Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media.

Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media

This is the message i am getting i was an idiot and playing with my computer and i had 1 stick of ram that was 1gb so i thought i could upgrade it myself and i put in two 2gb sticks of ram and it wouldnt bring anything on the screen so i replaced my 1gb stick of ram back into my computer and this is the message i am getting i have also hooked up a different hard drive and it says the samething so i was wondering what i did and what i need to do to fix it. I was using windows XP to.

Thanks

 

The different hard drive does have an operating system installed on it.

 

Yeah i believe the other harddrive has windows xp on it but i also have a windows XP disc and i have tried to put it in and boot it from the disc but it does not work i dont remember exactly what it says.

 

Hi Zac,
It is helpful if you could post you system Info, you can do this by going into the User CP, located at the top left of this page, click the my system link on my response to get an Idea, if you are unsure of your system details download SIW for help.

Have you checked in the machines Bios as to what drives are showing as being detected?

Have you set the Boot device order? I would recommend 1: Floppy if installed, 2: CD/DVD, 3: HDD, you will not be able to boot from the cd unless it is in this sort of order!

Have you checked that all plugs are seated correctly, that is at both ends, motherboard & device, ie; HDD, CD/DVD, power cables etc, as they may dislodge while trying to install the RAM card/s

It appears at least one of the RAM cards has been seated correctly or you would have warning beeps or no boot!

Now the other harddrive was the O/S installed on the same machine, if not it will crash, not boot.

Try these first and let us know how you go
Jac

 

If work on the hardware, disconnect any power (battery and charger).

With the power disconnected, try pressing the power button and holding it down for 30 - 60 seconds.