Homer_Bart
Well-Known Member
Urgent help needed! My desktop, also my schoolwork computer, has booting problems! :'(
Primary problem
Scenario:
I press the power button and it starts up fine initially. I'm able to get to the user select screen occasionally. Other times, it'll come up the blue screen even or simply restart before the user select screen. If I'm able select my own user, it'll show my desktop and widgets etc in a sec, but another second later the PC restarts. Sometimes, it'll go right back to the blue screen right away after restarting, or show me how I want to start my computer (in safe mode etc). On the 3rd restart, it'll show "start windows normally" and " startup repair" or something. Whatever option I choose, the PC falls back into the same cycle. Took me 5 mins of many times of retry to let it start properly.
Secondary problem.
The monitor sometimes also show a series of colors on the whole screen (blue, green, red) when I start it up. And the TV receiver has 'hardware' problems. And Test Drive won't start if I were to click the icon while having the disk in the disktray, unless I remove the DVD from the disktray and put it back in again.
How can I solve the primary problem?
And how can I solve my secondary problem?
Details of my PC (copied from google):
Intel? Core?2 Duo Processor E6600
? 2.4 GHz, 4MB Advanced Transfer Cache, 1066 MHz
*Genuine Windows Vista? Home Premium
*Intel? 945G Express Chipset
* 2048MB of DDR2 RAM
* 500GB Serial ATA 3G hard drive
* SuperMulti DVD burner (SuperMulti Drive with LightScribe Dual Layer 16X DVD?RW/?R: 16X DVD?R, 8X DVD+RW, 6X DVD-RW, 8X DVD+R DL, 4X DVD-R DL, 5X DVD-RAM, 16X DVD-ROM; 40X CD-R, 32X CD-RW, 40X CD-ROM)
* 15-in-1 Digital Media Reader supporting: CompactFlash Type I/II, SmartMedia (SM), MultiMediaCard (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick/Memory Stick Pro (MS/MS PRO), Micro Drive, xD Media (Extreme Digital Card), miniSD (mini Secure Digital), MS Duo (Memory Stick Duo), MS Duo Pro (Memory Stick Duo Pro), RSMMC (Reduced Size Multimedia Card), MMC+ (MultiMedia Card Plus), MMC Mobile
* Integrated 10/100 BaseT network interface (Broadband Ready)
* Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g
* NVIDIA GeForce 7600GS 3D PCI-Express Graphics Card (with TV-out port and DVI capabilities)
* Single TV Tuner Card (PAL) with Personal Video Recorder Functionality and FM Radio
* Integrated Intel? High Definition Audio - 7.1 Surround Sound Ready
* 1 Line-in; 1 Line-out; 2 Microphones; 1 Headphone; Side Spkr L/R; Rear Spkr L/R; Central/Subwoofer, Stereo Audio
* HP low profile multimedia cordless keyboard (2.4 GHz) with one touch command center and HP cordless optical 2-button scroller mouse
* HP Media Center Remote Control
Primary problem
Scenario:
I press the power button and it starts up fine initially. I'm able to get to the user select screen occasionally. Other times, it'll come up the blue screen even or simply restart before the user select screen. If I'm able select my own user, it'll show my desktop and widgets etc in a sec, but another second later the PC restarts. Sometimes, it'll go right back to the blue screen right away after restarting, or show me how I want to start my computer (in safe mode etc). On the 3rd restart, it'll show "start windows normally" and " startup repair" or something. Whatever option I choose, the PC falls back into the same cycle. Took me 5 mins of many times of retry to let it start properly.
Secondary problem.
The monitor sometimes also show a series of colors on the whole screen (blue, green, red) when I start it up. And the TV receiver has 'hardware' problems. And Test Drive won't start if I were to click the icon while having the disk in the disktray, unless I remove the DVD from the disktray and put it back in again.
How can I solve the primary problem?
And how can I solve my secondary problem?
Details of my PC (copied from google):
Intel? Core?2 Duo Processor E6600
? 2.4 GHz, 4MB Advanced Transfer Cache, 1066 MHz
*Genuine Windows Vista? Home Premium
*Intel? 945G Express Chipset
* 2048MB of DDR2 RAM
* 500GB Serial ATA 3G hard drive
* SuperMulti DVD burner (SuperMulti Drive with LightScribe Dual Layer 16X DVD?RW/?R: 16X DVD?R, 8X DVD+RW, 6X DVD-RW, 8X DVD+R DL, 4X DVD-R DL, 5X DVD-RAM, 16X DVD-ROM; 40X CD-R, 32X CD-RW, 40X CD-ROM)
* 15-in-1 Digital Media Reader supporting: CompactFlash Type I/II, SmartMedia (SM), MultiMediaCard (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick/Memory Stick Pro (MS/MS PRO), Micro Drive, xD Media (Extreme Digital Card), miniSD (mini Secure Digital), MS Duo (Memory Stick Duo), MS Duo Pro (Memory Stick Duo Pro), RSMMC (Reduced Size Multimedia Card), MMC+ (MultiMedia Card Plus), MMC Mobile
* Integrated 10/100 BaseT network interface (Broadband Ready)
* Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g
* NVIDIA GeForce 7600GS 3D PCI-Express Graphics Card (with TV-out port and DVI capabilities)
* Single TV Tuner Card (PAL) with Personal Video Recorder Functionality and FM Radio
* Integrated Intel? High Definition Audio - 7.1 Surround Sound Ready
* 1 Line-in; 1 Line-out; 2 Microphones; 1 Headphone; Side Spkr L/R; Rear Spkr L/R; Central/Subwoofer, Stereo Audio
* HP low profile multimedia cordless keyboard (2.4 GHz) with one touch command center and HP cordless optical 2-button scroller mouse
* HP Media Center Remote Control
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