Problems booting up Windows

[Wallace]

I'm struggling with booting up Windows XP- it basically gets as far as the
black screen just after the Windows logo screen (on black background) and
then just dies
without an error message. If I deactivate my NVIDIA 7300 video card, then it
boots up O.K. Now I've managed to swap the video card with a second one and
the same problem appears (and disappears if I deactivate the driver as
above).

A previous post suggested
"If your motherboard has built in graphics as well as the GeForce card you
may want to check to verify that the built in graphics on the motherboard is
disabled."

Not sure how I check this, though there is only one device in the Hardware
Device Manager under Display Adapters.

Any other suggestions?

 

[Pegasus]

I'm struggling with booting up Windows XP- it basically gets as far as the
black screen just after the Windows logo screen (on black background) and
then just dies
without an error message. If I deactivate my NVIDIA 7300 video card, then
it
boots up O.K. Now I've managed to swap the video card with a second one
and
the same problem appears (and disappears if I deactivate the driver as
above).

A previous post suggested
"If your motherboard has built in graphics as well as the GeForce card you
may want to check to verify that the built in graphics on the motherboard
is
disabled."

Not sure how I check this, though there is only one device in the Hardware
Device Manager under Display Adapters.

Any other suggestions?

Built-in adapters are usually enabled/disabed via the BIOS setup
program.

 

[Mike Cawood, HND BIT]

I'm struggling with booting up Windows XP- it basically gets as far as the
black screen just after the Windows logo screen (on black background) and
then just dies
without an error message. If I deactivate my NVIDIA 7300 video card, then
it
boots up O.K. Now I've managed to swap the video card with a second one
and
the same problem appears (and disappears if I deactivate the driver as
above).

A previous post suggested
"If your motherboard has built in graphics as well as the GeForce card you
may want to check to verify that the built in graphics on the motherboard
is
disabled."

Not sure how I check this, though there is only one device in the Hardware
Device Manager under Display Adapters.

Any other suggestions?

Might be a dead hard drive.
Mike.

 

[Alias]

I'm struggling with booting up Windows XP- it basically gets as far as the
black screen just after the Windows logo screen (on black background) and
then just dies
without an error message. If I deactivate my NVIDIA 7300 video card, then it
boots up O.K. Now I've managed to swap the video card with a second one and
the same problem appears (and disappears if I deactivate the driver as
above).

A previous post suggested
"If your motherboard has built in graphics as well as the GeForce card you
may want to check to verify that the built in graphics on the motherboard is
disabled."

Not sure how I check this, though there is only one device in the Hardware
Device Manager under Display Adapters.

Any other suggestions?

You have to go into the BIOS. When you boot up, it should tell you how
to get into the BIOS, sometimes called "set up". Usually either Del or
F1 will get you in. Hit the key before the beep. Once in, look for
onboard video and disable it and enable your video card. If I've lost
you so far, take the computer to a professional because you can really
screw up your computer if you do the wrong thing in the BIOS.

Alias

 

[Wallace]

I've gone in to the BIOS settings using F2 on boot up and selected Video
then Primary Video.

There were two options, PCI and PEG, of which PEG was selected. Selecting
PCI made no difference to the boot up failure, though!

The text states the following:

"Note: the field only applies to PCI video controllers installed in the
32-bit, 33 MHz PCI expansion slot. This option will be reversed if it is
installed in to a 64-bit PCI-X expanson slot"

The video card is a PCI-X.

Any other suggestions?

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

Might be a dead hard drive.

That's the dumbest answer I've seen in quite a while. The machine
boots fine under certain circumstances.

Hardly a dead hard drive.