I have a Sony Vaio PCG-FX370. The specs of the machine are P-III,
1Ghz, 256MB RAM, 20 Gig HD. The bios is a Phoenix bios ver. RO223U0.
It has Win XP home Edition
When i start my laptop, within 2-3 secs. my HD starts to click. It
doesn't stop. and ofcourse my computer does not boot. The only way i
can boot is to go to bios and change the primary IDE setting to auto,
which always reverts back to 'none' when i shut down the laptop. So
right now my morning ritual is to start the computer (it starts to
click), go to the bios, change ide setting to 'auto' and save bios
changes. (the computer reboots and my computer starts, sometimes i
need to go through this cycle twice or thrice). If i switch off the
computer and then restart I WILL have to go through the entire cycle
again. Now i know the bios battery is fine becuase the time is
retained and i just replaced the battery.
Has anybody experienced this problem before, or have any idea of what
i can do.
Thank you
Poorav
