Freeze on startup

Sorry if this has been discussed recently, I tried a google search in this
group with no luck.

I have a PC which freezes on a certain point at startup. It freezes at the
"vendor screen" for want of a better description. You know how PC vendors
have their logo and name come up on startup...tiny ot time computers or
whatever. I have tried getting into BIOS and into the startup menu with no
result. It has been suggested to me that the hard drive is buggered. I have
checked all wires, etc, and they are all kosher.

TIA for any help.

Cheers

von Heler

Pull your hard drive out and check to see that the jumpers are in either in
the Master configuration, or the Cable Select configuration. If they are on
master then try setting the jumpers to cable select. If they are set to
Cable Select then try setting them to Master.

Von Heler wrote:
Sorry if this has been discussed recently, I tried a google search in
this group with no luck.

I have a PC which freezes on a certain point at startup. It freezes
at the "vendor screen" for want of a better description. You know how
PC vendors have their logo and name come up on startup...tiny ot time
computers or whatever. I have tried getting into BIOS and into the
startup menu with no result. It has been suggested to me that the
hard drive is buggered. I have checked all wires, etc, and they are
all kosher.

TIA for any help.

Cheers

von Heler