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| Thread ID: 108058 | 2010-03-12 05:44:00 | XP won't go futher than the loading screen | davidmmac (4619) | Press F1 |
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| 866372 | 2010-03-12 05:44:00 | It started on Wednesday. Went into the room to use the computer and although the computer was running the monitor said "No Signal" when I tried moving the mouse and whacking the keyboard. I managed to boot in Safe mode, but these strange static verticle yellow lines were going down the screen. I tried a repair install and that resulted in getting as far as the desktop loading, but a lovely error presented me (one of the ones with some really long random number that no one is ever going to remember). So I gave in and did a clean install which thankfully worked, until last night. It was the same scenario as in the first paragraph, nothing would appear on the screen. I got into safe mode and did a System Restore, which hasn't worked :(. Any ideas? I'm absolutely stuck and anyhelp would be greatly appreciated :). |
davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 866373 | 2010-03-12 06:50:00 | Gut feeling you may have a failing HDD, esp after a fresh install and plays up right away again. One reason could be bad sectors on the drive. Download the HDD tester for your make of Drive from the manufacture and see what that comes up with. To get that Error code ( which will be helpful) start the PC, keep tapping F8, when the options appear, select "disable restart on system Failure" this will stop at the BSOD and you can write down the error code 0x0000XX |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 866374 | 2010-03-12 06:55:00 | It sounds like you could have a hardware problem. By the sound of those vertical lines, it may have something to do with the Graphics Card. Also consider, did you install a driver update of any kind just before the computer stopped working? If so, roll back that driver in safe mode (through device manager). | ryanjames.powell (13554) | ||
| 866375 | 2010-03-12 07:27:00 | Thanks for the replies guys. In answer to rolling back a driver and finding that error code: I did a clean install on Thursday, thus I can't fid that error code and I'm sure I didn't install a driver in the days before doing a clean install. Running Seatools at the moment, it passed the short test fine but the long test is currently running. Edit: I'm running the Seatools boot disk and the yellow lines aren't currently on the screen :), but they are slightly noticable when loading XP normally (through the logo before the screen says "no signal"). |
davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 866376 | 2010-03-12 07:41:00 | Is the computer using integrated graphics, if so you could have a system ram problem (is shared with graphics), may be causing your graphics corruption and your boot failures. | feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 866377 | 2010-03-12 08:11:00 | Gut feeling you may have a failing HDD, esp after a fresh install and plays up right away again . With yellow lines going down the screen my feeling would be leaning towards a faulty video card . . . That would also explain the continued problems after a reinstall . . . |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 866378 | 2010-03-12 08:17:00 | Computer has integrated graphics but it is not used as there is an Asus 7600GS. Might try removing graphics card and running off internal just to see what happens. Sea tools found no errors in either short or long tests. |
davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 866379 | 2010-03-12 08:31:00 | OK, thanks to you guys I think I've found the problem :clap It was indeed a faulty graphics card, after booting up the computer loaded fine :banana. Many thanks for your guys help :thanks Of to buy a (cheap) new graphics card then :). |
davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 866380 | 2010-03-12 10:01:00 | With yellow lines going down the screen my feeling would be leaning towards a faulty video card... That would also explain the continued problems after a reinstall...Lines down the screen can be caused by several things, in this case it may have been a graphic card, but other components can do the same. Seen it happen many times. Ive seen more faulty HDD's cause damaged OS's than graphic Cards. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 866381 | 2010-03-12 19:18:00 | Lines down the screen can be caused by several things, in this case it may have been a graphic card, but other components can do the same. Seen it happen many times. Ive seen more faulty HDD's cause damaged OS's than graphic Cards. I agree with that, HDD and RAM faults are more likely to cause corruption - but how many times does a faulty HDD cause yellow lines down the screen? |
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