Pc Starts To Boot And Freezes Before Windows
Replies: 8 | Post Date: April 11th, 2007, 11:49 AM | User: The Icky Sticky | Forums: forums.devshed.comI 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.
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Computer Freezes On Boot - Long Time To Load Windows
I 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?
Posted On: 04-12-2009, 10:00 PM . View 3 Replies .
I 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?
Posted On: 04-12-2009, 10:00 PM . View 3 Replies .
Mouse And Keyboard Freeze When Windows Xp Starts Up
Sometimes when windows xp professional starts up on my computer, the mouse will not work properly. It is just frozen at the welcome screen. However, i can still use the keyboard to login. The mouse is a ps/2 mouse. After windows finishes login in and shows the desktop, the mouse is still frozen. Sometimes the mouse will function properly on the welcome screen. However when my computer enters standby mode the mouse and keyboard are both usually frozen when i try to bring the computer out of standby mode and the computer is unresponsive. I think this has also happened after a few minutes of not using the computer while the computer was running.
Posted On: July 4th, 2005, 03:27 PM . View 2 Replies .
Sometimes when windows xp professional starts up on my computer, the mouse will not work properly. It is just frozen at the welcome screen. However, i can still use the keyboard to login. The mouse is a ps/2 mouse. After windows finishes login in and shows the desktop, the mouse is still frozen. Sometimes the mouse will function properly on the welcome screen. However when my computer enters standby mode the mouse and keyboard are both usually frozen when i try to bring the computer out of standby mode and the computer is unresponsive. I think this has also happened after a few minutes of not using the computer while the computer was running.
Posted On: July 4th, 2005, 03:27 PM . View 2 Replies .
Dvd Drive Works Until Windows Starts
Recently i connected my hd into other pc then i connected it back on my pc but now i'm having a hard time to make my dvd drive work, i never had problems before and it was working fine. This is what happens: when i turn on the pc, the dvd led flashes and everything, i can open and close the tray without problems. The dvd drive is showed in the bios too. But as soon as windows xp starts loading the dvd drive wont work, with this i mean it wont even open the tray. Once windows has started its the same. It looks like the drive is detected because under device manager it shows this: "dvd-rom scsi cdrom device", and my other cd drive is listed too. But when i try to access it, i get a "please insert a disk into drive e:" eventho i already have a disc there. If i try to eject it using windows nothing happens. This is how i have my connections:
(Got primary and secundary ide enabled in bios)
Primary ide: master is my hd
Primary ide: slave is cd-rom drive
Secundary ide: master is dvd drive (the one with problems)
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Already tried swapping the dvd-drive to primary ide as slave but it happens exactly the same. Im so confused, why would it work before windows starts to load, but wont work after? What do you recommend me to do? Im out of ideas, do you think its the drive jumpers? Or something related to windows? Should i reinstall?
Posted On: May 20th, 2007, 08:29 AM . View 6 Replies .
Recently i connected my hd into other pc then i connected it back on my pc but now i'm having a hard time to make my dvd drive work, i never had problems before and it was working fine. This is what happens: when i turn on the pc, the dvd led flashes and everything, i can open and close the tray without problems. The dvd drive is showed in the bios too. But as soon as windows xp starts loading the dvd drive wont work, with this i mean it wont even open the tray. Once windows has started its the same. It looks like the drive is detected because under device manager it shows this: "dvd-rom scsi cdrom device", and my other cd drive is listed too. But when i try to access it, i get a "please insert a disk into drive e:" eventho i already have a disc there. If i try to eject it using windows nothing happens. This is how i have my connections:
(Got primary and secundary ide enabled in bios)
Primary ide: master is my hd
Primary ide: slave is cd-rom drive
Secundary ide: master is dvd drive (the one with problems)
Secundary ide: slave = nothing
Already tried swapping the dvd-drive to primary ide as slave but it happens exactly the same. Im so confused, why would it work before windows starts to load, but wont work after? What do you recommend me to do? Im out of ideas, do you think its the drive jumpers? Or something related to windows? Should i reinstall?
Posted On: May 20th, 2007, 08:29 AM . View 6 Replies .
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Posted On: August 17th, 2004, 01:49 PM . View 13 Replies .
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Posted On: August 17th, 2004, 01:49 PM . View 13 Replies .
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Posted On: 02-11-2007, 06:18 PM . View 4 Replies .
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Posted On: 02-11-2007, 06:18 PM . View 4 Replies .
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1) boots and runs
Or
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Or
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Posted On: October 13th, 2004, 12:18 PM . View 4 Replies .
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Or
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Or
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- Ram
- Motherboard
- Powersupply
- Cd or dvd drive ( which i doubt but egh )
Posted On: October 13th, 2004, 12:18 PM . View 4 Replies .
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Posted On: 03-02-2007, 11:07 AM . View 1 Replies .
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Posted On: 03-02-2007, 11:07 AM . View 1 Replies .
Pc Freezes Or Won't Boot
Well i've been on my laptop for about a month now because my pc won't work. I decided that since i have some free time finally, now is the time to troubleshoot and hopefully fix!
90% of the time it will boot into windows (xp pro) no problem. After about 30 seconds to a minute (it varies), it just completely freezes up. The computer stays on, but the screen just freezes. I've tried uninstalling the video card drivers and reinstalling some older whql ones. I've tried taking out 1 stick of ram at a time to see if it has something to do with the ram. Even booting into safe mode yields the same freezes. Sometimes, it won't boot at all. It just gives me one long beep, followed by 3 smaller ones. Any ideas?
Posted On: 08-21-2007, 03:53 PM . View 6 Replies .
Well i've been on my laptop for about a month now because my pc won't work. I decided that since i have some free time finally, now is the time to troubleshoot and hopefully fix!
90% of the time it will boot into windows (xp pro) no problem. After about 30 seconds to a minute (it varies), it just completely freezes up. The computer stays on, but the screen just freezes. I've tried uninstalling the video card drivers and reinstalling some older whql ones. I've tried taking out 1 stick of ram at a time to see if it has something to do with the ram. Even booting into safe mode yields the same freezes. Sometimes, it won't boot at all. It just gives me one long beep, followed by 3 smaller ones. Any ideas?
Posted On: 08-21-2007, 03:53 PM . View 6 Replies .
Windows Boot Error - Unmountable Boot Volume
I have had my new system up and running for about 5 weeks now with now problems. So today i was on my computer and all of a sudden it freezes. Nothing is responding so i just reset the power. Once i reset the power i get to the logon screen, i logon and then i get a blue screen saying windows has detected a problem and has been shut down to prevent any damage to your computer the under it, it says, unmountable_boot_volume. So i thought my grphix card might have overheated so i try rebooting again about several times with no luck. I try booting with safe mode but still freezes. After about 2 hrs i come back and nothing has changed. Any 1 know any solutions?
Posted On: 02-10-2006, 03:52 AM . View 8 Replies .
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Posted On: 02-10-2006, 03:52 AM . View 8 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 .
Windows Freezes During Setup
What does this sound like – hardware issue? Software issue? Here are my system (laptop) specs. It's an msi 1039, and i purchased this less than one month ago. When i try to reinstall windows from my (legitimate) windows xp pro, it gets to "setup is starting windows, " and then it just sits there. I cannot press ctrl+alt+delete to restart at this point. I let it sit there for 20 minutes, and it still does nothing. I disabled every setting in the bios i could find, which was only amd powernow and legacy usb support. There was not option to disable anything else, like plug and play. However, the strange things is that if i press f5 when the windows setup starts (booting off the cd), i can install windows just fine using the i486 c-step setup. But i do not want to do this because then i have to configure everything manually. I thought it may be a ram issue, so i ran memtest from grub which was included with ubuntu 6. 06. I let memtest make two passes through the ram, and it found no errors. Maybe i need to run it more than twice?
I then booted into the windows xp recovery console from cd (isungin the i486 setup), and then i ran chkdsk /r, and it said it found some bad sectors. I then proceeded to run hdd regenerator (demo version) to double check this, but strangely that program found no bad sectors. Maybe windows repaired the bad sectors, or maybe it remapped them. Another strange thing is that i can boot into ubuntu (which is on another partition) with no problems. But, if i try to boot into knoppix 4, it simply freezes – every time – it tries to run autodetection on eth0. I've even tried removing the wlan card, and i also tried swapping the ram stick to the other slot. So i have tried everything, but nothing has fixed the problem of booting into the (normal) windows setup. I would just use linux, but unfortunately i have to be able to run windows for school and work. Let me add that when i first got the computer, i was able to install windows from (the same) cd just fine. Although, the black and gray cables were attached incorrectly to the wireless card. I've also tried resetting the bios to its optimal settings.
Posted On: July 16th, 2006, 03:01 PM . View 7 Replies .
What does this sound like – hardware issue? Software issue? Here are my system (laptop) specs. It's an msi 1039, and i purchased this less than one month ago. When i try to reinstall windows from my (legitimate) windows xp pro, it gets to "setup is starting windows, " and then it just sits there. I cannot press ctrl+alt+delete to restart at this point. I let it sit there for 20 minutes, and it still does nothing. I disabled every setting in the bios i could find, which was only amd powernow and legacy usb support. There was not option to disable anything else, like plug and play. However, the strange things is that if i press f5 when the windows setup starts (booting off the cd), i can install windows just fine using the i486 c-step setup. But i do not want to do this because then i have to configure everything manually. I thought it may be a ram issue, so i ran memtest from grub which was included with ubuntu 6. 06. I let memtest make two passes through the ram, and it found no errors. Maybe i need to run it more than twice?
I then booted into the windows xp recovery console from cd (isungin the i486 setup), and then i ran chkdsk /r, and it said it found some bad sectors. I then proceeded to run hdd regenerator (demo version) to double check this, but strangely that program found no bad sectors. Maybe windows repaired the bad sectors, or maybe it remapped them. Another strange thing is that i can boot into ubuntu (which is on another partition) with no problems. But, if i try to boot into knoppix 4, it simply freezes – every time – it tries to run autodetection on eth0. I've even tried removing the wlan card, and i also tried swapping the ram stick to the other slot. So i have tried everything, but nothing has fixed the problem of booting into the (normal) windows setup. I would just use linux, but unfortunately i have to be able to run windows for school and work. Let me add that when i first got the computer, i was able to install windows from (the same) cd just fine. Although, the black and gray cables were attached incorrectly to the wireless card. I've also tried resetting the bios to its optimal settings.
Posted On: July 16th, 2006, 03:01 PM . View 7 Replies .
Random Windows Xp Freezes
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Posted On: August 25th, 2002, 12:04 AM . View 5 Replies .
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Posted On: August 25th, 2002, 12:04 AM . View 5 Replies .
Computer Freezes At Windows Logo
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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 .
Pc Freezes After The Windows Loading Screen
I put all the hardware together and installed windows vista into it. The computer boots to cd fine and it is able to install windows into the computer. The computer goes through the initial installation, restarts once to finish installing, restarts again to load windows and do the final steps of the installation, but it freezes after the windows loading screen (the black screen with a small bar showing progress on the bottom) after about 10 seconds of loading, the screen turns black. An artifacted white line appears at the top for 1 second, then turns black again. The computer freezes as this point as ctrl+alt+delete does nothing and pressing numlock/caps does not turn the lights on/off on the keyboard. This is what i have tried before running out of ideas:
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-Removed the ram and attempted to boot the computer 1 stick at a time. It still frooze on the same screen. -Re-installed windows twice, the second time i re-installed i used a different version of the install (without sp1). Every time i re-installed, it failed at the same spot. So what else could i do? If my test were accurate, then this should point towards the motherboard/processor. I have no idea how to check if these are working correctly. I don't have another computer that fits the same cpu, or enough parts or an extra processor to fit on the computer.
Posted On: August 29th, 2008, 10:59 PM . View 5 Replies .
I put all the hardware together and installed windows vista into it. The computer boots to cd fine and it is able to install windows into the computer. The computer goes through the initial installation, restarts once to finish installing, restarts again to load windows and do the final steps of the installation, but it freezes after the windows loading screen (the black screen with a small bar showing progress on the bottom) after about 10 seconds of loading, the screen turns black. An artifacted white line appears at the top for 1 second, then turns black again. The computer freezes as this point as ctrl+alt+delete does nothing and pressing numlock/caps does not turn the lights on/off on the keyboard. This is what i have tried before running out of ideas:
-Tested the video card on a separate computer and it worked fine
-Removed the ram and attempted to boot the computer 1 stick at a time. It still frooze on the same screen. -Re-installed windows twice, the second time i re-installed i used a different version of the install (without sp1). Every time i re-installed, it failed at the same spot. So what else could i do? If my test were accurate, then this should point towards the motherboard/processor. I have no idea how to check if these are working correctly. I don't have another computer that fits the same cpu, or enough parts or an extra processor to fit on the computer.
Posted On: August 29th, 2008, 10:59 PM . View 5 Replies .
Windows Xp Freezes While Playing 3d Games
My system freezes up whenever i play a 3d game, mainly everquest. It used to do it rarely, than it became more and more common. Now i can't go a few minutes without it locking up. At first i thought it might be heat, so i cleaned out every bit of dust from my system, took off side panel and had a fan blowing on the case, it didn't help (than i monitored the system temp, i idol at about 40*c, and when it froze i was at about 44*c). I tried switching the slot of my ram, didnt fix it. I tried upgrading my sound/video drives, didnt fix it. I took out my soundcard, didnt fix it. I formatted and installed my os again, didnt fix it. I reinstalled the game, didnt fix it. I tried underclocking my fsb, didnt fix it. I disabled my sound drivers, didnt fix it. The only other thing i could think about doing is getting a better power supply, but i don't want to waste my money if i'm not guarenteed its gonna fix it. I have an athlon xp 1800+, windows xp professional, 30gig hd, geforce 2 mx400 vid. Card, soundblaster live! 5. 1 soundcard, k7t266 pro motherboard from msi (got it around october), and 256 mb of ddr crucial ram. I am very frustrated at this point, and i am very close to taking a hammer to my computer. I recently downloaded 3dmark to check if the freezing was sucluded to eq, but 3dmark also froze on me.
Posted On: August 7th, 2002, 01:46 PM . View 8 Replies .
My system freezes up whenever i play a 3d game, mainly everquest. It used to do it rarely, than it became more and more common. Now i can't go a few minutes without it locking up. At first i thought it might be heat, so i cleaned out every bit of dust from my system, took off side panel and had a fan blowing on the case, it didn't help (than i monitored the system temp, i idol at about 40*c, and when it froze i was at about 44*c). I tried switching the slot of my ram, didnt fix it. I tried upgrading my sound/video drives, didnt fix it. I took out my soundcard, didnt fix it. I formatted and installed my os again, didnt fix it. I reinstalled the game, didnt fix it. I tried underclocking my fsb, didnt fix it. I disabled my sound drivers, didnt fix it. The only other thing i could think about doing is getting a better power supply, but i don't want to waste my money if i'm not guarenteed its gonna fix it. I have an athlon xp 1800+, windows xp professional, 30gig hd, geforce 2 mx400 vid. Card, soundblaster live! 5. 1 soundcard, k7t266 pro motherboard from msi (got it around october), and 256 mb of ddr crucial ram. I am very frustrated at this point, and i am very close to taking a hammer to my computer. I recently downloaded 3dmark to check if the freezing was sucluded to eq, but 3dmark also froze on me.
Posted On: August 7th, 2002, 01:46 PM . View 8 Replies .
Windows Vista Freezes At Logon
Info: i have a dell inspiron 530 desktop, and i have had it for almost 3 years now. I have had internet for almost a year now, too. And it's a windows vista home premium
Problem: one day, i clicked on word, and an "error" came up saying something like, "word.exe has been executed because it has a virus. Do you want to block this?" Something very similar to that. Anyway, so since i couldn't open word, i decided to open something else. The exact same "notification" on my toolbar where the "start" is came up again. So that told me that nothing was opening. So i decided to restart the computer. It started up, and it was at the logon screen. So i (tried) to move the mouse pointer onto my logon screen name, but as i did, i noticed that the pointer wasn't moving, but the light on the mouse was going brighter as it always does when i move it. So i tried to use the keyboard arrows to go to my name. That didn't work. Also, the num lock light wasn't on, as it always is. So, the keyboard and mouse was plugged in but the computer wasn't detecting it apparently. The mouse was working, just not on the computer. The keyboard wasn't really working cuz i couldn't press ctl. Alt. Del. For it to do anything. So it literally freezes at the logon screen. Because of that, i can't shut it down properly. So i just switch the light switch to off, which turnes the whole machine, everything, off. I waited for about 10 minutes, then pressed the power button on the cpu. It went to this screen: http://www.Sky-unlimited.com/error/pic3.jpg and since i can't use the keyboard, it just starts windows normally. Now i can press f13 or f2 for startup options and all that, except, i just don't know if that's gonna fix anything. So basically my questions are:
1) do i have a virus? (I don't have antivirus. If i did/do, it was a trial that was already on there)
2) what can i do to fix it?
3) i haven't backed it up, or restored to a previous time. Will i lose information if it gets fixed?
If you have any good information about this, please please let me know by commenting/answering. P. S. I am at a library asking this question since my computer isn't working.
Posted On: 1 month ago . View 5 Replies .
Info: i have a dell inspiron 530 desktop, and i have had it for almost 3 years now. I have had internet for almost a year now, too. And it's a windows vista home premium
Problem: one day, i clicked on word, and an "error" came up saying something like, "word.exe has been executed because it has a virus. Do you want to block this?" Something very similar to that. Anyway, so since i couldn't open word, i decided to open something else. The exact same "notification" on my toolbar where the "start" is came up again. So that told me that nothing was opening. So i decided to restart the computer. It started up, and it was at the logon screen. So i (tried) to move the mouse pointer onto my logon screen name, but as i did, i noticed that the pointer wasn't moving, but the light on the mouse was going brighter as it always does when i move it. So i tried to use the keyboard arrows to go to my name. That didn't work. Also, the num lock light wasn't on, as it always is. So, the keyboard and mouse was plugged in but the computer wasn't detecting it apparently. The mouse was working, just not on the computer. The keyboard wasn't really working cuz i couldn't press ctl. Alt. Del. For it to do anything. So it literally freezes at the logon screen. Because of that, i can't shut it down properly. So i just switch the light switch to off, which turnes the whole machine, everything, off. I waited for about 10 minutes, then pressed the power button on the cpu. It went to this screen: http://www.Sky-unlimited.com/error/pic3.jpg and since i can't use the keyboard, it just starts windows normally. Now i can press f13 or f2 for startup options and all that, except, i just don't know if that's gonna fix anything. So basically my questions are:
1) do i have a virus? (I don't have antivirus. If i did/do, it was a trial that was already on there)
2) what can i do to fix it?
3) i haven't backed it up, or restored to a previous time. Will i lose information if it gets fixed?
If you have any good information about this, please please let me know by commenting/answering. P. S. I am at a library asking this question since my computer isn't working.
Posted On: 1 month ago . View 5 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 .
Windows Vista Wont Install And Freezes
When trying to install windows vista the system will load the setup but once its done it gets to this screen and just wont go any further. I have no idea what could be causing this. I have tried one ram stick but still no luck? Is there anything i need to change in the bios?
Posted On: 10-14-2008, 09:57 AM . View 10 Replies .
When trying to install windows vista the system will load the setup but once its done it gets to this screen and just wont go any further. I have no idea what could be causing this. I have tried one ram stick but still no luck? Is there anything i need to change in the bios?
Posted On: 10-14-2008, 09:57 AM . View 10 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 .
Can't Install Raid Driver - Windows Xp Setup Freezes
I decided to format my computer because it had some problems. I have a a8r32 mvp deluxe motherboard, and had raid 1 setup in the raid bios before. Now when i try to enter raid bios to check it i can't. Don't know why i can't anymore, but i will assume it's still raid 1 setup. When i install windowsxp i hit f6 to install my raid driver, and when i get to the windows setup where i have to press 'enter' to install windows it freezes. When i try installing windows without using the raid driver it doesn't freeze, but i want to install my raid driver. Trying to use sata 32bit on my floppy from the motherboard cd driver. Also have sata mode in bios settings.comp spec:
A8r32 mvp deluxe
Amd fx-60
Ati x1900xtx w/ crossfire
2gb 400mhz dual chan memory
2 x 150gb western digital raptor
850w ocz psu
Posted On: April 15th 2007 . View 2 Replies .
I decided to format my computer because it had some problems. I have a a8r32 mvp deluxe motherboard, and had raid 1 setup in the raid bios before. Now when i try to enter raid bios to check it i can't. Don't know why i can't anymore, but i will assume it's still raid 1 setup. When i install windowsxp i hit f6 to install my raid driver, and when i get to the windows setup where i have to press 'enter' to install windows it freezes. When i try installing windows without using the raid driver it doesn't freeze, but i want to install my raid driver. Trying to use sata 32bit on my floppy from the motherboard cd driver. Also have sata mode in bios settings.comp spec:
A8r32 mvp deluxe
Amd fx-60
Ati x1900xtx w/ crossfire
2gb 400mhz dual chan memory
2 x 150gb western digital raptor
850w ocz psu
Posted On: April 15th 2007 . View 2 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 .
Cloned Windows Xp Wont Boot
I used hdclone to copy a windows xp installation to a different hard drive. No errors were reported. Now the new installation will not boot. It gets as far as the two-tone blue windows xp screen and then sticks. There are no error messages. Any ideas?
Posted On: October 8th 2006 . View 2 Replies .
I used hdclone to copy a windows xp installation to a different hard drive. No errors were reported. Now the new installation will not boot. It gets as far as the two-tone blue windows xp screen and then sticks. There are no error messages. Any ideas?
Posted On: October 8th 2006 . View 2 Replies .
Dual Boot Windows 7 And Fedora
I have a dell studio 15 with windows 7 ultimate 64-bit with 500gb 7200rpm hdd. I am trying to partition the hdd so i can dual boot with fedora 13 for school. I downloaded and burned gparted 0. 6. 2-8 to a cd so i can partition my hdd. I unallocated 75gb for fedora with windows disk manager. Basically, i need to make a primary partition for fedora in ext4. Then, i have to make an extended partition for the linux-swap and fat32 for file sharing between 7 and fedora. However, i cannot do this because i already have 3 partitions on my hdd: windows 7 os, windows 7 recovery, and dell utility. I get an error that there cannot be more tan 4 primary partitions on a drive. Do i need the dell utility partition? Also, i could make the 75gb into an extended partition, then partition it into the 3 needed partitions, but i don't know if i can boot to an extended partition.
Posted On: 2 weeks ago . View 3 Replies .
I have a dell studio 15 with windows 7 ultimate 64-bit with 500gb 7200rpm hdd. I am trying to partition the hdd so i can dual boot with fedora 13 for school. I downloaded and burned gparted 0. 6. 2-8 to a cd so i can partition my hdd. I unallocated 75gb for fedora with windows disk manager. Basically, i need to make a primary partition for fedora in ext4. Then, i have to make an extended partition for the linux-swap and fat32 for file sharing between 7 and fedora. However, i cannot do this because i already have 3 partitions on my hdd: windows 7 os, windows 7 recovery, and dell utility. I get an error that there cannot be more tan 4 primary partitions on a drive. Do i need the dell utility partition? Also, i could make the 75gb into an extended partition, then partition it into the 3 needed partitions, but i don't know if i can boot to an extended partition.
Posted On: 2 weeks ago . View 3 Replies .
Can Not Boot Into Windows When External Hard Drive Is On
Ever since i installed my sata hard drive when ever i reboot the computer and have my external hard drive connect and powered on the system hangs and does not complete the boot up. What is the cause of this? Can you disable and options in the bios this way if i have any usb device it will not interfer with the boot up process?
Posted On: 11-30-2005, 09:45 PM . View 0 Replies .
Ever since i installed my sata hard drive when ever i reboot the computer and have my external hard drive connect and powered on the system hangs and does not complete the boot up. What is the cause of this? Can you disable and options in the bios this way if i have any usb device it will not interfer with the boot up process?
Posted On: 11-30-2005, 09:45 PM . View 0 Replies .
Scan Lines On Startup - Windows 7 Wont Boot
I have an nvidia 8800gts video card (not currently as its not working. ) And when i have the evga plugged in, i get video, but i get horrid vertical scanlines where it just looks like the screen is misplaced. When the windows seven logo loads up and it goes to the next screen, it remains black and eventually goes to bsod. I have tried to update the drivers for my 8800gts to no avail. Now. I am currently using my nvidia 8500 gt, but the evga port doesn't work. I get no signal. I have tried using another evga adapter but i still get the same result. As of now im using the regular vga port on my 8500 gt. Have all my adapters gone to crap? Or is there something more going on here. ?
Posted On: June 25th 2010 . View 4 Replies .
I have an nvidia 8800gts video card (not currently as its not working. ) And when i have the evga plugged in, i get video, but i get horrid vertical scanlines where it just looks like the screen is misplaced. When the windows seven logo loads up and it goes to the next screen, it remains black and eventually goes to bsod. I have tried to update the drivers for my 8800gts to no avail. Now. I am currently using my nvidia 8500 gt, but the evga port doesn't work. I get no signal. I have tried using another evga adapter but i still get the same result. As of now im using the regular vga port on my 8500 gt. Have all my adapters gone to crap? Or is there something more going on here. ?
Posted On: June 25th 2010 . View 4 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 .
Nothing Starts Up
When i push the power button on my computer they only think that comes on is the motherboard power indicator and the light on the front of the computer. This happened about a week ago when i was playing dod: source, i smelt buring electronics and my computer died. I also had installed 2gb of ram the day before. I've been told many times that it is the psu. I just bought a new one today, installed it and nothing. Although, the fans do jump when i turn it on. Good sign?
Posted On: October 2nd, 2007, 05:42 PM . View 4 Replies .
When i push the power button on my computer they only think that comes on is the motherboard power indicator and the light on the front of the computer. This happened about a week ago when i was playing dod: source, i smelt buring electronics and my computer died. I also had installed 2gb of ram the day before. I've been told many times that it is the psu. I just bought a new one today, installed it and nothing. Although, the fans do jump when i turn it on. Good sign?
Posted On: October 2nd, 2007, 05:42 PM . View 4 Replies .
Pc No Longer Starts
I use to have a 754 socket asus board in my computer which i recieved from cyberpower systems. The old agp card it came with was unbearable so i ordered a giga-byte board model ga-k8ne and a pcie xfx 7600gt for the time being. Excited i started taking apart the mess cyberpowersystem had done to this case. Hundreds of useless wires eveywhere. So finally i get the new mother board in, to double check i followed the instructions on all the hook ups. Screw it all back in, plug it in, and the press the power button. Nothing. So i double check everything. Looks good. Try it again. Nothing.could this be a dead board? My only concern was that i have a 20 pin power supply rather then 24, but according to the instructions this shouldn't be a problem since i used the the right set for a 20 pin power supply.could anyone else think of what could be wrong? I have emailed giga-byte but new to them so im unsure how long it'll take for an answer.
Posted On: 02-08-2007, 08:02 PM . View 4 Replies .
I use to have a 754 socket asus board in my computer which i recieved from cyberpower systems. The old agp card it came with was unbearable so i ordered a giga-byte board model ga-k8ne and a pcie xfx 7600gt for the time being. Excited i started taking apart the mess cyberpowersystem had done to this case. Hundreds of useless wires eveywhere. So finally i get the new mother board in, to double check i followed the instructions on all the hook ups. Screw it all back in, plug it in, and the press the power button. Nothing. So i double check everything. Looks good. Try it again. Nothing.could this be a dead board? My only concern was that i have a 20 pin power supply rather then 24, but according to the instructions this shouldn't be a problem since i used the the right set for a 20 pin power supply.could anyone else think of what could be wrong? I have emailed giga-byte but new to them so im unsure how long it'll take for an answer.
Posted On: 02-08-2007, 08:02 PM . View 4 Replies .