PC don't boot - probably mother board issue???

[estern]

I have a P4-2GHZ, 512 MB RAM, on ECS P4S5A/DX mother board. Running Win2000. This PC worked fine for ~9 months now since I initially built it.

After my last reboot the PC does not come up anymore and I get a blue screen with stop error message 0x0000007B INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE.

I've tried various things including changing HD's, IDE cables, playing with the BIOS - but nothing. I even took a working HD from my other PC and installed it in the troubled one and I get the same error message.

I suspect that I have an issue with the IDE controller on the board, but would be happy to get other advices before I take it of the PC into the store...

Any help would be appericiated! Thanks!

[meese]

Checkout this MS KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/default...NoWebContent=1

[woodbutcher]

Welcome to TechIMO.

Have you looked in BIOS to make sure your 1st boot device is set to the HD (usually "0")?

WB

[estern]

To meese: Yes, I've looked all over the MS support web - they mostly indicate about a corupted boot sector in the HD - but the HD works just fine in the other computer

To woodbutcher: Yes, it does starting to boot from the HD, after the win2000 startup page is up, I get the blue screen

Thanks

[meese]

Here is another MS KB article related to XP, but may give some good info, and another from a different forum:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;324103

http://forums.techguy.org/t127361/sc...c58b28eff.html

[estern]

Read through both of them - tried suggested actions - no luck :-(

[Xeroid]

Have you tried moving your HD over to the other IDE? Have you tried clearing your CMOS? Just throwing out thoughts.

[Omardeth]

good idea did you try the other ide controler .

[Omardeth]

i think that is a GREAT idea ..

doh wrong forum hahah tomany windows open

[estern]

Yes, tried both things: cleared the CMOS and tried the other IDE - both didn't help...