On my custom built computer.. Gigabyte motherboard, AMD XP1800+, Crucial 256MB PC2100 x 3, GeForce2MX, Maxtor 40gb hard drive, Enermax Whisper 350watt PS (would get more detailed than this but the post will be too long, basically brand name components).
While W2K was defragmenting the hard drive after I installed windows and some browsers, all of a sudden the screen went blank and it seems like the computer hit the "reset" button by itself. But the computer doesn't boot up anymore after this...
After this weird phenomenon and during boot up, the system will stop at the exact same place everytime I try booting... Specifically in the "Loading Windows 2000" screen. There are 2 of these when you load w2k: Ascii w/ status bar, followed by a w2k graphical one w/ status bar. My computer stops loading when the ASCII status bar reaches 100%, and everything will stop. Tried shutting down and restarting, including safe mode etc and still gets stuck at the same screen.
This exact same problem happened before, which was why I decided to reformat the HDD and start fresh, but when the computer locks up at the same place during bootup, it makes me think something is wrong with hardware. I already ruled out the HDD because the second installation was on a new HDD.
I'm thinking it may be my RAM, but the way it crashed, I'm not so sure. Before I go thru the whole 3 hour routine of formatting and installing, I'd like to see if anyone has any ideas. If anyone needs more specific info regarding the components just let me know. Thanks!
Peter
While W2K was defragmenting the hard drive after I installed windows and some browsers, all of a sudden the screen went blank and it seems like the computer hit the "reset" button by itself. But the computer doesn't boot up anymore after this...
After this weird phenomenon and during boot up, the system will stop at the exact same place everytime I try booting... Specifically in the "Loading Windows 2000" screen. There are 2 of these when you load w2k: Ascii w/ status bar, followed by a w2k graphical one w/ status bar. My computer stops loading when the ASCII status bar reaches 100%, and everything will stop. Tried shutting down and restarting, including safe mode etc and still gets stuck at the same screen.
This exact same problem happened before, which was why I decided to reformat the HDD and start fresh, but when the computer locks up at the same place during bootup, it makes me think something is wrong with hardware. I already ruled out the HDD because the second installation was on a new HDD.
I'm thinking it may be my RAM, but the way it crashed, I'm not so sure. Before I go thru the whole 3 hour routine of formatting and installing, I'd like to see if anyone has any ideas. If anyone needs more specific info regarding the components just let me know. Thanks!
Peter
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