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PC help
Posted on 11/4/08 at 5:41 pm
Posted on 11/4/08 at 5:41 pm
I know this isn't completely on topic, but was hoping somebody here could help me out. So I reformatted my PC today and installed WinXP SP3 and am experiencing some serious issues. It is taking 20-30 minutes for windows to boot into the login in screen, but runs perfectly fine after that. It will either lock up at the very beginning when it shows the bios/cpu information, or right before the login screen it will give me a black screen and sit there for 20+ minutes. Does anyone have any advice on how to fix this?
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Posted on 11/4/08 at 8:41 pm to snoggerT
Why did you reformat? Just curious.
Otherwise, that's a new one on me. When you formatted the computer, did you completely reformat it? Like zeroed it out?
I would see if there is a bios update for the motherboard.
Otherwise, that's a new one on me. When you formatted the computer, did you completely reformat it? Like zeroed it out?
I would see if there is a bios update for the motherboard.
Posted on 11/4/08 at 9:46 pm to Murtagh
Well, I started getting this really loud popping noise (repeating every second for about 10 seconds or so till the power finally shut down) through my PC speakers when I would shut down. Windows was already running pretty badly and I had planned on doing a clean install anyways.
I did a clean install, deleted partitions and formatted. I've done clean installs with windows plenty of times, so this isn't anything new to me.
Now when I turn the PC on (or restart windows), it freezes up on the first screen with the chip info and such for about 2 minutes. Then it runs through everything and freezes again with a black screen right before getting to the login screen. It stays there for 15+ minutes. I've checked my ram and run a chkdsk on the HDD, but nothing has fixed it. I guess i can try flashing the bios.
edit: I should point out that I'm using my computer to post this. It runs perfectly fine once it gets into windows.
I did a clean install, deleted partitions and formatted. I've done clean installs with windows plenty of times, so this isn't anything new to me.
Now when I turn the PC on (or restart windows), it freezes up on the first screen with the chip info and such for about 2 minutes. Then it runs through everything and freezes again with a black screen right before getting to the login screen. It stays there for 15+ minutes. I've checked my ram and run a chkdsk on the HDD, but nothing has fixed it. I guess i can try flashing the bios.
edit: I should point out that I'm using my computer to post this. It runs perfectly fine once it gets into windows.
This post was edited on 11/4/08 at 9:47 pm
Posted on 11/5/08 at 8:42 am to snoggerT
Then its either a power supply issue, or there's something wrong with the motherboard.
Since it "locks" up before getting to windows, its not a driver issue.
I would try and download Knoppix and see if it takes a while to load up. If it does, its something to do with the MB. If not, it has a bunch of diagnostic tools built into it that you can run on the computer.
Since it "locks" up before getting to windows, its not a driver issue.
I would try and download Knoppix and see if it takes a while to load up. If it does, its something to do with the MB. If not, it has a bunch of diagnostic tools built into it that you can run on the computer.
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