Pc probs can anyone help ?
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DennisTheMenace

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15,605 posts

298 months

Thursday 14th July 2005
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My mates pc wont boot past the windows xp icon where you get the srcolling blue bar to the black screen it gets this far and restarts , any ideas what it could be and a fix ?

cheers

tycho

12,280 posts

303 months

Thursday 14th July 2005
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Can he boot into safe mode?
Has he changed hardware recently?

Try hitting F8 when the starting windows text appears and select safe mode. Then see if it boots up.

DennisTheMenace

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15,605 posts

298 months

Thursday 14th July 2005
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Tried that still doing the same , it wont even start in safe mode , very wiered as it was working fine in the morning

pdV6

16,442 posts

291 months

Thursday 14th July 2005
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Are all fans spinning? i.e. CPU cooler, PSU fan, case fan(s), GPU cooler etc

If they're all ok, try checking the memory.

DennisTheMenace

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15,605 posts

298 months

Thursday 14th July 2005
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ok mate will do