Operating System won't start up
Started by
VenusLily
, Mar 01 2006 10:23 AM
#1
Posted 01 March 2006 - 10:23 AM
#2
Posted 01 March 2006 - 10:33 AM
shoot your "friend" ?
It may just be a coincidence, that he was messing in bios and now you have this issue.
What kind of motherboard? Do you know? Can you enter bios, and do you see something like setup default values (usually, by pressing f7 key)
It may just be a coincidence, that he was messing in bios and now you have this issue.
What kind of motherboard? Do you know? Can you enter bios, and do you see something like setup default values (usually, by pressing f7 key)
#3
Posted 01 March 2006 - 10:43 AM
Well, I won't be able to find that out for 2 hours, I have to go home at lunch and get the PC and bring it back to work. Could all of this be related to us removing our bad sound card without having another one installed? I didn't think it worked that way, but i've been wrong before. Thanks for your help!
If I don't shoot him, he will definately be tortuerd. I have a certain doll that scares the pants off of him... Now it's really war!!!
If I don't shoot him, he will definately be tortuerd. I have a certain doll that scares the pants off of him... Now it's really war!!!
#4
Posted 01 March 2006 - 10:44 AM
removing the sound card should not have resulted in this error
#5
Posted 02 March 2006 - 12:43 PM
Well, I looked all over the motherboard, and could not find a name or anything.. could you give me an idea where I would normally find it? I also was able to start the computer in safe mode, it is saying that there is a hardware problem that is not allowing it to start up regularly. From safe mode I tried to do a system restore, but it didn't work. If I put the sound card that failed back in do you think it would alliviate the problem? If not, would downloading the drive for the motherboad sound card work (if I can find the name of it ) Thank you for your support and aid, it is greatly appreicated.
#6
Posted 02 March 2006 - 01:08 PM
In safe mode:
Right click MY COMPUTER, choose PROPERTIES, choose ADVANCED, choose the SETTINGS button in the Startup And RECOVERY section, and uncheck AUTOMATICALLY RESTART
Now reboot. This will result in the BSOD error...report the STOP ERROR and any parameters.
Right click MY COMPUTER, choose PROPERTIES, choose ADVANCED, choose the SETTINGS button in the Startup And RECOVERY section, and uncheck AUTOMATICALLY RESTART
Now reboot. This will result in the BSOD error...report the STOP ERROR and any parameters.
#7
Posted 03 March 2006 - 09:55 AM
I did exactly as you said and it still automatically restarts.. I don't get it.... Oh, I also have the computer hooked up here at my work, so I can respond more frequently today.
#8
Posted 03 March 2006 - 12:59 PM
then you are rebooting before windows loads
I would be looking for a short somewhere....some wire that was connected is dangling somewhere or something is resting against the motherboard and the case.
Some of these things can be difficult to find
OR, worst cases scanario....something is badly damaged....If it were me, I'd probably take it all apart all the way down to removing the motherboard and slowly put it back together again...
You can probably start by removing any cards that are in the PCI slots (soudn card, modem, nic)-- also checking for a wire that once ran from soundcard to CD-rom that may be dangling around now.
I would be looking for a short somewhere....some wire that was connected is dangling somewhere or something is resting against the motherboard and the case.
Some of these things can be difficult to find
OR, worst cases scanario....something is badly damaged....If it were me, I'd probably take it all apart all the way down to removing the motherboard and slowly put it back together again...
You can probably start by removing any cards that are in the PCI slots (soudn card, modem, nic)-- also checking for a wire that once ran from soundcard to CD-rom that may be dangling around now.
#9
Posted 03 March 2006 - 01:10 PM
It's very funny you say that. My boyfriend built this computer, and for some reason not everything fits suggly as it should. He's always telling me to be careful when I plug the sound in and such because it is so unstable..So I just need to go through it piece by piece?
#10
Posted 03 March 2006 - 01:12 PM
sadly, yes....if it is unstable, and always has been, I am inclined to believe there is something (screw?) trapped between the motherbaord and the case...does it rattle at all when moved?
#11
Posted 03 March 2006 - 01:34 PM
yes it does... is that very terribly bad? Can it be fixed with out many problems? Well, here's what happens. I just found some screws (there's always some laying around here, it seems) and I screwed the hard drive? into a slot, and restarted it, with no luck, but I will see if I can hear a screw this time.
Also, it makes it to the XP screen, like it is loading XP and then just as it should start to display it restarts.. I don't know if this helps at all, but that is what the comp seems to be doing....
Also, it makes it to the XP screen, like it is loading XP and then just as it should start to display it restarts.. I don't know if this helps at all, but that is what the comp seems to be doing....
#12
Posted 03 March 2006 - 01:41 PM
hmm, but you can start in safe mode (had to go back and read)--that does not sound like a short....a puzzler you have
load into safe mode,
start > run
devmgmt.msc
<enter>
what do you see?
load into safe mode,
start > run
devmgmt.msc
<enter>
what do you see?
#13
Posted 03 March 2006 - 02:02 PM
okay, well it opened up my device manager, and I saw:
Standard Game Port: Had a Red X through the icon
Other Devices:
All had yellow exclaimations for:
Ethernet
Multimedia Audio
SM Bus Controller
Standard Open HCD USB Host Controller:
Two listings both with Red Xes
USB root hub: also with a red X
FYI: This computer that has the problem is not connected to the internet ever, and we just took the old sound card out b/c it died. (We were wanting to use the on board sound card, but do not have the motherboard name to get the driver.)
Standard Game Port: Had a Red X through the icon
Other Devices:
All had yellow exclaimations for:
Ethernet
Multimedia Audio
SM Bus Controller
Standard Open HCD USB Host Controller:
Two listings both with Red Xes
USB root hub: also with a red X
FYI: This computer that has the problem is not connected to the internet ever, and we just took the old sound card out b/c it died. (We were wanting to use the on board sound card, but do not have the motherboard name to get the driver.)
#14
Posted 03 March 2006 - 02:54 PM
right click each RED X, see if you can click ENABLE
right clcik each yellow !, and select UNINSTALL
Reboot as normal...what happens?
right clcik each yellow !, and select UNINSTALL
Reboot as normal...what happens?
#15
Posted 03 March 2006 - 03:16 PM
Everytime I clicked uninstall on the yellow items, right after it said it uninstalled, my computer popped up with the installation wizard saying if found new hardware... I think the yellow ones just don't have a driver, but were always listed that way.(at least since the rebuild)
Now it won't even start in safe mode.. I did all that you said, so maybe it has to do with the onboard sound card not having the correct driver.
One thing, if you could help me find where the name of the motherboard would be, I could try to download the drivers for that, I think i'll need it anyway... THANKS!!
Now it won't even start in safe mode.. I did all that you said, so maybe it has to do with the onboard sound card not having the correct driver.
One thing, if you could help me find where the name of the motherboard would be, I could try to download the drivers for that, I think i'll need it anyway... THANKS!!
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