no bootup

vectisitch · 21 Jul 2011 at 23:10

hi,my mate has just given me his pc to look at for him.it gets to the windows bootup screen then just hangs there.i put my hard drive in and it still got to the windows logo then stopped so same problem.what could be causing this problem.not sure on the specs as it's not mine and without stripping it out i don't know.

vectisitch · 22 Jul 2011 at 09:04

must be some ideas guys?

IndexRated · 22 Jul 2011 at 09:12

Have you tried pulling out the memory sticks and using one at a time?

Shadz · 22 Jul 2011 at 10:39

Are you getting any kind of beep codes when the PC 1st boots up?

If its not getting past the windows loading screen I would have said it might be the RAM
download memtest and run it over night and see what it comes back with. Can't hurt to
try it right.

vectisitch · 22 Jul 2011 at 17:35

well,too late i just sold him my x58 setup as i'm going to sandybridge so i'm off to start stripping out and dedusting.thanks anyway

deanolfc · 22 Jul 2011 at 20:11

boot sector sounds corrupt

vectisitch · 22 Jul 2011 at 22:49

not boot sector as i stated i put my hard drive in and it still hangs

johnsparton10 · 22 Jul 2011 at 23:00

Would go with the RAM

deanolfc · 22 Jul 2011 at 23:37

your hd has the same drivers as his computer then does it ?

ive tryed it before putting a hd in my comp with windows on it removing this hd it would not boot it hung i suspect its obviously because not being installed on this computer hence maybe a boot sector problem needs rebuilding with the original hd

The Deuce · 23 Jul 2011 at 09:28

deanolfc said:
your hd has the same drivers as his computer then does it ?

ive tryed it before putting a hd in my comp with windows on it removing this hd it would not boot it hung i suspect its obviously because not being installed on this computer hence maybe a boot sector problem needs rebuilding with the original hd

that's a new one to me, what you are saying is there is a boot sector problem even with another hdd, how can that be can you explain your answer better?

sounds more like his ram or cpu is locking up. overclocked too much perhaps?

PcTestCard.couk · 23 Jul 2011 at 09:45

Try reset the Bios default.
Reseat RAM, the HDD data cable on the mainboard.

Could be the mainboard onboard HDD controller problem.

Hope this helps!
Bill
Tech Manager

deanolfc · 23 Jul 2011 at 10:17

As far as booting with your own hd, that can be tricky. As installed on your own machine, it had all the drivers needed for its devices, but will be missing drivers for many devices on your friends machine hence why it is probably hanging on your hd. thats why im suggesting to try the boot sector method with his mates hd

The Deuce · 23 Jul 2011 at 10:49

deanolfc said:
As far as booting with your own hd, that can be tricky. As installed on your own machine, it had all the drivers needed for its devices, but will be missing drivers for many devices on your friends machine hence why it is probably hanging on your hd. thats why im suggesting to try the boot sector method with his mates hd

that still doesn't make sense!

what the op is describing is that by using his own hdd it is returning the same fault, this has nothing whatsoever to do with windows drivers, if there wasn't the perceived error then the op's very own hdd would boot into windows and self install the needed drivers (not the method I would use) but that is what he is surely trying to ascertain.