OK, so I built this computer for my wife back when she was still just my girlfriend (about 5 years ago), so keep in mind that this thing is pretty old and was intended to be a very inexpensive and basic machine (she pretty much just types papers and surfs the net on it). When I built it, I got the chaepest parts that I thought I could trust, but back then parts weren't quite as cheap. I don't actually remember what mobo is in it, but I can check later if you guys think that will really help.
When the computer was first put together, it had trouble booting. It usually just beeped and showed nothing on the screen. After reseating everything amny times, it eventually started to boot. Often times, we had to restart it several times to get it to fully boot. After a couple of days it seemed to be working better (don't ask me how that happened). We replaced the mobo battery because the computer was having trouble keeping up with time. Then things were pretty good for a few years, for the most part.
Now, a few months ago it started having problems again in terms of booting up. I didn't mind just restarting until it could boot for a while, but lately it has become much more frequent. I typically have to restart the computer anywhere from 0 to 10 times before it boots. The funny thing is it only hangs during the boot process, usually between chacking the memory and loading drivers just before windows begins to load. Once windows starts to load, I've never had a problem.
So I'm thinking it can't be software because it can hang as early as before the RAM check. But what kind of hardware problem would never show up after windows is loaded? If you guys have any ideas let me know. If you think it'll help, I'll get you more system specs.
When the computer was first put together, it had trouble booting. It usually just beeped and showed nothing on the screen. After reseating everything amny times, it eventually started to boot. Often times, we had to restart it several times to get it to fully boot. After a couple of days it seemed to be working better (don't ask me how that happened). We replaced the mobo battery because the computer was having trouble keeping up with time. Then things were pretty good for a few years, for the most part.
Now, a few months ago it started having problems again in terms of booting up. I didn't mind just restarting until it could boot for a while, but lately it has become much more frequent. I typically have to restart the computer anywhere from 0 to 10 times before it boots. The funny thing is it only hangs during the boot process, usually between chacking the memory and loading drivers just before windows begins to load. Once windows starts to load, I've never had a problem.
So I'm thinking it can't be software because it can hang as early as before the RAM check. But what kind of hardware problem would never show up after windows is loaded? If you guys have any ideas let me know. If you think it'll help, I'll get you more system specs.
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