computer problem - Page 2

jinx · 02-26-2010, 10:26 AM

no text. Microsoft green progress thinger, then blank screen for a min, then a super quick flash of something then dead.

richlevy · 02-26-2010, 10:27 AM

Check that the cable connection to the drive and motherboard are tight. Mine sometimes worked loose from vibration.

Next check the bios.

jinx · 02-26-2010, 10:28 AM

I did that last night... pressed fi and it asked me if I wanted to start vista, or press f8 for other shit. I pressed f8 and tried to get it to start in safe mode and got same results.

Pete Zicato · 02-26-2010, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jinx

I did that last night... pressed fi and it asked me if I wanted to start vista, or press f8 for other shit. I pressed f8 and tried to get it to start in safe mode and got same results.

It doesn't sound like you've hit the bios screen yet. Try rebooting and pressing f2 (repeatedly). If that doesn't work try again with f3. Then Esc, then del.

If none of those work, you might want to take it out back and pound it into scrap with a sledge hammer.

jinx · 02-26-2010, 10:33 AM

what does bios screen look like?

Pete Zicato · 02-26-2010, 10:38 AM

Like one of these:

http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...1g-m2&aql=&oq=

It'll say something like "bios setup" or "cmos setup", maybe "hardware setup"

Pete Zicato · 02-26-2010, 10:39 AM

Once you get there, tell us what you see on the screen and we'll try to get you further.

jinx · 02-26-2010, 10:40 AM

Ok, f2 got me "windows boot manager"
Choose operating sys to start - vista is only option

to specify advanced option press f8

jinx · 02-26-2010, 10:41 AM

also, can tab to "windows memory diagnostic"

lumberjim · 02-26-2010, 11:15 AM

What are the options when you go to the advanced area with F8?

Pete Zicato · 02-26-2010, 11:18 AM

Jinx - I don't think you found it yet, the bios screen won't have anything to do with windows.

jinx · 02-26-2010, 11:22 AM

the memory thing ran, found no errors then tried to restart, no change

F8 - advcanced boot options

safe mode with networking
safe mode with command prompt

enable boot logging
enable low-res video (640X480)
last know good configuration (advanced) (( I tried that last night, nada))
directory services restore mode
debugging mode
disable automatic restart on system failure
disable driver signature enforcement

start windows normally

Nothing about bios anywhere

Undertoad · 02-26-2010, 11:30 AM

Wait, that's Windows bringing up that menu... there is hope

Does the system beep when it starts up?

jinx · 02-26-2010, 11:32 AM

No I don't think so.

lumberjim · 02-26-2010, 11:35 AM

if you go to safe mode with command prompt do you get a c:/ ?

02-26-2010, 10:26 AM	#16
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	no text. Microsoft green progress thinger, then blank screen for a min, then a super quick flash of something then dead. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

02-26-2010, 10:27 AM	#17
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Check that the cable connection to the drive and motherboard are tight. Mine sometimes worked loose from vibration. Next check the bios. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

02-26-2010, 10:28 AM	#18
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I did that last night... pressed fi and it asked me if I wanted to start vista, or press f8 for other shit. I pressed f8 and tried to get it to start in safe mode and got same results. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

02-26-2010, 10:33 AM	#20
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	what does bios screen look like? __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

02-26-2010, 10:38 AM	#21
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Like one of these: http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...1g-m2&aql=&oq= It'll say something like "bios setup" or "cmos setup", maybe "hardware setup" __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

02-26-2010, 10:39 AM	#22
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Once you get there, tell us what you see on the screen and we'll try to get you further. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

02-26-2010, 10:40 AM	#23
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Ok, f2 got me "windows boot manager" Choose operating sys to start - vista is only option to specify advanced option press f8 __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

02-26-2010, 10:41 AM	#24
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	also, can tab to "windows memory diagnostic" __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

02-26-2010, 11:15 AM	#25
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	What are the options when you go to the advanced area with F8? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-26-2010, 11:18 AM	#26
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Jinx - I don't think you found it yet, the bios screen won't have anything to do with windows. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

02-26-2010, 11:22 AM	#27
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	the memory thing ran, found no errors then tried to restart, no change F8 - advcanced boot options safe mode with networking safe mode with command prompt enable boot logging enable low-res video (640X480) last know good configuration (advanced) (( I tried that last night, nada)) directory services restore mode debugging mode disable automatic restart on system failure disable driver signature enforcement start windows normally Nothing about bios anywhere __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

02-26-2010, 11:30 AM	#28
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Wait, that's Windows bringing up that menu... there is hope Does the system beep when it starts up?

02-26-2010, 11:32 AM	#29
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	No I don't think so. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

02-26-2010, 11:35 AM	#30
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	if you go to safe mode with command prompt do you get a c:/ ? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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