Windows wont load (does in safe mode)

DublinDude · 27 Oct 2009 at 13:28

Hi all,

I seem to have made a boo boo!!

Initially my usb keyboard wasn't recognised when the pc was booting up i.e. I could not access the bios or choose safe mode after a crash etc. But when windows fully loaded there was no probs with the keyboard.

I wanted to get into the bios to see if something was disabled which was stopping the bios recognising usb devices on start up.

As I didn't have a standard keyboard with a ps/2 connector at hand I thought maybe I could remove the battery on the motherboard for a min as I read somewhere that this resets the bios to factory settings.

However, when I replaced it and switched on pc, it was asking me to press F1 to enter setup to fix date/time etc. So nothing I could do. So today I bought a cheap old keyboard, hooked it up and was able to enter the bios and reset the time and date. But now I have the problem that it wont load windows. I get the screen where it says Microsoft Corporation (Vista) then it just freezes. I am able to boot to safe mode ok but not the full windows.

What have I done?? :confused:

DublinDude · 27 Oct 2009 at 13:57

I have tried booting up with nothing connected but the monitor. I also tried doing a system restore in safe mode and still nothing (

DublinDude · 27 Oct 2009 at 14:30

Strange, removed my sound card and network card and it booted!! Lets hope it works when they are re installed

Ryan-3 · 27 Oct 2009 at 14:36

Its a driver problem. Try each thing one at a time to locate the exact problem. If you have installed driver updates recently, then that may be the problem. Just remove those, and install older drivers

DublinDude · 27 Oct 2009 at 14:53

Problem solved!

As the bios was reset to factory settings it seemed to be confused by the presence of the sound and network cards! I removed both of these and it booted up fine! So I added the sound card then and it booted fine then I added the network card and it booted fine again! All is well that ends well!