1/2 years old). I
started the comp, everything worked, except for the CD and DVD ROMS.
Turns out, before I found out it was the BIOS that was dead, I had
taken it to a computer store to have it looked at. Without even asking
if they could start work on it, they switched a bunch of wires around
and never pulgged the power cords back into the CD drives but they DID
plug in the floppy, HD, and MB (with the 4 pin rectangular
connectors).
So I tried to plug them back in. I switched them around to try and get
them all to fit into the 2 CD drives, the floppy, the HD, and the MB
and couldn't. I then called ASUS and they said that the motherboard
had something like EASY power or something (Im not sure) and that I
didn't need to have the 4 pin plugged into the MB. So i unplugged it
and reset the RAM just incase.
I started the comp and got a message that read SMART predicts that a
failure is imminent blah blah blah.
Now that didnt show up before i switch the wires. Could that be the
cause? Should I just hit "f1" and continue? or should I do something
else? I WAS getting a different error before that. it read "failed to
write ESCD." So im not really sure what to do here. I've got alot of
important crap on there.
I have a ASUS P4S533 motherboard (it's like 1 1/2 years old). I
started the comp, everything worked, except for the CD and DVD ROMS.
Turns out, before I found out it was the BIOS that was dead, I had
taken it to a computer store to have it looked at. Without even asking
if they could start work on it, they switched a bunch of wires around
and never pulgged the power cords back into the CD drives but they DID
plug in the floppy, HD, and MB (with the 4 pin rectangular
connectors).
So I tried to plug them back in. I switched them around to try and get
them all to fit into the 2 CD drives, the floppy, the HD, and the MB
and couldn't. I then called ASUS and they said that the motherboard
had something like EASY power or something (Im not sure) and that I
didn't need to have the 4 pin plugged into the MB. So i unplugged it
and reset the RAM just incase.
I started the comp and got a message that read SMART predicts that a
failure is imminent blah blah blah.
Now that didnt show up before i switch the wires. Could that be the
cause? Should I just hit "f1" and continue? or should I do something
else? I WAS getting a different error before that. it read "failed to
write ESCD." So im not really sure what to do here. I've got alot of
important crap on there.
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As for this: You could try a new cmos battery for just a few bucks. If that error persists you may have a bad MB.
how do i do that?
For the battery, take the old one to Radio Shack (or whatever is nearby); they should be able to match it for you.
yeah i hit F1 to continue and it wont get past the windows (load) screen. it doersnt freeze...it just keeps loading. i either get the message for f1 or some other message "failed to write ESCD." im gonna go re-check the wireing. thanx tho.
If its ok then shutdown for now and unplug where the cdroms are plugged in from the motherboard and lets see if we can just get windows to boot clean. Its really confused and we don't know right now what all the nitwits at the shop have done to you.
If you can boot then do a chkdsk and shutdown and plug the cdroms back in and make sure they have their jumpers set to "cable select" or cd first !!!
Tex
Also, i would absolutely keep the 4-pin power connector connected to your mobo...it is neccessary. I think the folks at asus were refering to the 6-pin aux mobo connector which is un-needed on some newer boards.
...actually it's not required. besides, it's impossible to plug in my motherboard, 2 CD drives, floppy, and HD...the plugs won't reach. the motherboard was never plugged in anyway.
how do i clear/reset escd?
anyway i brought it to some guy who checked it out...he hooked it up to 3 different computers and couldnt get in to even back uo the files. the HD spins but it keeps saying that there's a bad track or something. :banghead:
As far as the data is concerned, you might have luck by installing the drive in another computer and trying to copy what you can to another drive. Good Luck!
He said a computer shop tried it in three differant computers and they couldn't ever even see anything.
Everytime you power that drive up and down right now your chances of getting anything off if its really failing diminishs. I just recovered some of the data off a failing drive from another forum user that they could not get their computer to even see anymore a few weeks ago. The friggin recovery took like 5 full days as it was having so much trouble reading the disk. Just slow as all get out and it would hang in one spot for 30 minutes and then start again and crap like that. I got back maybe 60 or 70 percent of the critical stuff he really wanted back. emails, family pictures etc.. If I can get it to spin up and act right for even a few hours where the only problem was a trashed filesystem I could get a bunch of it. If it won't spin up you get nothing. If its electrics and thats often the smart related errors then success rate varies on how long I can get it to act half way decent.
If you can't afford to lose the data and you give up, then email me and we can work something out.
How big is the drive and whats the exact model number and stuff?
tex
If it was your friends brother-in-laws cousin who "knows everything about computers" I would get a second opinion. If it was a reputable computer place that said that, your next step is full-blown data recovery from a pro. You'd be in good hands with Tex.
Tex
-Lindsay
Tex
thanx, but my new one;s on the way and i cant afford to have the old one get lost in the mail or anything. thank you for the offer tho.