New PC wont go past "Energy" screen, after power cut.

Noni Juice · 25 Jun 2007 at 11:28

PC wont go past "Energy" screen, after power cut.

I had a power cut last night, and this morning when I try to boot my PC it wont go past the "Energy" Screen and just shows my processor name and stays there.

Ive checked inside and everything is spinning/working as it should be. The HD light comes on but I dont think I hear the HD spinning a lot.

What should I do?

MeatLoaf · 25 Jun 2007 at 12:13

Unplug any usb devices as mine wont go pat that point either with my memory card reader plugged in

Egon · 25 Jun 2007 at 12:37

Remove any expansion cards 1 by 1, see if it gets past it.

Had this before with lightning storms and modem's.

MarkyMark · 25 Jun 2007 at 12:37

i've had this several times before. Going into the bios and just resaving seems to help my issues........don't know why. A simple resave and it all boots up normally. Could be worth a try if you've tried all of the obvious tricks.

IAmATeaf · 25 Jun 2007 at 15:57

Could be that it's checking the hard drive(s), if it is and they are kacked then wait a few minutes and it should timeout and continue, then see what it reports.

Hades · 25 Jun 2007 at 16:28

Try going into the BIOS (F2 or DEL normally I think). Then change the boot options to nt show a splash screen. Reboot and it should then show you a lot more information about the problem.

Noni Juice · 25 Jun 2007 at 17:22

Wierd, turned my printer/modem and bits off and it worked :S.

Thanks anyway.