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| Thread ID: 82120 | 2007-08-16 09:33:00 | PC freezes at startup | restoril (12672) | Press F1 |
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| 581606 | 2007-08-16 09:33:00 | Ok this is the first time I've been able to even do anything today without my PC freezing... It freezes at odd points during startup. Sometimes it'll freeze at the BIOS screen, other times during the Windows loading screen, and if I even get past that, the mouse pointer, along with everything will just freeze :confused: I always keep my PC as clean as I can... at startup I only have about 24 processes running... I'm really worried about this. |
restoril (12672) | ||
| 581607 | 2007-08-16 09:43:00 | Sounds like a hardware problem. Have you added any new parts to the computer recently, such as new RAM? Could possibly be a problem with the RAM or a failing PSU (power supply unit). | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 581608 | 2007-08-16 09:53:00 | if it has something to do with the PSU, what can I do about it? | restoril (12672) | ||
| 581609 | 2007-08-16 09:59:00 | If it is the PSU you will have to replace it . You need to go through some trial and error to find out exactly what the cause of your problem is however . Easiest thing to start with is the RAM . You didn't answer my question - have you added new hardware recently? |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 581610 | 2007-08-16 10:05:00 | no, but I completey reformatted my pc recently and I've been getting those hardware failure screens.. I have the following hardware internal 2x512 Ram CD-R/RW drive DVD drive 120g master HDD 250g slave HDD external DVD-R/RW drive 160g HDD 500g HDD |
restoril (12672) | ||
| 581611 | 2007-08-16 10:17:00 | if its freezing at bios screen then its not an OS (windows) problem. PSU faults are comman. otherwise it could simply stalling when hitting a faulty componant, ie cd drive, ram, cpu, sound card, video card etc. did you have any problems before you formatted pc? |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 581612 | 2007-08-16 10:22:00 | hi can u get into ure bios if so have you tried defaults setting save and exit.another thing u could try is take the cmos battery out leave it for a hour or so stick it back in fire it up.have u got any specs on ure mother brd the techs will need that info | ferrite (4221) | ||
| 581613 | 2007-08-16 10:27:00 | no, but I completey reformatted my pc recently and I've been getting those hardware failure screens.. I have the following hardware internal 2x512 Ram CD-R/RW drive DVD drive 120g master HDD 250g slave HDD external DVD-R/RW drive 160g HDD 500g HDD Hi, First thing I'd be doing is to unplug all the external items you listed,including any printers/scanners or other USB devices, that will take some of the load off the MB / PSU, then try starting and see if that makes any difference. - please let us know - I'm looking up that model of PC to find any more spec's. Also was the reinstall from the recovery partition or seperate CD/Drivers? |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 581614 | 2007-08-16 10:34:00 | if its freezing at bios screen then its not an OS (windows) problem. PSU faults are comman. otherwise it could simply stalling when hitting a faulty componant, ie cd drive, ram, cpu, sound card, video card etc. did you have any problems before you formatted pc?I used to get bluee screens of death sometimes before the reformat.. after the reformat blue screens pop up after the windows loading screen sometimes, then a black menu shows up asking if I want to start in safe mode last known good configuration start windows normally Hi, First thing I'd be doing is to unplug all the external items you listed,including any printers/scanners or other USB devices, that will take some of the load off the MB / PSU, then try starting and see if that makes any difference. - please let us know - I'm looking up that model of PC to find any more spec's. yes, all my external devices are unplugged |
restoril (12672) | ||
| 581615 | 2007-08-16 10:47:00 | If the BIOS resetting doesn'twork like ferrite suggested, download Memtest86 (http://www.memtest86.com/) It's free burn the ISO to CD and run that, just in case the memory is failing. Dodgy PSU's and Memory can cause all sorts of problems. | wainuitech (129) | ||
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