On 24/05/2012 7:25 PM, George W Frost wrote:
On 24/05/2012 7:16 PM, Krypsis wrote:
> On 24/05/2012 2:38 PM, Damian wrote:
>> "Krypsis"<
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>> news:jpjion$rct$1...@dont-email.me...
>>> On 22/05/2012 2:47 PM, Damian wrote:
>>>> "Rob"<
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>>>> news:4fba...@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>>>>> On 21/05/2012 11:49 PM, Damian wrote:
>>>>>> "Rod Speed"<
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>>>>>> news:a1ui2g...@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>> Damian<
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> None of those here, just us animals...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just ended with the worst ever problem with my win xp machine. It
>>>>>>>> boots
>>>>>>>> up goes upto the point just before windows logon screen
>>>>>>>> appears(total
>>>>>>>> blue screen) and then crashed and restarts and goes the cycle
>>>>>>>> forever.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That’s normally a hardware problem and it’s the driver for it that’s
>>>>>>> crashing and causing the reboot. Try a logged boot from the F8 menu
>>>>>>> to see which driver it is, and so the hardware that’s got a problem.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I can boot into safe mode.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Which is more evidence that it’s a hardware problem.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That driver isnt being loaded in safe mode.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Overall, it's booting pretty slow since the problem started.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> More evidence of a hardware problem, it takes the driver
>>>>>>> some time to crash badly enough to produce the reboot.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I tried windows recovery installtion, but the same problem.
>>>>>>>> couldn't
>>>>>>>> start to finish off the recovery installtion.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Then I did the registry recovery using recovery console, replacing
>>>>>>>> registry system files with files from an earlier restore point and
>>>>>>>> still
>>>>>>>> the same
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Which means its not just an updated driver that’s producing the
>>>>>>> reboot.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm running service pack 3 on it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have been running fine with sp3 for a while ? Very likely you have.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I haven't got a clue what caused the problem
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Likely it’s a hardware problem that’s developed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> and how to fix it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Identify the hardware that’s the problem
>>>>>>> and replace if its not on the motherboard.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Rod,
>>>>>> Yes, sp3 is fine, I don't think it caused any drama. I've been
>>>>>> experimenting
>>>>>> with some crapware lately to get some work done quickly and that
>>>>>> may be
>>>>>> one
>>>>>> of the culprits. I think it's hardware problem too, at least for the
>>>>>> most
>>>>>> part. It's that it hasn't been easy to spot it. I think i'm going to
>>>>>> pull
>>>>>> all the cards one by one and start with the basic setup and try to
>>>>>> narrow
>>>>>> it.
>>>>>> Hard drive came up all good with seatools tests(long drive test as
>>>>>> well).
>>>>>> That doesn' t mean the drive is good, does it?!
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Check the ram with MEM test86 then whilst inside Have a good look at
>>>>> the
>>>>> capacitors on the MB and see if any have popped.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does not seem to be the system or the video card.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I don't think it's the video card. It's dual monitor video card. but
>>>> works
>>>> fine when I tested it. I'm going to do the memtest now. I couldn't see
>>>> any
>>>> burst capacitors on the video card or motherboard. physically it looks
>>>> clean
>>>> and nice.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I have a couple of motherboards here, Gigabyte IIRC, which have a couple
>>> of capacitors on them that are bulging at the top. They are working
>>> OK at
>>> the moment, no issues, but they could go at any time. Might, as an
>>> experiment, have a go at replacing the capacitors, 2 per board. The ones
>>> that are failing are brown in colour and different from all the
>>> others on
>>> the board.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Krypsis
>>>>
>> I think you need a good soldering iron with fine tip.
>>
>>
>
> Got a couple of temperature controlled soldering irons with fine tips.
>
> Better eyesight than I have would be a bonus! ;-)
>
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