Re: XP PC - bootup stuck at 1st bootup screen

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Tedm wrote:

Thanks Malke,

I will go to the troubleshooting link you were kind enough to point me to.

However, my question was a general one that I was hoping it would be easy
to answer.

I've built and troubleshot many PCs, and have seen different error
messages including bootup/BIOS messages. I have not seen one like this
where it
starts up the bootup process but stops at the first bootup screen. I was
hoping that it might be possible to narrow down the possible sources of
such errors.

Unfortunately, no. It could be your psu, your video card, your RAM, your
hard drive, your processor, your motherboard....

If you have a test card you could use it and see if that narrows things down
for you. Otherwise, pull everything off the board and start testing the old
fashioned way. Sorry.

Malke
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