Stall on booting....from anything. Argha.

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xSauronx

Lifer
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Emachines something with a Celeron D and Windows XP

My aunt brought this to me because it wouldnt connect to the internet. I narrowed it down to what I believed what a possible TCP/IP stack problem and ran:

netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt

Then, for good measure, i removed the network adapters from the device manager and tried to reboot. Now anytime I reboot, it freezes when an OS tries to load.

This happens when booting from the hard drive, trying to boot into an XP disc to do a repair install, and a xubuntu live-cd, and a xubuntu live USB flash drive. I can run memtest from the latter two, and it will run for HOURS and pass...but It wont load an operating system or such.

Any thoughts? Before the netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt it would boot and run fine, just wouldnt get online...it's like it had a stroke :(
 
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That's just plain scary.

If it were me, I'd be getting the data from the HD via USB or whatever method I could, before going any further.

Sorry I can't be of any more help.
 
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TeeJay1952 said:
Run Chkdsk /r and Bootfix c: (where c is boot drive)
from XP repair console.
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ok but that cant affect a live cd or a live flashdrive. i even tried it with the hard drive unplugged earlier today (as i began to suspect maybe the drive itself is dying) and both of those stall on loading

but, again, memtest runs. maybe a bad controller on the motherboard? but she said the motherboard had been replaced recently or something. gah.
/stupid computers
 
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Stalls on loading something bootable but passes memtest?

I wouldn't know where to turn except a faulty MB?
 
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Since the problem was internet related...what if you disable the LAN card in BIOS (if emachines allows that...)? Maybe the onboard network card is faulty, and for whatever reason it just got sent over the edge.

Worth a shot at least.
 
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Chapbass said:
Since the problem was internet related...what if you disable the LAN card in BIOS (if emachines allows that...)? Maybe the onboard network card is faulty, and for whatever reason it just got sent over the edge.

Worth a shot at least.
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hey that did it...kinda. disabled it, it booted up. yay.

reenabled it...it booted up. wtf? ill take it. thing is...the wireless adapter AND the onboard NIC still just get apipa addresses. im heading to ezlan

edit: it hard locked while the os was loaded, the mobo has no temp gauge built in but now im thinking maybe its overheating. im gonna try blowing out the heatsink and cleaning it, and adding a little thermal paste
 
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Chapbass

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sounds like a good idea.. if you're running winxp, try using dial-a-fix (google it) to reset a bunch of settings. its helped me dozens of times.
 
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xSauronx said:
see the edit, it didnt run long. i think it may have just started up because it was turned off overnight *Shrug*

stupid computers.
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Poop...I knew it sounded to good to be true. :)

You gonna try and replace the MB or give them Dell's address? :biggrin:
 
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haha, well i turned it off and am at work, so if itll boot into windows when i get home, im going to treat it like a heat problem and reapply some thermal paste. after that, i dunno, its my aunts kinda backup box so i dunno how much she really wants to put into it.
 
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