Problem booting computer.

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lilming

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Hi, recently i have been having problems booting up my computer. It might be the first time i turn on the computer, but often it is after i restart my computer. When it starts up, there isnt the usual beep, and the information takes forever to come up, and sometimes i notice that it completely skips my cpu information and shows my ram and other devices. After that it slowly loads and i pick my os but after that it just turns black and i have to restart again.
Anyone know whats up? I havent done anything that i know of that would do anything like this. The computers almost 1 year old dual booting with xp and vista.
E6400
2gb ram
8800gts

Thanks
 
What PSU do you have?
What motherboard do you have?
What RAM do you have?

Be specific as to the make and model of those parts.
 
PSU: Corsair 520hx
Ram: 2gb corsair xms2 TWIN2X2048-6400C4
Motherboard: Foxconn G9657MA-8KS2H LGA 775 Intel G965 matx
 
Could be either mobo, hard drive or RAM. Do you know of anybody with a PC that accept your parts? Or vice versa?
 
not even, 939's. basically im ahead of all my friends and people i know. I might need to look around to see if anyone has something i can switch out with. But other then that is there anything else i can do?
 
first off, as your computer is booting, hit F8 repeatedly to get the Windows boot menu, and "disable automatic restart on system failure". It's probably rebooting so quickly your not seeing the BSOD error it's giving you.

Can you get to safe mode?

Do you have any bootable CD's like Memtest or Ultimate Boot CD for Windows? Always good to check your RAM and make sure it's good.

Once you have the blue screen error code you can troubleshoot further.

If you can get to safe mode, go into the Event Viewer and see any errors in there that may tell you a program is causing a problem somehow. To get to Event Viewer, right click My Computer, goto Manage, and then look through the logs under the Event Viewer section.
 
thanks for the reply, but its not rebooting by itself. Its just sitting in a black screen after i pick my os. I tried leaving it there for a few hours and its the same. I have to manually reboot it once or twice before it finally loads.
 
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