Hi Ray,
I have not tested the video card. I thought if the XP logo shows up on the screen, the video card is working.
When I tested the hard drive in another system, I first tested my hard drive as the MASTER and I got the same results. It went to the XP logo and then recycled through to the BIOS check and POST. When I changed my hard drive to SLAVE, and booted with the testing systems original hard drive, I could see all the files/folders on my hard drive.
When I get home tonight I will see if I can boot to DOS and to run chkdsk. I will back up all my files first in case I need to wipe the disk clean and do a new install.
Thank you,
Vin
---- Raymond Flores < casper717%40sbcglobal.net">casper717
sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> have yo tried taking your video card and testing it. Also something may have corrupted the driver for it. Normally if you get a post then the board sees the video card and is able to send an output signal to it. When you took the hard drive out and placed it inside another computer you got the same results correct, * 7 stood out in my mind. You took the hard drive out and placed it in another computer, did you try and boot off that drive or of another drive using a diferent os. I have had the problem where the bar will stop when it says loading windows xp and ususally i have to go in and reinstall the operating system. Can you boot into dos and run a chkdisk and find out if you have a daamaged hard drive. My first reccomendation is to open it up on another computer as a slave to a master hard drive, and copy your most critical data just in case you do have a problem with the hard drive. Then you can scan the hard drive with a virus scanner.
>
>
> Ray
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> rdlacy < rdlacy%40basicisp.net">rdlacybasicisp.net> wrote:
> Hi
>
> It sounds like it may be your video card or video drivers.
> Try booting into safe mode. If it goes into safe mode,
> your video drivers or your video card may be bad.
>; Safe mode uses generic drivers to boot.
> The initial BIOS, POST at bootup and the XP logo use different
> drivers then windows XP. See if there are updated drivers
> for your video card.
>
> Roger
>
> --- In Computer_Help_and_Discussion%40yahoogroups.com">Computer_Help_and_Discussionyahoogroups.com, <calandra1...>
> wrote:
> >
>; > Hello,
> > I am stuck. Saturday, I booted my pc and everything worked just
>; fine. After a few hours of the pc being idle, I went to the pc to do
> some work and noticed is was a little sluggish so I rebooted.
> >
> > After it rebooted, the screen went black right the XP Logo with the
> small bar that scrolls from left to right. I did a hard reboot and
> the same thing happened.
> >
> > Here's what I tried so far to troubleshoot:
> >
> > 1) Removed all peripherals except hard drive, video card, RAM. Got
> the same results (black screen after the XP Logo).
> > 2) Reseated the RAM (same results as #1).
>; > 3) Disconnected and reconnected the power cord from the motherboard
> (same results as #1).
>; > 4) Reseated video card (same results as #1).
>; > 5) Reconnected the main hard drive (same results as #1).
>; > 6) Cleared the CMOS by removing internal battery and changing
> jumpers on motherboard (same results as #1)
> > 7) Placed the hard drive into another desktop as MASTER (same
> results as #1)
> > 8) Same as number 7 but changed the hard drive from MASTER to SLAVE
> and I was able to see all the data/folders/files on the hard drive.
> >
> > If the video card was bad, I don't think I would see the initial
> BIOS, POST at bootup and the XP logo.
> >
> > What else can I try?
>; >
> > Does it sound like the hard drive is dying or possibly corrupt?
> >
> > This is my main PC with a lot of data on it and I would like to get
> it back up and running again. I have my data on other hard drives in
> the pc but would like to fix my pc.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for any help.
> >
> > Vin
> >
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