I was trying to upgrade my AGP vide 1

[Extras]

I was trying to upgrade my AGP video adapter card on my HP Pavilion 9686C.

When I inserted the new card into the slot and started the computer - I got a single line error "Operating system not found".

I replaced the old card back and tried again. Same error message.

Any advice on where I should start to resolve this problem?

Thanks in Advance!!

 

[wolluf]

Have you checked IDE cables - you may have pulled out the one connecting hard drive to motherboard, when replacing card (although you usually get a no system disk message rather than missing operating system). Can you boot from something like a win98 boot floppy? If so, use fdisk to view partition info (I'm assuming you're 2000 is ntfs). If partition is present, is it active (can't see what effect changing card should have on this, but its something that can stop machine booting). Presume your bios is correctly recognising your hard drive.

 

[jpm121]

Another outside possibility is an IRC conflict at the BIOS level with your IDE and AGP bus. If wolluf's excellent tips do not help, you might poke around a bit in your BIOS settings and see if anything looks weird.

Good luck.

 

[Extras]

Thanks W & J - you were correct it was a "loose" cable issue. At least I think so...

I went in and pushed all the connectors and I suspect the ones to the floppy seemed a bit loose.

Appreciate the prompt response.

Now I have another question - which is another thread...