Dear lazyweb..
Jan. 15th, 2008 06:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So our Media PC running Windows XP is a little fruity. It will cold boot, after the power has been unplugged, but if it's a restart, the thing "hangs" at the XP logo screen, only it doesn't, the bar keeps going ultra slowly. If left for a day, it still doesn't boot.
Also, during the go-slow boot, there are red and green lines in the progress bar. New mobo (Asus M3A), processor, ram, but an old PCI-E 6600GT video card.
Also, during the go-slow boot, there are red and green lines in the progress bar. New mobo (Asus M3A), processor, ram, but an old PCI-E 6600GT video card.
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Date: 2008-01-15 11:25 am (UTC)Also, what are the temperatures like? I was having a similar problem on the occasional boot thanks to a broken fan on the graphics card which then required the entire system to be powered down for a number of minutes before reattempting booting. Adding a new fan fixed things (go go gadget cable ties).
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Date: 2008-01-15 11:32 am (UTC)As for temperature, I've tried running it with no lid on and it hasn't helped
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Date: 2008-01-15 11:39 am (UTC)Running with the case off may not assist. Try Motherboard Monitor and the NVIDIA Performance tools (both ugly programs but they work).
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Date: 2008-01-15 02:04 pm (UTC)Check to see if the BIOS has a setting as to if the OS is PnP aware. It's a bit of a long shot. :-)