Tetrian
01-15-2005, 15:01
Hoping one of you gentlemen might be able to help me out with a solution for this problem, or atleast with a hint in the right direction - cause its really throwing me off.. :)
I recently installed SP2, and my system promptly started acting funny (windows got corrupted it seemed, lotsa error messages on startup stuff like that)
So I tried formatting and reinstalling windows XP, thinking it had been corrupted somehow, used a friends install CD last time, so figured i would go buy my own win XP cd to ease the future up some - go figure, the seller gives me a cd that comes with SP2 preinstalled - so kinda hard to test if thats where the problem lays, since i dont have access to an XP CD outside of that one atm.
Anyways, I installed XP, and had no problems, then the next day when i turned on the comp, i heard it boot up all the fans, after that, it kinda went into a weird high pitched fan sound(might be from the HD), screen doesnt turn on or anything(stays in standby mode) - now, being a persistent fucker, especially when it comes to my comp not working, i tried rebooting/turning power off/on some(alot of) times, and after several tries the screen turns on and freezes at the ram count screen, or sometimes a little further - within a few tries with freezes it got into windows, and after that, the problem is gone for the rest of my time there, can reboot and shut it on off, and everything with no issues at all(doesnt freeze either), until it gets a nice break, and gets cold. Tried reinstalling again, to see if solved it, but to no avail.
Looking at how it only happening when the comp was cold, i quickly(well, in 3 days time) put two and two together and tried letting it be on for a bit, after a minute or so the it whirs down to normal, and after that i only need to turn the power off and on again once to get the screen to turn on and for it to boot up normally - well almost, it still freezes once or twice during the first bootup.
So the question is, anyone here ever seen or heard of anything like it - and know a cure, or what part of the comp the issue might be with? - granted my knowledge on comps are somewhat limited, but i've never encountered or heard of anything like it. - aka the system goes unstable when its "cold" (normal room temperature).
Thanks in advance,
-Tetrian.
I recently installed SP2, and my system promptly started acting funny (windows got corrupted it seemed, lotsa error messages on startup stuff like that)
So I tried formatting and reinstalling windows XP, thinking it had been corrupted somehow, used a friends install CD last time, so figured i would go buy my own win XP cd to ease the future up some - go figure, the seller gives me a cd that comes with SP2 preinstalled - so kinda hard to test if thats where the problem lays, since i dont have access to an XP CD outside of that one atm.
Anyways, I installed XP, and had no problems, then the next day when i turned on the comp, i heard it boot up all the fans, after that, it kinda went into a weird high pitched fan sound(might be from the HD), screen doesnt turn on or anything(stays in standby mode) - now, being a persistent fucker, especially when it comes to my comp not working, i tried rebooting/turning power off/on some(alot of) times, and after several tries the screen turns on and freezes at the ram count screen, or sometimes a little further - within a few tries with freezes it got into windows, and after that, the problem is gone for the rest of my time there, can reboot and shut it on off, and everything with no issues at all(doesnt freeze either), until it gets a nice break, and gets cold. Tried reinstalling again, to see if solved it, but to no avail.
Looking at how it only happening when the comp was cold, i quickly(well, in 3 days time) put two and two together and tried letting it be on for a bit, after a minute or so the it whirs down to normal, and after that i only need to turn the power off and on again once to get the screen to turn on and for it to boot up normally - well almost, it still freezes once or twice during the first bootup.
So the question is, anyone here ever seen or heard of anything like it - and know a cure, or what part of the comp the issue might be with? - granted my knowledge on comps are somewhat limited, but i've never encountered or heard of anything like it. - aka the system goes unstable when its "cold" (normal room temperature).
Thanks in advance,
-Tetrian.