Thread: HELP - resume issue - HDD broken?

maybe someone had the same issue before.
My carpc is set to hibernate when I turn the ignition off. It resumes from HDD when the ignition is back on. I just set it like that a few days ago (regular shutdown before). SO far this worked without a hitch. (long and short periods of turn off)

Today in the morning it resumed normally. Then I was driving for 2 hours, turned the car off and came back about 2 hours later. The pc turned on, bios screen comes up, detects the HDD etc, and when it's supposed to resume, I only get a black screen (let it run for up to 10 minutes). ctrl+alt+del didn't work, F8 didn't work, nothing works. I can't get windows to start normally, as I can't do anything. I did hear the HDD spin up at least once.

Now the question is, could the HDD be busted (I don't have a HDD LED)?
could it be that condensation came into the HDD and fried it? the car was heated to 24c / 74f. Outside it was freezing.
Or could it just be windwos f*ing up? And how do I get it to resume/reboot normally?

My setup:
Jetway 1Ghz
256 MB Ram (so not the 2 GB resumeissue)
40 gig 3.5" HDD
M1-ATX DC-DC converter
n-lited Windows XP SP2
Centrafuse with navigation
dvd, 7 inch sreen,GPS....


thanks for the help

Or could it just be windwos f*ing up? And how do I get it to resume/reboot normally?

i think thats the problem...
just put windows again on car pc (they call it "format" )

Greetz

Dj NRG

i think thats the problem...
just put windows again on car pc (they call it "format" )

Greetz

Dj NRG

hm, kinda the last thing I wish to do. I didn't do a backup yet, as there was still some stuff I wanted to fix before I do a backup. And I don't want to reinstall from scratch.

then install windows over the old one, without formatting...