Screwed up bios; hard time flashing
 

picture of safemode: http://home.comcast.net/~bera/DSC01352.JPG
picture of booting up:http://home.comcast.net/~bera/DSC01359.JPG
screwed up booting:http://home.comcast.net/~bera/DSC01359.JPG

Ever seen anything like that before?

MY computer has gone bananas like that - I don't know what the problem is with it. Furthermore, it will not boot into actual windows, it will give a blue screen fatal error for a split second and automatically restart.

I am thinking this is a bios problem, and am trying to flash the bios. The problem is I am off to college in a day and I have to fix it fast. I am having no luck flashing it and am close to just buy a mobo off circuit city to fix it. What do you guys think?

I've seen this before and it was due to a fried graphics card which had to be replaced. -__-

I doubt it, this is what the computer looks like when booting up:

http://home.comcast.net/~bera/DSC01360.JPG

I'm also betting on a graphic card problem. Does your system have onboard video that you can use?

DO NOT flash your BIOS. I highly recommend staying out of it unless you need turn on onboard video (some systems need to have this off for video cards to work, sometimes it's automatic).

I just got through dealing with a similar problem. Is this kind of an intermittent thing that you're dealing with here? If so, I'd point the finger (like everyone else) at your graphics card, specifically a faulty VRAM chip on your graphics card. I had very similar symptoms, but not all the time. I replaced the card. It was the only fix that would work.

I tried a lot of things, not wanting to believe that my graphics card was screwed, but it wasn't a driver issue, and it wasn't a firmware issue or a bios issue, or anything else of that kind. Sad to say, sometimes graphics cards just die.

I understand and am willing to replace it, however, I don't want to go and buy a video card to find out that's not it... Are you guys sure it is a faulty video card? I mean, look at the boot up screen.

No onboard video. ;(

It looks like this because the low level system font set is hardcoded in the VGA BIOS nowadays. You could try flashing the card's BIOS, but if it's a broken VRAM chip, chances are you have to get a replacement.

Try with another graphics card if you can before buying a new one, though.

I will keep you guys posted on what happens. Thanks for the help.

Double Post:
It was a video card problem... I got a new one and everything is good now. Thanks for the help!