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Computer help: my computer hangs three or fout times when starting up
my computer hangs three or fout times when starting up
by lino - 11/6/09 4:53 PMI have a 9 year old pc with win xp pro, sp2 950mhz, 256 ram memory, 80 gig Hard drive. Every morning when I start it will hang before it gets to the black ms screen that shows the little window that has a rolling bar, so since I can't make it go any further, I click the power source off and on and it will start up again and this time it may get to the Microsoft black screen, but the bar in the window just keeps rolling on and won't do anything, so I again repeat the same start up procedure and this time it gets to the welcome screen and gives me the desk top screen, but the cursor is frozen, so I repeat the start up again and on the third or fourth time I get a good desk top screen where every thing works just fine.When I run it for a while, it works perfect and after turning it off, if I don't wait too long I can press the start button again and it boots up perfectly without a hitch.does any one know what may be causing this hanging and freezing ? I wish it would start up the first time like it used to, by the way, it beeps once every time I try to restart it. Thank you for any help, Lino
That's a symptom of a known issue.
by R. Proffitt
- 11/6/09 5:23 PM
In reply to: my computer hangs three or fout times when starting up by lino
Type BAD CAPS at google.com There are companies that sell CAP kits but frankly at 9 years you can find newer machines for free on FREECYCLE and the free area of CRAIGSLIST.
Bob
thanks
by lino - 11/6/09 7:20 PM In reply to: That's a symptom of a known issue. by R. Proffitt
Thanks Bob, I will try to get me another pc,
wow...
by d_adams - 11/6/09 6:36 PM In reply to: my computer hangs three or fout times when starting up by linoI personally find it amazing that the computer functions at all! This thing wasn't exactly designed for modern software, even XP SP2, and the motherboards in these things were not very reliably built.
Have you considered upgrading to a newer machine? It's probably your best bet. It would cost you next to nothing. Like the guy above said, you can even get some for free.
I also bet he's right about the caps thing.
The only computer I have that still runs well after ten years of use, is an original Apple iMac (it's mind blowing how long these things last), and an old Compaq desktop with similar specs to yours. Well, actually, the compaq doesn't exactly run well, but it does run, which sets it above the others I have, which have all died years ago.
re: starting up
by nerd4real - 11/7/09 4:02 PM In reply to: my computer hangs three or fout times when starting up by linoSounds like it needs to warm up just like like my old '71 Beetle. No disagreement with the previous posters, you do need a newer computer. But here's an idea for you to try in the meantime.
Upon startup, enter your BIOS setup (usually F2 or F10 on an old Compaq).
Find the setting for "quick power on self test", and set that to "disabled", then save and exit.
The only difference will be a slow memory count, which might give the ol' girl enough time to warm up. If not, you could always enter the BIOS setup and let it warm up for a few minutes before exiting.
computer hands
by nofret - 11/7/09 8:15 PM In reply to: my computer hangs three or fout times when starting up by linoThe first thing to do is replace the battery on the motherboard. It`s about the size of a nickel. Turn off your pc in back, unplug it, press stert to bleed off any residual charge. Find and replece the battery. try it. A batt. is 5$ hope this helps.
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