weird problems booting system

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DFI X38 8400 2 G memory
ATI x1800 video card
Windows XP PRO

just started this.
boot and the bios says verifying DMI POOL DATA
YES

now it just sits at this for about 10 seconds and doesn't respond then boots into windows

last try from cold boot
same no reply on DMI bios screen

10-15 seconds at windows welcome screen then goes to desktop which is blank.
mouse works but nothing else

now sure exactly what the pool data is but since it is not posting a YES and just goes to windows...Hardware problem ?
I know its supposed to be the boot record but can a hardware problem cause this?

It boots fine going into safe mode. Then a reboot and it will boot into windows. Next boot and same problems.
 
weird indeed.

Is this a fresh installation?
Have you run any hardware diagnostics (memtest, hdd fitness test, prime95.smallffts, 3dmark, etc)?
Do you have the latest BIOS?
Are you OC'ing? If so, did you run stability tests?
 
mem tested ok.
Before I could do anything else I was on the desktop and looking at defrag and things when the screen went black..2-3 seconds later it was back..did some more stuff and after about a minute screen went black and then back to desktop.

Video card must be going. Need new one before next weekend LOL

can the video card cause the pool data problems?
 
Shut it down and re-seat your video card and see if the problem goes away. They call it heat creep and it can cause a card to slowly work its way out of the socket. May want to re-seat your RAM and any add-in cards too while you have it open. I would probably reset the BIOS too, with the jumper. Is that PC losing any settings like boot order, time and date etc? If the BIOS battery is dead or weak it can cause some weird things to happen on post.
 
Unplug all USB drives, USB pens.
I've had similar happen when I boot with a USB drive attached.
 
ok I reset the video card and checked everything rebooted and now it gets weird.
After about 1 minute black screen for 2-3 seconds every minute.
I have he new atitool beta and ran it on 3d test NEVER blacked out once..It has been running for 15 minutes and no black screens. temps went from 41C at idle to 65C load and not one blackout.
I am confused as hell I thought it would crash or something...nope running fine with the test

going to run some dual othos and occt to check the memory and system stability.
After 30 minutes of othos I got 2 black screens. Why is this mostly happening at idle on the desktop. The more load on the system the better.
 
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