My computer for no apparent reason has decided it no longer wants to start. It gets to the stage where it shows the motherboard picture (saying press del to enter set up etc) then goes blank apart from a flashing underscore in the top left hand corner. Its like the old dos style writing cursor thing. I have left it for over 10 mins and still wont load.
Any advice?
Well after about 20 reboots its finally decided to work again, can anyone offer an explanation?
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Maybe a problem with your motherboard if it didn't even begin to load Windows?
maybe its this Black screen of death that's all the rage recently ?
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be best if you posted more details of your comp. i remember some boards do that when its too cold. i know how it sounds but my abit board used to be like that during cold winters. It had to warm up before it was willing to boot up
Nah, that's supposedly a GUI thing - this computer hasn't even started loading off the hard drive.Originally Posted by Terbinator
I'd go down the motherboard, BIOS or hard drive path personally. I also wouldn't be turning it off in a hurry.
Loose hard drive connector? Sata is notorious for working loose.
Indeed if it is not even getting to the loading OS stage then it's more likely something to do with hardware than specifically Windows 7.
Could be anything. My money is on a dodgy connection on the motherboard (re-seat the memory/hard disc cables etc), or even a failing PSU which isn't supplying enough juice to all the components until it's been on for a while and warmed up a bit.
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I would try re-seating the ram first. Do them one at a time so you know what it was
when you cure it.
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Yo dude I have the same problem, I installed it allover again and then made an image just in case . then a few days later same problem, i put the image back and it worked for half an hour when i restarted same thing again. now i definately think it's hardware but i just can't figure out which hardware it mght be.
btw i'm a pc technicianso this is really strange to me. but anyway post your pc's specs so we can compare .you can see mine on my profile i think.
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