Hello
I have already posted on this forum, back on 3/10/07 with this problem but i cannot now post a reply to that thread, for some reason (i am not that good with these things).
Right, to make sure we're on the same page this was the previous conversation:
Computer Wont Load, Black Screen Y∞Y
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Hello. Like many people i should make it clear that i know very little about computers and how they work, so i'm probably going to make a fool of myself but here goes...!
We recently got a PC and had the graphics card, RAM and i think hard drive (?) replaced because it wasnt working before - wouldnt do anything. It has been fine for some time but i have just turned it on and it goes through the screens that says press Del to enter setup (or something similar) and then comes up with a black screen, that eventually has Y∞Y (Y infinity sign Y) in the top left. Anyone know what is going on and what this means? Something to do with the drives or Windows XP since it doesnt get as far as loading that?
Thanks
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04-10-2007, 12:11 AM
jephree
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Re: Computer Wont Load, Black Screen Y∞Y
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Enter Setup and see if any hard drives are detected.

When you say you recently got this ... and all this rebuilding ...

Did you recently get this rebuilt computer or did you rebuild a computer that was recently new?

Who built it? Do they not guarantee their work?

Anyway the BIOS is not finding a boot drive or else the boot drive is damaged.

You could try the manufacturers diagnostic on the hard drive if the BIOS detects it.
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04-10-2007, 10:36 AM
purplekirsty
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Re: Computer Wont Load, Black Screen Y∞Y
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My boyfriend put these new components in to the reasonably new computer (his parents had it and gave it to us). It has worked fine for months.
The computer detects the hard drive in the set up but i dont know how to run the diagnostic on the hard drive - can you explain how i do that?

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05-10-2007, 12:56 AM
jephree
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Re: Computer Wont Load, Black Screen Y∞Y
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The manufacturer will have a diagnostic program on their web site to download and then create a boot floppy or CD if you do not have a floppy drive.

You need to know the manufacturer of the hard drive.



Anyway that brings us up to now:
i have been away for some time. I am now back on track to try and sort out my computer. my hard drive is a samsung sp2514n so i have looked on samsungs web page. it refers to a download Hutil_creator.exe but i cannot find that program on there. The file it has on the top of the page is called Hutil 210. However i have found the creator file elsewhere on the internet if it is that one i need to use. Getting past that problem theres another, i dont have a floppy disk drive, only CD-ROM, how would i put this info on to a cd? Just copy, paste and write or do i have to do something else? Then how do i get the broken computer to run the cd? I have read elsewhere it says to run it in DOS mode, i get into that by getting the computer into safe mode, but it wont let me get into that either...