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Aeauvian12

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Hey all! I have had a problem recently that I really didnt worry about, but its becoming slowly more bothersome. What happens is every now and then when i turn on my computer (especially after restarts) it will turn on, my screen goes to the POST logo (MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum) but then goes to a black screen and stops there, and the hard drive light doesnt flash anymore. Usually when this happens, i have to shut down the computer, wait about 20 seconds (or it will do it again upon restart) then flip it on and it works properly. Its only about 1/20 or 30 times i start the computer but would like to know what the problem would be. I was thinking power supply, but it works fine all the other times (450 watt i think) or my raptor, or maybe my motherboard? It doesnt do any error codes when this happens... So any ideas? Thanks for the input.

Running XP service pack 2 btw if it is needed.
 
maby heat? I dunno is inside your computer case dusty or maby your house is getting hotter.
 
Nope, case is fine cleaning wise and all the temps are great (CPU is around 29C idle and 35C load and case temps are pretty low too)
 
Well it could be a few things. I would start with memtest x86 to check your RAM. Bad ram can cause a lot of weird things. It could be the psu flaking out, what brand is it?
 
Could also be a flakey floppy drive or optical drive. I've seen bad drives hang the system on boot up. You could set your HDD as the first boot drive and see if that eliminates the problem.
 
Faulty HDD cable or bad power supply.

-Check maybe the HDD cable got pulled out a bit and don't have good connection. Then look for that power supply program to check how your psu is working. I forgot what it's called someone mentioned it in this forum. Lost all my bookmarks when I changed my HDD
 
don't know if this is your problem but i had a similar problem a couple weeks ago. turns out i had the win32.gael.3666 virus on my computer. it was a p.i.t.a. and it did cause some damage. just a thought.
 
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