It has continuous beeps on start up. I would have to turn it off and on quite a few times for it to start working, and every now and then bang it to start to get it working.
Sometime it would start without the beeps and go to a black screen with a flashing cursor. I would press any key and it would start working, and sometimes it would shut off in the middle of internet browsing.
Then I got to reading and read that the beeps have something to do with the RAM. I messed around with them a little, taking them out switching them around ect...
After doing that it doesn't beep much anymore. On start up now it goes to a black screen that says:
"Master Boot Record Error
Press a key
Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter
_"
Where did this come from and how is it fixed? If I don't have the system disk is that a major problem?
The computer is a Compaq Presario with Windows XP Home Edition
Any help is greatly appreciated
Thanks
- John
Sometime it would start without the beeps and go to a black screen with a flashing cursor. I would press any key and it would start working, and sometimes it would shut off in the middle of internet browsing.
Then I got to reading and read that the beeps have something to do with the RAM. I messed around with them a little, taking them out switching them around ect...
After doing that it doesn't beep much anymore. On start up now it goes to a black screen that says:
"Master Boot Record Error
Press a key
Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter
_"
Where did this come from and how is it fixed? If I don't have the system disk is that a major problem?
The computer is a Compaq Presario with Windows XP Home Edition
Any help is greatly appreciated
Thanks
- John