I have my GF's old computer here, main reason it was replaced was because it suddenly just wouldn't work (seriously, not more technical than that). One day it just crashed, or forze (wasn't there when it happened), and then would not boot.
I take a look at it, and as in the summar, it will only SOMETIMES get to post, and when it does, it sometimes doesn't get past it, freezing either right after it detects the mouse, or right after detecting the drives. When it does get past these points, it will only load the first part of an operating system. In its native Windows ME operating system, it will just freeze at the splash screen. After a couple times it would get through and get to the "You didn't shut me down properly" screen, so i can choose safe mode. No matter what I choose there, it just goest to a blank screen with a " _ " on it flashing, and stays there.
Similar with a gentoo live CD I put in there (can't find my knoppix, and only have DVDs, no CDs to burn a new one atm). When it gets through the POST, it will ask me if I want to check kernels or options. I just hit enter so it would boot up the bare bones version of the OS. It says "Loading gentoo.............." and "Loading gentoo.igx.............." (can't remember if it was igx or not, but something like that afterwards). But yeah, it does that, then refreshes the screen to completely blank, and will not move from it.
I find the sporadic getting through POST confusing, as well as the fact that it will load the first part of two VERY different operating systems, but not get any farther than the first step.
It's down to barebones now, just the mobo (has integrated video and whatnot, so can't do much about that), and a harddrive (obviously after my checking with gentoo). I even unplugged the floppy drive, just in case it might be sending bad data (as well as the modem it had in it for some reason). I've tried clearing the CMOS (taking out the battery and loading default settings) and while that helps in letting my get through post for the next few boots, that still fails, and it still won't get beyond the splash screen. There's only 1 stick of RAM in it, so can't check if 1 of the 2 it might've had was bad... and I don't think I have an extra stick of its type.
It's an HP Pavilion XT936. So yeah, any ideas as to how to fix this compy?
I take a look at it, and as in the summar, it will only SOMETIMES get to post, and when it does, it sometimes doesn't get past it, freezing either right after it detects the mouse, or right after detecting the drives. When it does get past these points, it will only load the first part of an operating system. In its native Windows ME operating system, it will just freeze at the splash screen. After a couple times it would get through and get to the "You didn't shut me down properly" screen, so i can choose safe mode. No matter what I choose there, it just goest to a blank screen with a " _ " on it flashing, and stays there.
Similar with a gentoo live CD I put in there (can't find my knoppix, and only have DVDs, no CDs to burn a new one atm). When it gets through the POST, it will ask me if I want to check kernels or options. I just hit enter so it would boot up the bare bones version of the OS. It says "Loading gentoo.............." and "Loading gentoo.igx.............." (can't remember if it was igx or not, but something like that afterwards). But yeah, it does that, then refreshes the screen to completely blank, and will not move from it.
I find the sporadic getting through POST confusing, as well as the fact that it will load the first part of two VERY different operating systems, but not get any farther than the first step.
It's down to barebones now, just the mobo (has integrated video and whatnot, so can't do much about that), and a harddrive (obviously after my checking with gentoo). I even unplugged the floppy drive, just in case it might be sending bad data (as well as the modem it had in it for some reason). I've tried clearing the CMOS (taking out the battery and loading default settings) and while that helps in letting my get through post for the next few boots, that still fails, and it still won't get beyond the splash screen. There's only 1 stick of RAM in it, so can't check if 1 of the 2 it might've had was bad... and I don't think I have an extra stick of its type.
It's an HP Pavilion XT936. So yeah, any ideas as to how to fix this compy?
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