i don't know if any1 can help me here put i'll post it. when i boot up my PC it flashes the motherboard info like normal but then WINXP doesn't load it's just a black screen with a white dash flashing. hope some1 can help me.
More info... Computer Specs? How old is the comptuer ? How long has it been doing it ? What where you doing before it happened ? Does it do it all the time ? Is there any error beeps ? Regards CoZZa
computer specs: AMD athlon 2200+ 512 MB RAM GForceMX 440 60 GB HDD excelStor 7200RPM Syntax SV266A MOBO with VIA KT266A chipset i have this PC since XMAS. it's been doing this for about a week. my mam was on last before is started to do this. she said she just put it on stand by. it does this 80% of the time. other times it just comes up the MOBo info and stays there. and i have had some beeps when i switch it on but wen it beeps nothing comes on the screen. thx cozza
What beeps do you get? When it goes through detecting hardware, does it find your Hard Drive ? Since the comptuer should still be under warranty, i would take it back to them and get them to have a look. Seems like there is a hardware problem, if it sometimes doesnt get past the POST. Turn it on and write down the beeps, how many, if they are short or long. Regards CoZZa
my computer doesn't show what hadrware it has when i load it, even when it was working. when my computer beeps they are fairly long and there is a space between them of about 3 seconds. i've tried a different HDD from a old computer but still the same problems, could it be because of the IDE connectors to the HDD?
Pay close attention to the beeps. The computer is trying to tell you what is wrong. How many beeps, long ,short, keep track..
MS has a fix for some fairly serious Standby-related problem, have a lookie just in case. And what happens the other 20%? Everything runs perfectly normal?
deosn't matter i fixed it, my dumbass cousin messed my BIOS. so i just removed the mobo battery for 30secs which reset my BIOS back to the original setting thanks for the help tho
Glad you got it workin! Oh and yes it runs fine at 2.2Ghz (XP3200) ... right now it's actually clocked at 2.4Ghz and the memory at PC4000 ... still waiting a couple days before i press it more
