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| Thread ID: 48111 | 2004-08-14 06:22:00 | PC won't boot Windows; flashes BSOD, then restarts | luckyman (6027) | Press F1 |
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| 261610 | 2004-08-14 06:22:00 | PC is a Packard Bell iMedia S8160NDRW running Windows XP Home. At boot up it tells me that there is a problem with some recent hardware or software installation and gives me the safe mode options or start Windows normally. If I try starting Windows normally it gets as far as trying to start Windows but then after several seconds of the standard Window loading screen it flashes the blue screen so fast that the only words I've been able to catch are "A problem..", "memory" and "blocks". It then restarts the PC and goes through the whole cycle again. It will carry on doing this ad infinitum. I tried starting it in Safe Mode and it loaded a few dozen drivers and then stopped at agp440.sys After a pause it then restarted again. Any suggestions? Is this likely to be a hardware fault or a nasty virus problem? |
luckyman (6027) | ||
| 261611 | 2004-08-14 06:25:00 | In safe mode, disable automatic restarting. That will get the BSOD so you can read it and determine the reason. Control Panel - System - Advanced - Startup and recovery - Settings - untick "Automatically restart - OK out. Now reboot. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 261612 | 2004-08-14 06:29:00 | Hi and Welcome to PressF1 It looks like to be a video driver problem. Follow the instructions here (support.microsoft.com) and let us know how you get on :) |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 261613 | 2004-08-14 06:59:00 | It does look like the precise problem I am having but I fell at the first hurdle really. Packard Bell computers supplied by Harvey Norman do not come with Windows XP disks. However I borrowed an XP Pro CD and tried that. I got as far as having the Recovery and Repair Console running with the C:> prompt (not C:/Windows>) and tried the listsvc command and got nothing. I tried dir and got the following message "An error occurred during directory enumeration". Doesn't look good... | luckyman (6027) | ||
| 261614 | 2004-08-14 07:00:00 | Couldn't get it to run in safe mode so couldn't disable the auto restart but thanks for the suggestion | luckyman (6027) | ||
| 261615 | 2004-08-14 07:38:00 | I've been told that Packard Bell (and some other PC makers like Compaq) put the OS installation files on the hard drive in a separate partition to the main drive and that it can be accessed with a particular key stroke combination during start-up. If that is so, does anyone know what the keys are that I need to press? | luckyman (6027) | ||
| 261616 | 2004-08-14 23:08:00 | > However I borrowed an XP Pro CD That might be your problem here, as you stated in your first post that you're running XP Home. See if you can borrow an XP Home CD and see if that makes any difference. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 261617 | 2004-08-15 09:22:00 | Hi luckyman, if it helps this information was obtained from the Packard Bell web site in UK. Note: If your computer cannot display the Windows desktop, restart your computer. When the Packard Bell logo appears, press the <F11> key for a few seconds to start the Recovery Program. HTH PC |
Peter Cox (544) | ||
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