Computer Freezes On Boot - Long Time To Load Windows
Replies: 3 | Post Date: 04-12-2009, 10:00 PM | User: Nalif | Forums: hardforum.comI was having issues with a game of mine hard locking my pc. The only way to get out of it was to hold down the power button and force the pc to power down, then boot back up. Trying to trouble shoot the game, this happened several times. Then, it started freezing on the memory test. It's not really freezing, though - if i leave it sit for a very long time ( 5 to ten minutes ), it will eventually boot into windows. Any ideas?
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- From Time To Time Computer Freezes
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- Computer Is Shutting Off During The Windows Load Screen
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Pc Takes A Long Time To Boot Up
First: it takes from 20 minutes to 2 hours to boot up, i don't see anything in the monitor, but the fan in the power supply spins and the fan at top of the processor also works, only the red light of the hard disk turns on. I have tried with another hard disk that works fine in another pc, and it's the same, it takes forever to boot up. I have replace the power supply from 250 to 450 and i still have that problem. Second: after waiting that long for the pc to boot up, the cpu clock speed reads 733 mhz instead of 1700. I reset the jumper in the motherboard, to get the correct speed, but i have to do this everytime the computer has been off for a while. Are the two problems related? Is the motherboard bad? Once the pc boot ups, it works fine.
Posted On: June 30th, 2006, 05:57 PM . View 14 Replies .
First: it takes from 20 minutes to 2 hours to boot up, i don't see anything in the monitor, but the fan in the power supply spins and the fan at top of the processor also works, only the red light of the hard disk turns on. I have tried with another hard disk that works fine in another pc, and it's the same, it takes forever to boot up. I have replace the power supply from 250 to 450 and i still have that problem. Second: after waiting that long for the pc to boot up, the cpu clock speed reads 733 mhz instead of 1700. I reset the jumper in the motherboard, to get the correct speed, but i have to do this everytime the computer has been off for a while. Are the two problems related? Is the motherboard bad? Once the pc boot ups, it works fine.
Posted On: June 30th, 2006, 05:57 PM . View 14 Replies .
Pc Takes Long Time To Boot After Powered On
My computer is taking long time to boot after powered on and also my system performance was slower
How to fix this please let me know. My system configuration is
Intel p4
Asus p4bgl-vm i845gl
Posted On: February 26th 2009 . View 4 Replies .
My computer is taking long time to boot after powered on and also my system performance was slower
How to fix this please let me know. My system configuration is
Intel p4
Asus p4bgl-vm i845gl
Posted On: February 26th 2009 . View 4 Replies .
Pc Takes A Very Long Time To Complete The Boot Up Sequence
My daughter has a dell inspiron 1150 laptop which seems to have some sort of memory conflict of sort. It takes a very long time to complete the boot-up sequence and then, for no apparent reason simply slow down to a halt when opening a program (microsoft word, for example). The fan starts working overtime and processing performance slows to a halt. The task manager shows that most of the resources are being consumed by the system idle process. I have run spybot and adaware and mcafee anti-virus and nothing one turns turns up any problems. Any suggestions as to where to look next?
Posted On: February 7th, 2007, 02:57 PM . View 5 Replies .
My daughter has a dell inspiron 1150 laptop which seems to have some sort of memory conflict of sort. It takes a very long time to complete the boot-up sequence and then, for no apparent reason simply slow down to a halt when opening a program (microsoft word, for example). The fan starts working overtime and processing performance slows to a halt. The task manager shows that most of the resources are being consumed by the system idle process. I have run spybot and adaware and mcafee anti-virus and nothing one turns turns up any problems. Any suggestions as to where to look next?
Posted On: February 7th, 2007, 02:57 PM . View 5 Replies .
Windows Takes A Really Long Time To Start Up
Windows takes a really long time to start up, and when it does, it doesn't last long before the computer restarts. I went into the bios, and the cpu is running at 38*c, so it shouldn't be that. Also, i have a 500watt psu, so that shouldn't be it either, what's the problem?
Posted On: 02-06-2005, 12:38 AM . View 7 Replies .
Windows takes a really long time to start up, and when it does, it doesn't last long before the computer restarts. I went into the bios, and the cpu is running at 38*c, so it shouldn't be that. Also, i have a 500watt psu, so that shouldn't be it either, what's the problem?
Posted On: 02-06-2005, 12:38 AM . View 7 Replies .
Hardware Conflict, Computer Load Up Time Seems Longer Than It Should Be
I have the latest bios, drivers for everything (nvidia drivers for mobo, graphics card, monitor, sound blaster, etc) and updates for windows. I'm not trying to toot my horn here (well, maybe just a little hehe) but as far as i can tell, with these specs the system should be giving a fairly good performance. However, i have found that for one, the load up time seems a little longer than it should be. Secondly, game graphics have gotten choppy in some sections of far cry, and the fps in cs:source drops from around 90 to 10 when blinded by a flashbang. Up until a month ago i was using a xfx 6600gt and i wasn't getting this fps drop at all when flashed. I tried a test using 3dmark05 and ended up with a score of around 7, 500, which i gather is the average for a 7800gt?
Basically, as this is my first build, i am asking for any advice anyone might have as i feel i have missed something. Perhaps a hardware conflict or even just how the drivers have been installed?
Computer specifications:
Athlon 64 3500+
Msi k8n neo4 platinum mobo
2 gb corsair 3200c2pt ram
Xfx geforce 7800gt
Live 24! Sound blaster
550 watt psu
Windows xp home
Posted On: 26-10-2005, 11:53 AM . View 14 Replies .
I have the latest bios, drivers for everything (nvidia drivers for mobo, graphics card, monitor, sound blaster, etc) and updates for windows. I'm not trying to toot my horn here (well, maybe just a little hehe) but as far as i can tell, with these specs the system should be giving a fairly good performance. However, i have found that for one, the load up time seems a little longer than it should be. Secondly, game graphics have gotten choppy in some sections of far cry, and the fps in cs:source drops from around 90 to 10 when blinded by a flashbang. Up until a month ago i was using a xfx 6600gt and i wasn't getting this fps drop at all when flashed. I tried a test using 3dmark05 and ended up with a score of around 7, 500, which i gather is the average for a 7800gt?
Basically, as this is my first build, i am asking for any advice anyone might have as i feel i have missed something. Perhaps a hardware conflict or even just how the drivers have been installed?
Computer specifications:
Athlon 64 3500+
Msi k8n neo4 platinum mobo
2 gb corsair 3200c2pt ram
Xfx geforce 7800gt
Live 24! Sound blaster
550 watt psu
Windows xp home
Posted On: 26-10-2005, 11:53 AM . View 14 Replies .
From Time To Time Computer Freezes
I need help diagnosing what i believe is a hardware problem, since it happens with windows and linux. From time to time my computer freezes. I cannot move the mouse pointer and there is no reaction when i press a key on the keyboard. There is no bluescreen or any other error message. Also, it is not predicatble when the computer freezes. Sometimes i can work for hours without any problems and sometimes it freezes after 5 minutes. Generally, i noticed that it freezes earlier when i use windows instead of linux. Any idea what could be the problem or what i could do to diagnose it?
Posted On: February 13th, 2007, 02:57 AM . View 7 Replies .
I need help diagnosing what i believe is a hardware problem, since it happens with windows and linux. From time to time my computer freezes. I cannot move the mouse pointer and there is no reaction when i press a key on the keyboard. There is no bluescreen or any other error message. Also, it is not predicatble when the computer freezes. Sometimes i can work for hours without any problems and sometimes it freezes after 5 minutes. Generally, i noticed that it freezes earlier when i use windows instead of linux. Any idea what could be the problem or what i could do to diagnose it?
Posted On: February 13th, 2007, 02:57 AM . View 7 Replies .
Computer Freezes, Then Long Beep
Often when i boot my computer, usualy the first time in the day or whatever, after 10-20-30 minutes of use it will act a little bit funny. First of all, when i right click the desktop, the menu will only half appear. Sort of semi transparent. Then a few seconds later, everything freezes, and i get a long beep until i restart. Then everything seems fine again?
Im thinking it could be a power-supply issue. Im pushing it a little bit with 380w and my set up i feel, but does anyone have any other ideas? What could the long beep mean? I also think it could be dodgy ram. Ill give more details if needs be, i just thought i'd post in case anyone had some ideas.
Posted On: 04-27-05 . View 20 Replies .
Often when i boot my computer, usualy the first time in the day or whatever, after 10-20-30 minutes of use it will act a little bit funny. First of all, when i right click the desktop, the menu will only half appear. Sort of semi transparent. Then a few seconds later, everything freezes, and i get a long beep until i restart. Then everything seems fine again?
Im thinking it could be a power-supply issue. Im pushing it a little bit with 380w and my set up i feel, but does anyone have any other ideas? What could the long beep mean? I also think it could be dodgy ram. Ill give more details if needs be, i just thought i'd post in case anyone had some ideas.
Posted On: 04-27-05 . View 20 Replies .
No Display, Computer Freezes, Long Beep
I've tried to troubleshoot my way through this, but find myself too frustrated with my own machine to think straight. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The problem started with my monitor (seemingly at random) going into power saving mode. I wouldn't be able to bring it back out of power saving mode without doing a complete restart of my system. I suspected either the video card (ati radeon x1300 w/256mb) or the monitor (lg lcd). I tried a different monitor and had the same problem. I tried switching the connection from dvi to vga. Still, the same problem. Definitely the video card. Except now i'm not so sure. I just fired it up again and opened the web browser, only to have the whole computer freeze up on me (i could move the mouse, but that was all. Clicking and keyboard commands were completely useless) and then my display went dead black, without even the warning about power saving mode. The computer appeared to still be running, though. The lights were on, and i could hear fan noise. So, i powered down, waited 5, then powered back on and attempted to login as admin in safe mode. Windows didn't even finish booting this time before it froze. There was also a long, continuous beep coming from within the case. The screen went dead again, the beep continued, and the computer still seemed to be running. I powered down, waited another 5, then powered back on one last time. This time, though, the screen wouldn't come on at all. The computer, though, did again seem to be running (lights, fan noise, etc). If not for the freezing and the long beep, i'd still suspect the video card, but now i'm not so sure. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
Posted On: Jul 21st, 2007 . View 5 Replies .
I've tried to troubleshoot my way through this, but find myself too frustrated with my own machine to think straight. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The problem started with my monitor (seemingly at random) going into power saving mode. I wouldn't be able to bring it back out of power saving mode without doing a complete restart of my system. I suspected either the video card (ati radeon x1300 w/256mb) or the monitor (lg lcd). I tried a different monitor and had the same problem. I tried switching the connection from dvi to vga. Still, the same problem. Definitely the video card. Except now i'm not so sure. I just fired it up again and opened the web browser, only to have the whole computer freeze up on me (i could move the mouse, but that was all. Clicking and keyboard commands were completely useless) and then my display went dead black, without even the warning about power saving mode. The computer appeared to still be running, though. The lights were on, and i could hear fan noise. So, i powered down, waited 5, then powered back on and attempted to login as admin in safe mode. Windows didn't even finish booting this time before it froze. There was also a long, continuous beep coming from within the case. The screen went dead again, the beep continued, and the computer still seemed to be running. I powered down, waited another 5, then powered back on one last time. This time, though, the screen wouldn't come on at all. The computer, though, did again seem to be running (lights, fan noise, etc). If not for the freezing and the long beep, i'd still suspect the video card, but now i'm not so sure. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
Posted On: Jul 21st, 2007 . View 5 Replies .
Pc Starts To Boot And Freezes Before Windows
I turned on the pc and the "intel desktop boards" screen appears. And that is it! Usually that would flash and the next screen would be detecting my ide card and recognizing the hard drives but it doesnt even get there. The screen that it is stuck on shows the processor speed, how much ram, and that the keyboard, mouse, and the usb legacy is enabled. The bottom says hit f2 to run set up and f12 if you want to boot from network. I can not get into the bios. The most i made it do was get it to say "entering setup" by hitting f2 as soon as the page came up. But it never goes anywhere after that. Frozen! Any advise would be greatly appreciated. I am not a computer wiz, just a long time tinkerer. I have built 2 or 3 in my lifetime and have just basic knowledge.
Posted On: April 11th, 2007, 11:49 AM . View 8 Replies .
I turned on the pc and the "intel desktop boards" screen appears. And that is it! Usually that would flash and the next screen would be detecting my ide card and recognizing the hard drives but it doesnt even get there. The screen that it is stuck on shows the processor speed, how much ram, and that the keyboard, mouse, and the usb legacy is enabled. The bottom says hit f2 to run set up and f12 if you want to boot from network. I can not get into the bios. The most i made it do was get it to say "entering setup" by hitting f2 as soon as the page came up. But it never goes anywhere after that. Frozen! Any advise would be greatly appreciated. I am not a computer wiz, just a long time tinkerer. I have built 2 or 3 in my lifetime and have just basic knowledge.
Posted On: April 11th, 2007, 11:49 AM . View 8 Replies .
Excessive Computer Boot Time
I'm a certified computer technician. I'm working on my pals computer, and for the life of me i have never had such an slow boot. I did disk cleanup, followed by a defrag (which took almost a full day). In the four or so years this computer has existed i don't think it has once been defraged or cleaned up but anyways i also went into msconfig and got rid of all startup processed except the ones necessary for startup (obviously). This is a duo core (1. 66 per core) computer with 1gb ram. I figure it may be the ram however, i just checking here to see if anyone else has any ideas how i could speed up the boot, the bios is default, everything checks out okay. So disk cleanup followed by defrag and then msconfig. What did i miss? It's windows xp, so it's odd that it takes like 4 minutes to boot (even with 1gb ram).
Posted On: 2 months ago . View 3 Replies .
I'm a certified computer technician. I'm working on my pals computer, and for the life of me i have never had such an slow boot. I did disk cleanup, followed by a defrag (which took almost a full day). In the four or so years this computer has existed i don't think it has once been defraged or cleaned up but anyways i also went into msconfig and got rid of all startup processed except the ones necessary for startup (obviously). This is a duo core (1. 66 per core) computer with 1gb ram. I figure it may be the ram however, i just checking here to see if anyone else has any ideas how i could speed up the boot, the bios is default, everything checks out okay. So disk cleanup followed by defrag and then msconfig. What did i miss? It's windows xp, so it's odd that it takes like 4 minutes to boot (even with 1gb ram).
Posted On: 2 months ago . View 3 Replies .
Computer Is Shutting Off During The Windows Load Screen
So i ended up upgrading to an amd x2 6000 and getting an hd4850 as well. Windows 7 was also installed by a friend on my computer. However, my computer is shutting off during the windows load screen at the same time, like right after the windows colors icon forms together and glows or whatever. I have an antec 650w truepower power supply that is maybe 3 years old at the most. Also, i have been monitoring the watts and they are all stable and all less than . 20 different than the norm or whatever each thing is supposed to be.could the ram i bought be bad and is shutting down the computer? Temperatures are all fine as well. I just find it weird that it turns off during the exact same time but will sometimes randomly let me get to windows if i keep trying. A fast response would be appreciated, especially if it is possibly bad ram since i think the last day to exchange it at frys is today for me.
Posted On: August 28th 2009 . View 14 Replies .
So i ended up upgrading to an amd x2 6000 and getting an hd4850 as well. Windows 7 was also installed by a friend on my computer. However, my computer is shutting off during the windows load screen at the same time, like right after the windows colors icon forms together and glows or whatever. I have an antec 650w truepower power supply that is maybe 3 years old at the most. Also, i have been monitoring the watts and they are all stable and all less than . 20 different than the norm or whatever each thing is supposed to be.could the ram i bought be bad and is shutting down the computer? Temperatures are all fine as well. I just find it weird that it turns off during the exact same time but will sometimes randomly let me get to windows if i keep trying. A fast response would be appreciated, especially if it is possibly bad ram since i think the last day to exchange it at frys is today for me.
Posted On: August 28th 2009 . View 14 Replies .
Computer Reboot Itself When It Starts To Load Windows 2000
My computer reboot itself when it starts to load windows 2000. 1 - i thaught about the sasser virus but it's no that
2 - i tested my hard drive on another computer there is no problem it boot and works properly. 3 - i have 2 memory sticks. I tested with one and with the over it does't change anything. The system reboot
I bougth my master card and the 2 memory sticks last year and i had never got any problem with them until i came back from holidays.
Posted On: August 17th, 2004, 01:49 PM . View 13 Replies .
My computer reboot itself when it starts to load windows 2000. 1 - i thaught about the sasser virus but it's no that
2 - i tested my hard drive on another computer there is no problem it boot and works properly. 3 - i have 2 memory sticks. I tested with one and with the over it does't change anything. The system reboot
I bougth my master card and the 2 memory sticks last year and i had never got any problem with them until i came back from holidays.
Posted On: August 17th, 2004, 01:49 PM . View 13 Replies .
Computer Freezes On Boot Up At Asus Splash Screen
My computer freezes sometimes on boot up (this happens very rarely, but is annoying when it does). When i turn it on, i see my initial asus splash screen and it just stays on this until i reset or reboot. It then boots up fine. Other than this, my computer runs flawlessly, it has never seriously crashed or frozen up when it's running. I noticed also some time after i bought/built the computer, the initial "beep" when the computer boots up disappeared. I don't know if this is related. Has anyone come across something like this? I'm thinking of actually selling off this computer as i am going to need a laptop, so i'd like to get this resolved.
Posted On: May 28th 2005 . View 4 Replies .
My computer freezes sometimes on boot up (this happens very rarely, but is annoying when it does). When i turn it on, i see my initial asus splash screen and it just stays on this until i reset or reboot. It then boots up fine. Other than this, my computer runs flawlessly, it has never seriously crashed or frozen up when it's running. I noticed also some time after i bought/built the computer, the initial "beep" when the computer boots up disappeared. I don't know if this is related. Has anyone come across something like this? I'm thinking of actually selling off this computer as i am going to need a laptop, so i'd like to get this resolved.
Posted On: May 28th 2005 . View 4 Replies .
Computer Boot Up Problem, After Power On It Stays 5 Seconds Then Freezes
Dell dimension 1100. O. S. Windows xp home edition. Problem:
When i power on the computer it stays for about 5 seconds, then there is a click and it freezes. Nothing shows on the screen – no logo etc.completely dead the green light on front of computer tower remains fixed on. I have tried following:
Disconnected memory card and reseated it, disconnected sound card and reseated (no more cards). Disconnected all cables to motherboard and devices and reseated them. Disconnect mouse, keyboard, monitor. But it never gets beyond the first five seconds of booting up. A few days before the problem came i saw the following warning message:
"Power surge on hub port. A usb device has exceeded power limits of its hub port". I have pursued this and downloaded a patch from dell to remedy this problem: but i cannot install the patch as i cannot get my computer going. Any ideas on how to solve this? Second could the problem be related to this ‘power surge on hub port’.
Posted On: 19-04-2006, 07:34 PM . View 5 Replies .
Dell dimension 1100. O. S. Windows xp home edition. Problem:
When i power on the computer it stays for about 5 seconds, then there is a click and it freezes. Nothing shows on the screen – no logo etc.completely dead the green light on front of computer tower remains fixed on. I have tried following:
Disconnected memory card and reseated it, disconnected sound card and reseated (no more cards). Disconnected all cables to motherboard and devices and reseated them. Disconnect mouse, keyboard, monitor. But it never gets beyond the first five seconds of booting up. A few days before the problem came i saw the following warning message:
"Power surge on hub port. A usb device has exceeded power limits of its hub port". I have pursued this and downloaded a patch from dell to remedy this problem: but i cannot install the patch as i cannot get my computer going. Any ideas on how to solve this? Second could the problem be related to this ‘power surge on hub port’.
Posted On: 19-04-2006, 07:34 PM . View 5 Replies .
3dmark Freezes During Load
Ok, i know i have seen fixes before about this, could someone please please give me a hand, i just got my new laptop (asus f7 1. 8ghz x2, 2gigs ram, 2400pro) and for *** and giggles i wanted to run 3dmark to see how it does, it installed fine everything went great but when i attempt to load the game it just loads and loads and never moves on. I had this problem on my desktop once, and i was in need of a re-image so i did that and all is fine, but i dont want to have to go through that for this computer.
Posted On: 01-25-2008, 04:43 AM . View 5 Replies .
Ok, i know i have seen fixes before about this, could someone please please give me a hand, i just got my new laptop (asus f7 1. 8ghz x2, 2gigs ram, 2400pro) and for *** and giggles i wanted to run 3dmark to see how it does, it installed fine everything went great but when i attempt to load the game it just loads and loads and never moves on. I had this problem on my desktop once, and i was in need of a re-image so i did that and all is fine, but i dont want to have to go through that for this computer.
Posted On: 01-25-2008, 04:43 AM . View 5 Replies .
Computer Freezes At Windows Logo
My computer is freezing a bunch when starting up at the windows logo it just stays there i left it on for a good 30 minutes. Anybody else that had this problem mind telling me how to fix this?
Posted On: 06-21-2009, 06:33 PM . View 8 Replies .
My computer is freezing a bunch when starting up at the windows logo it just stays there i left it on for a good 30 minutes. Anybody else that had this problem mind telling me how to fix this?
Posted On: 06-21-2009, 06:33 PM . View 8 Replies .
Computer Freezes On The Windows Loading Screen
I went to use my computer today and noticed that there was no sound. I checked all of the physical connections which seem fine and then rebooted. After rebooting the sound came back for a while but then gradually increased in static before failing again completely. I reinstalled the ac 97 drivers (it's an onboard soundcard for the asus a8n-sli mobo) to no avail. I also had the entire computer lock up twice and reboot itself while trying to fix the sound. A few reboots later the operating system would run normally for about 2 seconds before completely locking for 2 and repeating this pattern. Task manager showed me that the cpu was alternating between ~ 5% usage to 100% when it would lock and back and forth in the 2 second pattern. I completely shut down the computer and when i attempted to boot back into windows, my computer now freezes on the windows loading screen. The bar will move across roughly 10 or so times before freezing completely! If i try a reset, it will not even detect the drive that windows is installed on! It will only reappear if i power the machine off and back on again!
I am able to boot into windows in safe mode, and i tried using system restore and msconfig to turn off all of the startup services and programs but i am still unable to do a normal boot into windows. I also tried doing a repair install of xp and the repair installation will get to the installing drivers step of the installation before abrubtly rebooting and attempting to continue the setup in an endless loop. I am currently running chkdsk /r in the windows recovery console but i'm somewhat doubting this will fix the problem.
Posted On: 06-02-2007, 03:45 AM . View 8 Replies .
I went to use my computer today and noticed that there was no sound. I checked all of the physical connections which seem fine and then rebooted. After rebooting the sound came back for a while but then gradually increased in static before failing again completely. I reinstalled the ac 97 drivers (it's an onboard soundcard for the asus a8n-sli mobo) to no avail. I also had the entire computer lock up twice and reboot itself while trying to fix the sound. A few reboots later the operating system would run normally for about 2 seconds before completely locking for 2 and repeating this pattern. Task manager showed me that the cpu was alternating between ~ 5% usage to 100% when it would lock and back and forth in the 2 second pattern. I completely shut down the computer and when i attempted to boot back into windows, my computer now freezes on the windows loading screen. The bar will move across roughly 10 or so times before freezing completely! If i try a reset, it will not even detect the drive that windows is installed on! It will only reappear if i power the machine off and back on again!
I am able to boot into windows in safe mode, and i tried using system restore and msconfig to turn off all of the startup services and programs but i am still unable to do a normal boot into windows. I also tried doing a repair install of xp and the repair installation will get to the installing drivers step of the installation before abrubtly rebooting and attempting to continue the setup in an endless loop. I am currently running chkdsk /r in the windows recovery console but i'm somewhat doubting this will fix the problem.
Posted On: 06-02-2007, 03:45 AM . View 8 Replies .
Computer Will Post, But Freezes On Windows Install
After installing some new hardware, i went to install an os, and it fails on starting the install. The weird thing is, it actually posts and i get partway through the initial loading of the setup before it freezes. The first thing i tried to do is install winxp 64. I put the cd in, and it loads all of the drivers, but as soon as it gets to the "starting windows" part, it freezes. I don't even get as far as being able to choose which hard drive to install on. (The first time i tried to install, it froze- the second time i tried it, it would reboot every time it got this far. Now, it freezes every time. )
I then tried to install winxp 32bit, and was able to load the sata drivers from a floppy, but after the drivers were loaded, i had the same problem: it froze when it got to "starting windows", before being able to choose a partition. I'm wondering if maybe i set something wrong in the bios, or maybe a jumper? Or am i drawing too much power? Or do you folks have any other suggestions? I haven't had a hardware problem with any of the other components before installing these new processors.configurations:-
Motherboard: msi k8t master2-far (supports 2 cpus, but not dual-core cpus)
Ram: 1 gb (2x512) corsair pc3200 (cmx512re-3200llpt)
Power supply: 400w silverstone strider (sst-st40f)
Hard drives: sata western digital caviar se (wd1600jd), seagate barracuda ide ultra ata100 (st3120026a)
Video card: ati x850 pro, agp 8x
I was replacing my processor (amd opteron 242) with two amd opteron 248s.
Posted On: October 19th 2006 . View 8 Replies .
After installing some new hardware, i went to install an os, and it fails on starting the install. The weird thing is, it actually posts and i get partway through the initial loading of the setup before it freezes. The first thing i tried to do is install winxp 64. I put the cd in, and it loads all of the drivers, but as soon as it gets to the "starting windows" part, it freezes. I don't even get as far as being able to choose which hard drive to install on. (The first time i tried to install, it froze- the second time i tried it, it would reboot every time it got this far. Now, it freezes every time. )
I then tried to install winxp 32bit, and was able to load the sata drivers from a floppy, but after the drivers were loaded, i had the same problem: it froze when it got to "starting windows", before being able to choose a partition. I'm wondering if maybe i set something wrong in the bios, or maybe a jumper? Or am i drawing too much power? Or do you folks have any other suggestions? I haven't had a hardware problem with any of the other components before installing these new processors.configurations:-
Motherboard: msi k8t master2-far (supports 2 cpus, but not dual-core cpus)
Ram: 1 gb (2x512) corsair pc3200 (cmx512re-3200llpt)
Power supply: 400w silverstone strider (sst-st40f)
Hard drives: sata western digital caviar se (wd1600jd), seagate barracuda ide ultra ata100 (st3120026a)
Video card: ati x850 pro, agp 8x
I was replacing my processor (amd opteron 242) with two amd opteron 248s.
Posted On: October 19th 2006 . View 8 Replies .
Usb Hard Drive Takes Long Time To Copy Files
I just got a usb hard drive and copied some of my large files to it, and noticed it was taking a really long time to finish. Im not sure what kind of throughput im getting but it cant be much. Its taking somewhere around 15 min to copy a 700mb file.
Posted On: June 2nd, 2007, 12:45 PM . View 7 Replies .
I just got a usb hard drive and copied some of my large files to it, and noticed it was taking a really long time to finish. Im not sure what kind of throughput im getting but it cant be much. Its taking somewhere around 15 min to copy a 700mb file.
Posted On: June 2nd, 2007, 12:45 PM . View 7 Replies .
Hard Drive Crash - Pc Stopped For Long Time On Bootup Logo
I have a sony vaio laptop and today when i tried to boot it up it stopped for a really long time on the boot up logo then the screen went black and the words "operating system not found" showed up in the top left hand corner. Can anyone tell me what might be the problem?
Posted On: 06-03-2008, 03:10 AM . View 8 Replies .
I have a sony vaio laptop and today when i tried to boot it up it stopped for a really long time on the boot up logo then the screen went black and the words "operating system not found" showed up in the top left hand corner. Can anyone tell me what might be the problem?
Posted On: 06-03-2008, 03:10 AM . View 8 Replies .
Bios Takes Long Time To Identify Dvd Drives On Ide 2
I recently updated my pc - new ram, new sata hard drive and a new case. I've put everything in the case and after a few issues, i got it running. I do seem to have some troubles with my cd/dvd drives though and i was wondering if anyone could give me some help. First, here's a rough overview of the important bits:
Msi 865pe neo2 pfisr motherboard
120gb ide hd - on ide1 as master
160gb sata hd - on "ide3"
1 dvd-rom drive - on ide2 as master
1 dvd writer - on id2 as slave
The trouble is that when i have the above setup, the bios takes a long time trying to identify my dvd drives on ide2. It must eventually give up and believe nothing is there. The hd's are fine, just no dvd drives. Now if i unplug the slave drive on ide2, the master drive works fine. I haven't tried putting the slave dvd as a master yet but i'll try that as the first thing when i get back. Is it possible to something blow a drive or ground it to my case? Something stupid like that?
Now lets say i get home and both dvd drives work separately but not together. Does anyone have any clue what else it could be? I've just moved the drives from one case to another so the jumpers are correct etc. The cable is also fine (tried it with a spare - same problem).
Posted On: September 16th 2005 . View 2 Replies .
I recently updated my pc - new ram, new sata hard drive and a new case. I've put everything in the case and after a few issues, i got it running. I do seem to have some troubles with my cd/dvd drives though and i was wondering if anyone could give me some help. First, here's a rough overview of the important bits:
Msi 865pe neo2 pfisr motherboard
120gb ide hd - on ide1 as master
160gb sata hd - on "ide3"
1 dvd-rom drive - on ide2 as master
1 dvd writer - on id2 as slave
The trouble is that when i have the above setup, the bios takes a long time trying to identify my dvd drives on ide2. It must eventually give up and believe nothing is there. The hd's are fine, just no dvd drives. Now if i unplug the slave drive on ide2, the master drive works fine. I haven't tried putting the slave dvd as a master yet but i'll try that as the first thing when i get back. Is it possible to something blow a drive or ground it to my case? Something stupid like that?
Now lets say i get home and both dvd drives work separately but not together. Does anyone have any clue what else it could be? I've just moved the drives from one case to another so the jumpers are correct etc. The cable is also fine (tried it with a spare - same problem).
Posted On: September 16th 2005 . View 2 Replies .
Screen Freezes When Load Browser Page With Flash Movie
When i load a browser page that has flash movie, or if i load up guild wars, then the computer will completely lockup, the screen freezes, mouse/keyboard dont work, hard drive light is one solid color, and it remains like that forever, until i turn it off and back on. The weird thing is when i hit the reset button it actually wont make the screen freeze go away i hear/see the cd drives doing the power reset, but the frozen image still remains on the screen!
But when i power off and power on, it boots up again. Sometimes it will freeze again right away, other times it will happen after say 10+ hours of use. Anyone know what could be causing this? Mem test reported 0 errors. Prime95 wasnt crashing either. I'm thinking maybe its the video card?
Posted On: 11-22-2006, 07:06 PM . View 1 Replies .
When i load a browser page that has flash movie, or if i load up guild wars, then the computer will completely lockup, the screen freezes, mouse/keyboard dont work, hard drive light is one solid color, and it remains like that forever, until i turn it off and back on. The weird thing is when i hit the reset button it actually wont make the screen freeze go away i hear/see the cd drives doing the power reset, but the frozen image still remains on the screen!
But when i power off and power on, it boots up again. Sometimes it will freeze again right away, other times it will happen after say 10+ hours of use. Anyone know what could be causing this? Mem test reported 0 errors. Prime95 wasnt crashing either. I'm thinking maybe its the video card?
Posted On: 11-22-2006, 07:06 PM . View 1 Replies .
Loose Wire In Laptop Freezes Pc For Bits At A Time
A loose wire, i'm sure, is the culprit of the temporary freezes that hails over my presario 2800 laptop. Can anyone offer any suggestions/help?
I'm afraid by taking it to a computer repair shop that they may break it - whether it be an inexperienced mechanic working on the laptop for the 1st time and ultimately not degrounding when opening it up. I dont know too much about the mechanics but i've heard horror stories. Anyhow, has anyone had this ever happen to their laptop? Its a horrible thing to have to go through. I have to tap, shake, etc. The laptop to get it to unfreeze - just to have it happen again. I definately am sure that it is a loose wire. I even reinstalled xp to see if it was something with the operating system just in case, and just finished up with that. It is not the operating system. Definately a hardware issue.
Posted On: June 18th, 2006, 07:21 PM . View 8 Replies .
A loose wire, i'm sure, is the culprit of the temporary freezes that hails over my presario 2800 laptop. Can anyone offer any suggestions/help?
I'm afraid by taking it to a computer repair shop that they may break it - whether it be an inexperienced mechanic working on the laptop for the 1st time and ultimately not degrounding when opening it up. I dont know too much about the mechanics but i've heard horror stories. Anyhow, has anyone had this ever happen to their laptop? Its a horrible thing to have to go through. I have to tap, shake, etc. The laptop to get it to unfreeze - just to have it happen again. I definately am sure that it is a loose wire. I even reinstalled xp to see if it was something with the operating system just in case, and just finished up with that. It is not the operating system. Definately a hardware issue.
Posted On: June 18th, 2006, 07:21 PM . View 8 Replies .
Computer Wont Boot Into Windows Xp
I would be windows browsing the web with firefox and the window would freeze. I could move the window around and minimize the window but couldn't maximize the window or ctr+alt+delete. So i would restart it and could play tf2 for about 2 hours. Quit the game and load up firefox and after 5 mins it would freeze again. After a while tf2 would also freeze. Then it wouldn't even load up windows. It would get to the windows load screen with load bar and just sit there. Sometimes it get past that and load the cursor but nothing else. So, i format my drive and installed a fresh copy of xp and after an hour of using it it would freeze. I went out and bought a new hdd and installed everything. It worked. Everything seemed and worked fine for a month till last week when the problem happened again. I hope its not the hdd. So this time i loaded up recovery console and restored the registry from 3 days back from when the problem started happening. Didn't work. Chkdsk comes back clean. So, i didn't format and just installed xp again, got into windows and started installing drivers and it froze once more. Now it just sits at the windows loading screen again. Loading. What is the cause of this? Solutions?
Posted On: 07-02-2009, 03:03 PM . View 9 Replies .
I would be windows browsing the web with firefox and the window would freeze. I could move the window around and minimize the window but couldn't maximize the window or ctr+alt+delete. So i would restart it and could play tf2 for about 2 hours. Quit the game and load up firefox and after 5 mins it would freeze again. After a while tf2 would also freeze. Then it wouldn't even load up windows. It would get to the windows load screen with load bar and just sit there. Sometimes it get past that and load the cursor but nothing else. So, i format my drive and installed a fresh copy of xp and after an hour of using it it would freeze. I went out and bought a new hdd and installed everything. It worked. Everything seemed and worked fine for a month till last week when the problem happened again. I hope its not the hdd. So this time i loaded up recovery console and restored the registry from 3 days back from when the problem started happening. Didn't work. Chkdsk comes back clean. So, i didn't format and just installed xp again, got into windows and started installing drivers and it froze once more. Now it just sits at the windows loading screen again. Loading. What is the cause of this? Solutions?
Posted On: 07-02-2009, 03:03 PM . View 9 Replies .
Linux Load Command Line Grub Boot Loader But Go No Further
I think my hard drive is fried. The 40gb cheapo maxtor hard drive for my linux machine refused to boot. It would load the command line grub boot loader but go no further. Usually it does the graphical version of grub. I used the maxblast cd to check it and it keeps saying that it cant read it, but it will display the information about it(size etc. ) The fact that it loads any of grub shows that it isn't totally gone, but i can't seem to get anything else from it. Any suggestions? Or should i start shopping?
Posted On: 02-02-2004, 11:00 PM . View 2 Replies .
I think my hard drive is fried. The 40gb cheapo maxtor hard drive for my linux machine refused to boot. It would load the command line grub boot loader but go no further. Usually it does the graphical version of grub. I used the maxblast cd to check it and it keeps saying that it cant read it, but it will display the information about it(size etc. ) The fact that it loads any of grub shows that it isn't totally gone, but i can't seem to get anything else from it. Any suggestions? Or should i start shopping?
Posted On: 02-02-2004, 11:00 PM . View 2 Replies .
Windows 7 Computer Wont Boot In Normal Mode
I was running 64bit vista for a while until i encountered some problems. I tried to fix these problems, but my copy of vista can't be validated by microsoft (it was fine when i installed it, authenticated and worked fine). My computer won't boot in normal mode, only in safe mode. I've decided to upgrade to windows 7, but i'm not sure if i should buy the upgrade or clean install disks. I figure if vista doesn't work properly (crashing whenever it tries to boot in normal mode), then an upgrade won't work. Also, if authentication fails, for whatever reason, then i would be in trouble. I'm not sure what the best solution is. I don't have a problem backing up files i don't want to lose. I just don't want to buy the wrong type of windows 7 installation disk. I've already decided on buying windows 7 home premium (64 bit version), but should i get upgrade package or the clean install disks?
Posted On: 4 weeks ago . View 2 Replies .
I was running 64bit vista for a while until i encountered some problems. I tried to fix these problems, but my copy of vista can't be validated by microsoft (it was fine when i installed it, authenticated and worked fine). My computer won't boot in normal mode, only in safe mode. I've decided to upgrade to windows 7, but i'm not sure if i should buy the upgrade or clean install disks. I figure if vista doesn't work properly (crashing whenever it tries to boot in normal mode), then an upgrade won't work. Also, if authentication fails, for whatever reason, then i would be in trouble. I'm not sure what the best solution is. I don't have a problem backing up files i don't want to lose. I just don't want to buy the wrong type of windows 7 installation disk. I've already decided on buying windows 7 home premium (64 bit version), but should i get upgrade package or the clean install disks?
Posted On: 4 weeks ago . View 2 Replies .
Long Boot Times With Dvd Drive
My machine takes very long to boot. It sits @ that windows-knight-rider screen and the blue line is crossing about 10-12 times before anything happens. Yesterday i had to disconnect my dvd to connect my reserve hdd and see. It boots after 3 or 4 times of that line passing. Is that coz i got a bad driver or bad firmware there. Don't know if driver makes difference coz i think windows got 1 generic and it don't affect my secondary dvd drive. Any suggestions?
Posted On: 04-27-2006, 01:37 PM . View 2 Replies .
My machine takes very long to boot. It sits @ that windows-knight-rider screen and the blue line is crossing about 10-12 times before anything happens. Yesterday i had to disconnect my dvd to connect my reserve hdd and see. It boots after 3 or 4 times of that line passing. Is that coz i got a bad driver or bad firmware there. Don't know if driver makes difference coz i think windows got 1 generic and it don't affect my secondary dvd drive. Any suggestions?
Posted On: 04-27-2006, 01:37 PM . View 2 Replies .
Schedule System Boot Time
Can i schedule my system to power on at morning 8 am everyday?
Posted On: October 21st, 2003, 03:18 AM . View 2 Replies .
Can i schedule my system to power on at morning 8 am everyday?
Posted On: October 21st, 2003, 03:18 AM . View 2 Replies .
Monitor Switches Itself Off During Boot Time
Black screen whole time till it gets into windows. Also it immediately switches off when i start icewind dale 1. All newer games work.
Posted On: 07-20-2009, 03:24 AM . View 2 Replies .
Black screen whole time till it gets into windows. Also it immediately switches off when i start icewind dale 1. All newer games work.
Posted On: 07-20-2009, 03:24 AM . View 2 Replies .