Computer Start Up Prob

[abu_has_the_power]

i start the comp, it goes to the windows xp boot screen with the little blue thingy going across, and then, the screen is black! wtf? i have to restart a few times to get the comp to boot to windows. wtf? the xp boot screen shows up, but it's black after that

[muchspl2]

you sure have alot of problems

[abu_has_the_power]

do i? i've only had a few. most of my threads are questions, not always problems. but this is a problem. happened twice today

[muchspl2]

http://forums.winxpcentral.com/showthread.php?t=9794

[tesco]

see if it will boot without ur oc. it could be the warmer weather causing ur temps to be higher or something...just try that and see.

[Marius24]

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power@3 May 2004 - 23:34
i start the comp, it goes to the windows xp boot screen with the little blue thingy going across, and then, the screen is black! wtf? i have to restart a few times to get the comp to boot to windows. wtf? the xp boot screen shows up, but it's black after that
i dont believe it&#33; i am havign this problem too&#33; PLUS my pc is slow as fk <_<

[abu_has_the_power]

weird thing is. here it is:
i set the standby button on my keyboard to go to the box thing that comes up when u click shut down in start menu. u know, the 1 with 3 buttons (Stand by, Turn off, Restart). while the screen is black and shit, i press the stand by button on my keyboard, and then i press u (shutdown shortcut), and moments later the pc shuts down. i tried that with stand by button then r (restart), and the comp restarted. could this be a prob with my monitor? it is 5 years old

[tesco]

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power@3 May 2004 - 18:54
weird thing is. here it is:
i set the standby button on my keyboard to go to the box thing that comes up when u click shut down in start menu. u know, the 1 with 3 buttons (Stand by, Turn off, Restart). while the screen is black and shit, i press the stand by button on my keyboard, and then i press u (shutdown shortcut), and moments later the pc shuts down. i tried that with stand by button then r (restart), and the comp restarted. could this be a prob with my monitor? it is 5 years old
could be a driver problem. or just an oc problem. take off all oc&#39;s on ur computer, see if that helps. if not then fine, atleast u can say you tried that. also try reinstalling&#092;updating ur video drivers.

oh ya and it could be a problem with ur monitor, or even with ur video card :unsure: have u tried turning off then back on the monitor at a time when it goes black?

[Mïcrösöül°V³]

i think you have a start up program throwing a bitch fit on boot. does it start up normally in safe mode?

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004+3 May 2004 - 18:57--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ROSSCO_2004 @ 3 May 2004 - 18:57)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-abu_has_the_power@3 May 2004 - 18:54
weird thing is. here it is:
i set the standby button on my keyboard to go to the box thing that comes up when u click shut down in start menu. u know, the 1 with 3 buttons (Stand by, Turn off, Restart). while the screen is black and shit, i press the stand by button on my keyboard, and then i press u (shutdown shortcut), and moments later the pc shuts down. i tried that with stand by button then r (restart), and the comp restarted. could this be a prob with my monitor? it is 5 years old
could be a driver problem. or just an oc problem. take off all oc&#39;s on ur computer, see if that helps. if not then fine, atleast u can say you tried that. also try reinstalling&#092;updating ur video drivers.

oh ya and it could be a problem with ur monitor, or even with ur video card :unsure: have u tried turning off then back on the monitor at a time when it goes black? [/b][/quote]
tried turning off and on the monitor. don&#39;t think it&#39;s a driver issue, cuz it works fine now.

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by Mïcrösöül°V³@3 May 2004 - 19:00
i think you have a start up program throwing a bitch fit on boot. does it start up normally in safe mode?
couldn&#39;t be a prob cuz it worked this morning.

[abu_has_the_power]

is this a prob with the monitor? it is 5 years old btw, and it has other issues too, like when i set the resolution to 1024x 700 something at 60hz, the screen goes crazy and compresses. i can&#39;t expand it. but if i set it to 70hz, it sometimes works. so u guys think this is a monitor&#39;s problem?

[tesco]

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power@3 May 2004 - 20:12
is this a prob with the monitor? it is 5 years old btw, and it has other issues too, like when i set the resolution to 1024x 700 something at 60hz, the screen goes crazy and compresses. i can&#39;t expand it. but if i set it to 70hz, it sometimes works. so u guys think this is a monitor&#39;s problem?
i thought u said it works fine now :unsure: could be a monitor problem...although that shrinking of teh screen is usually normal, my monitor does that at 72hz i beleive, using 1024*768, all other resolutions are fine at all hz...except the one.

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004+3 May 2004 - 20:17--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ROSSCO_2004 @ 3 May 2004 - 20:17)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-abu_has_the_power@3 May 2004 - 20:12
is this a prob with the monitor? it is 5 years old btw, and it has other issues too, like when i set the resolution to 1024x 700 something at 60hz, the screen goes crazy and compresses. i can&#39;t expand it. but if i set it to 70hz, it sometimes works. so u guys think this is a monitor&#39;s problem?
i thought u said it works fine now :unsure: could be a monitor problem...although that shrinking of teh screen is usually normal, my monitor does that at 72hz i beleive, using 1024*768, all other resolutions are fine at all hz...except the one. [/b][/quote]
that&#39;s normal? y?

[tesco]

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power+3 May 2004 - 20:29--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (abu_has_the_power @ 3 May 2004 - 20:29)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@3 May 2004 - 20:17
<!--QuoteBegin-abu_has_the_power@3 May 2004 - 20:12
is this a prob with the monitor? it is 5 years old btw, and it has other issues too, like when i set the resolution to 1024x 700 something at 60hz, the screen goes crazy and compresses. i can&#39;t expand it. but if i set it to 70hz, it sometimes works. so u guys think this is a monitor&#39;s problem?
i thought u said it works fine now :unsure: could be a monitor problem...although that shrinking of teh screen is usually normal, my monitor does that at 72hz i beleive, using 1024*768, all other resolutions are fine at all hz...except the one.
that&#39;s normal? y? [/b][/quote]
I dont mean normal, just that it&#39;s there in a lot of monitors. there is always gotta be some refresh rate that the monitor doesnt support. mine just happens to be 72hz :unsure: or maybe it is messed.......

[abu_has_the_power]

wat should i do bout this black thing? cuz clearly the computer is working fine. i can even go into windows and press start -> u -> u to shutdown. so the pc is working fine. or else, no commands would work. i also tried start -> run -> shutdown.exe, and that worked too without the monitor on

[tesco]

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power@3 May 2004 - 21:05
wat should i do bout this black thing? cuz clearly the computer is working fine. i can even go into windows and press start -> u -> u to shutdown. so the pc is working fine. or else, no commands would work. i also tried start -> run -> shutdown.exe, and that worked too without the monitor on
have u tried any of my suggestions yet?

take off the oc, update&#092;reinstall video drivers...

[Mïcrösöül°V³]

try another monitor to narrow it down. borrow a friends monitor
or your vid card is dying..........

[lynx]

Could be overcurrent protection cutting in on your graphics card, which gives you a blank screen. Often a sign that it is overclocked too much, or that the card is about to fail.

[abu_has_the_power]

if it&#39;s a failing graphx card, would it still show the asus boot screen with the head, and then it shows post and the windows xp boot screen. those all show up fine on the screen

[lynx]

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power@4 May 2004 - 13:00
if it&#39;s a failing graphx card, would it still show the asus boot screen with the head, and then it shows post and the windows xp boot screen. those all show up fine on the screen
Would it show any of those if it was a failing monitor?
Sounds to me as if it is ok until it loads XP drivers, and drivers are for the graphics card not the monitor.

Try what has been suggested 3 or 4 tijmes already - cut out your OC and see what happens, at the very least for your graphics card.

[racer II]

I got an old 9600 pro on the shelf here which died coz of a bad bios flash, the card only fails when the drivers are loaded in windows, everything else like the boot screen works fine.

The updated bios had the wrong speeds , ram speed was alot higher then it should have been.
Flashing the original bios file back didnt work anymore , prolly the ram failed.

So yes it can be your video card but it could be alot of things.

[Marius24]

theres a new virus that is causing system crashing slow downs and general PC issues like the one your experiencing. Maybe that is causing it :unsure:

[Raven_1210]

Does your computer go into safe mode? Can u boot it up to last known configure? if u can go to start, Run, Type in Msconfig disable everything then see if it work, For everyone that is having slow computers do the samething I beat u u guys have alot of start up idems that are garbage plus run ad aware bet u that it well run a hell alot faster

[abu_has_the_power]

seems to be working again. i have a feeling it&#39;s the monitor&#39;s problem. it&#39;s really old and it has some problems with resolutions. thanks guys

[RGX]

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