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When I boot the system, the fans turn on, but I see nothing on screen. |
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This could be caused by many different things.
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The system hangs right at or before the memory test on bootup. |
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If the system gives you an error before hanging up,
then begin troubleshooting based on that error. If it does not, then suspect
a possible memory failure. If you have tested the memory and it is fine, then
it is probably a faulty motherboard or key system component. Always, of
course, be sure the memory is fully fastened into the DIMM slots. [Top] |
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The system halts while trying to detect plug-n-play devices. |
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It sounds like your expansion cards may not be fully
seated, try reseating these and see if this helps. If this doesn't
help, you can try removing non-essential cards to narrow down the
culprit. Also, if you have SHADOWING enabled in the BIOS, try disabling
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The PC hangs on bootup without accessing either the A drive or C drive. |
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This usually means that (A) you have no A: drive
installed or it is not properly connected, and (B) you have no hard drive
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The system just boots to the hard disk without ever even looking at the floppy drive. |
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You need to go into your BIOS and adjust the boot
order. The boot order controls which order the system looks at the drives
when you turn it on. Adjusting it to A, then C will make it check the floppy
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I am trying to boot to a system disk, but the PC just hangs while accessing it. |
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It is possible that you have a bad diskette. Try
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The PC hangs when trying to access the hard drive on bootup. |
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There may be a problem with the connection to the hard
drive. Usually, in this case, it will give you some type of error message to
clue you in on the problem. Sometimes, though, a simple CTRL-ALT-DEL will do
the trick because sometimes the hard drives take so long to power up that
they aren't ready when the PC tries to look for it. [Top] |
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Cause: This is very often the result of a corrupted BOOT.INI file. Definition: Try this as a possible fix in Windows XP: Boot to the XP CD. When it asks you if you want to install or Repair, choose Repair. This will take you to the Recovery console. Choose the XP install to log into, usually there's only 1, and enter the password when prompted. For Home, the default password is blank. At the C:\Windows prompt type the following commands:
In steps 9 and 10, "X" is the letter of your CD-ROM drive.
Also, check out these MSKB articles for further troubleshooting on this issue:
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