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| Thread ID: 95652 | 2008-12-13 08:49:00 | PC wont boot, stopping at memory test | Chilling_Silence (9) | Press F1 |
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| 728589 | 2008-12-13 08:49:00 | Hey all, So I pulled the wireless card out of the familys PC, and physically hooked up the LAN to one of the Wireless repeater nodes. I turn the sucker back on and get this: Attached file: photo.jpg (www.imagef1.net.nz) (144 KB) Im not sure if its the memory, I pulled the memory completely out and it beeps horribly quickly, repeatedly... Anyway so I reseated the memory and still get the error. Now when I turn it on if I mash the NumLock key on the keyboard I see the light on the keyboard flick on and off for a second or two.. then it just stops changing, when the screen freezes during POST. Ive tried putting the Wireless card back in and it still fails. I cant get it to do the BIOS quick restore or anything either Any ideas whats causing this? There's no beeps or anything, it just freezes ... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 728590 | 2008-12-13 08:55:00 | Tried resetting the BIOS via jumpers or removing the battery? | stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 728591 | 2008-12-13 08:55:00 | Tried taking different ram sticks out? Or is it just one DIMM? How about resetting the BIOS on the jumpers? So I take it you can't get into Setup either? Maybe one of the solder points needs resoldering, could have been nicked when you took it out.. Or corrupt BIOS ROM? Though I highly doubt it.. |
mabix (10146) | ||
| 728592 | 2008-12-13 09:01:00 | Do a memory test. Taking it out just means the MB knows there is none (Or thinks its seated wrong). |
pctek (84) | ||
| 728593 | 2008-12-13 09:01:00 | Did someone change the videocard recently?? It looks like it can hang if you put the wrong voltage AGP card in (I take it, it is AGP) in the slot (2x which wont work), instead of a 4/8x 1.5 v card? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 728594 | 2008-12-13 09:09:00 | A friend of mine had a similar problem. When BIOS detects memory, it freezes and wouldn't budge. It was new memory that had to use 2.1v to work properly, but his motherboard always sets memory to use 1.8v by default. Fixed it by updating his BIOS. Hope this helps. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 728595 | 2008-12-13 09:37:00 | Looks like I need to reset the BIOS with the jumpers then :) Uses onboard VGA and has only a single stick of RAM. The rest of the machines around here are all laptops (7), except my desktop which uses DDR3. The family PC uses DDR2. Thanks, will give it a whirl in the AM |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 728596 | 2008-12-13 10:52:00 | Stating the Obvious - but down the bottom left of the screen - Hit Esc - that bypasses the memory test - does that allow it to move any further ? | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 728597 | 2008-12-13 12:30:00 | Nah unfortunately, I mash any button (F2, F9, Del, Esc, or the *lock keys to see the lights on the kbd change so I know its receiving input still) and it will keep trying to POST to the point where it stops receiving input from the keyboard when it hangs in the pic above. :( | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 728598 | 2008-12-13 21:30:00 | Thats sounds very similar to a Customers PC I have in the workshop - sometimes it would get to detecting the RAM/ Drives etc then Hang - other times it would detect all the above and then a black screen with a flashing cursor in the top left corner - other times the Keyboard mouse would light up then go no further -- The problem was a knackered Power Supply - changed that and away it went good as gold. |
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