Mark said:
Oh, that's pretty bad. Sounds like a
corrupted disk. Sometimes a device is
drawing too much current and power
safety mechanism kicks in.
If your computer won't get through the POST, then you have a hardware
problem. It could be overheating, bad processor, bad RAM, bad drive,
bad pci card...etc. Your power supply could be going, or something is
shorting out. There's just no way to know from your post. Here are some
generic troubleshooting steps for hardware:
1) open the computer and run it open, cleaning out all dust bunnies and
observing all fans (overheating will cause system freezing); 2) test
the RAM - I like Memtest86 from
www.memtest86.com - let the test run
for an extended (like overnight) period of time - unless errors are
seen immediately; 3) test the hard drive with a diagnostic utility from
the mftr.; 4) the power supply may be going bad or be inadequate for
the devices you have in the system; 5) test the motherboard with
something like TuffTest from
www.tufftest.com. Testing hardware
failures often involves swapping out suspected parts with known-good
parts. If you can't do the testing yourself and/or are uncomfortable
opening your computer, take the machine to a good local computer repair
shop (not a CompUSA or Best Buy type of store).
Good luck,
Malke