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johnskey

johnskey

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My pc was fine yesterday, now it will only boot in safemode..

If i try to boot normally it loads 2 bars on the windows loading screen then just goes blank.

Ive tried everything within my knowledge! took all usb's out, took all components out, gpu/ram etc, tried the ram in differnt slots, tried system restore (in safe mode) and still no joy.

Any help or suggestions would be more then welcome!!! HELP!
 
Try installing a second copy of windows, best thing is to get a spare harddisk if you have one and put that in, install a fresh copy on it and see if it all works. That will tell you if its a hardware or software problem.
 
Thats a shame.
Might as well try running memtest, at lest that will rule out ram.
It might be possible to partition your current harddisk to install a 2nd copy of windows, but you would still need a windows disk.

Have you checked all the basic stuff, like all the fans are spinning freely, no dust build-ups etc?
 
Try uninstalling the graphics drivers from safemode, also try a diskcheck if you can do that from safemode.

From within safemode, try checking the event logs. Go to ctrl panel/admin tools/event viewer and click on system. See if theres anything suspicious looking in there, i'm thinking this could be a dodgy driver thats failing to start or something.

Can you run sp2004 from safemode? If so run that and check that the system is stable.
 
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yeah that sounds like it could well be the graphics card drivers have been corrupted, have had that problem before - just black screen after the xp bars and nothing afterwards.
 
Brilliant. :)
I had a nasty feeling it would turn out to be a weird hardware issue.
 
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