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Marco · Aug 27, 2006, 07:47 AM

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?

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Rock · Local time: Aug 27, 2006, 02:58 PM

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

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Marco · Aug 27, 2006, 08:07 AM

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

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

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Sir VG · Local time: Aug 27, 2006, 07:57 AM

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).

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Soluzar · Local time: Aug 27, 2006, 03:16 PM

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 was speaking idiomatically.

Marco · Aug 27, 2006, 09:34 AM

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. ;(

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Rock · Local time: Aug 27, 2006, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by gukarma

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.

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.

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Marco · 12:44 PM

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!

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