Monday, 18 November 2013

Boot MGR missing

When a message like 'boot mgr missing press Alt+Ctrl+Del to restart'



  • First goto BIOS and set CD or DVD drive as first boot priority .
  • Now insert microsoft product DVD 'on system repair disk and restart the computer'.
  • Click on the repair option .Its starts finding the OS location on the hard disk and after few second the exact drive letter with size will appear.
  • You can see that your operating system is there in a drive say(Ex. C:).
  • Now you also see in the same box -two options
          a. Repair your computer.
          b. System image.


  • Select the 1st option .You will now find several options to repair your computer among them choose  'start to repair ' your system automatically start repairing your OS and finally it will produce report.Go through the report and see each testing steps whether it is completed successfully or not.If all steps completed successfully then your system is repaired.
  • If not then perform next step.
  • Among those several options as explained command prompt.
           :\>c:
           c:\>dir
           c:\>bootrec fixmbr
           c:\>bootrec fixboot
           c:\>bootrec rebuild bcd
           c:\>exit
  •  Restart your computer
Thanking You

Sunday, 17 November 2013

Motherboard Checking..

To check motherboard we have to take following steps:

  1. Check motherboard for cracks on account of overheating of equipment.
  2. Physically observe any scratches or discontinuity in PCB(Printed Circuit Board) path.
  3. Check for burnt ICs or component.
  4. Check the VGA connector for dry soldering or loose connection or replace the connector.
  5. Check North Bridge and South Bridge ICs physically for loose connection or dry soldering.
  6. Check north and south bridge IC whether they are getting heated by putting your index finger on them.
  7. Check the processor whether it is gradually heating up or not by putting your index finger on top of the processor.
  8. If the processor is cool then check the voltage regulator ICs whether short or open or measuring  voltage across the leads using multimeter in diode mode.
  9. Update BIOS from motherboard driver CD or you can download from the Internet.
  10. Replace BIOS and check.
  11. Use the debugging card to know the source of the problem.