Abnormal boot

[Weldon]

Start up of Computer system seems fine until after boot
the Windows XP logo screen appears. The screen is not
frozen since the horizontal bar continues to strobe green
lights. However, this screen does not transition to the
Desktop screen. My only alternative was to shut off the
power and try to reboot. I attempted this several times
in normal, last known working configuration, safe mode
and safe mode with prompt options until it finally worked
in concert with automatic diskcheck. The diskcheck
operation didn't find anything unusual, but I did defrag
even though the disk didn't seem to need it. I have about
75% free space on disk and use Norton antivirus software
and McAfee firewall software. Is it possible I have much
less actual free space on disk than the system reports?
What else could be the problem?

[Rich Barry]

How old is your system and what shape is your Power Supply in?
"Weldon" > wrote in message
...
> Start up of Computer system seems fine until after boot
> the Windows XP logo screen appears. The screen is not
> frozen since the horizontal bar continues to strobe green
> lights. However, this screen does not transition to the
> Desktop screen. My only alternative was to shut off the
> power and try to reboot. I attempted this several times
> in normal, last known working configuration, safe mode
> and safe mode with prompt options until it finally worked
> in concert with automatic diskcheck. The diskcheck
> operation didn't find anything unusual, but I did defrag
> even though the disk didn't seem to need it. I have about
> 75% free space on disk and use Norton antivirus software
> and McAfee firewall software. Is it possible I have much
> less actual free space on disk than the system reports?
> What else could be the problem?

[Weldon]

PC purchased 9-05-01: 1 GZ Athlon Processor,512 Mb Ram,
power supply seems fine since no error or obvious
problems indicated,upgraded from Windows ME to Windows XP
last year. How do I further test power supply?


>-----Original Message-----
>How old is your system and what shape is your Power
Supply in?
>"Weldon" > wrote in message
...
>> Start up of Computer system seems fine until after boot
>> the Windows XP logo screen appears. The screen is not
>> frozen since the horizontal bar continues to strobe
green
>> lights. However, this screen does not transition to the
>> Desktop screen. My only alternative was to shut off the
>> power and try to reboot. I attempted this several times
>> in normal, last known working configuration, safe mode
>> and safe mode with prompt options until it finally
worked
>> in concert with automatic diskcheck. The diskcheck
>> operation didn't find anything unusual, but I did
defrag
>> even though the disk didn't seem to need it. I have
about
>> 75% free space on disk and use Norton antivirus
software
>> and McAfee firewall software. Is it possible I have
much
>> less actual free space on disk than the system reports?
>> What else could be the problem?
>
>
>.
>

[Rich Barry]

Have you added any Devices since first purchased. ie hard drives, cd-rw,
dvd etc. Whats the PSU rated at in Watts?
You can download Motherboard Monitor for free here.
http://mbm.livewiredev.com/download.html Once installed
it will monitor the voltage values on your 3, 5 and 12v rails. If they
are falling below those values you may want to look
at upgrading the psu.
"Weldon" > wrote in message
...
> PC purchased 9-05-01: 1 GZ Athlon Processor,512 Mb Ram,
> power supply seems fine since no error or obvious
> problems indicated,upgraded from Windows ME to Windows XP
> last year. How do I further test power supply?
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >How old is your system and what shape is your Power
> Supply in?
> >"Weldon" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Start up of Computer system seems fine until after boot
> >> the Windows XP logo screen appears. The screen is not
> >> frozen since the horizontal bar continues to strobe
> green
> >> lights. However, this screen does not transition to the
> >> Desktop screen. My only alternative was to shut off the
> >> power and try to reboot. I attempted this several times
> >> in normal, last known working configuration, safe mode
> >> and safe mode with prompt options until it finally
> worked
> >> in concert with automatic diskcheck. The diskcheck
> >> operation didn't find anything unusual, but I did
> defrag
> >> even though the disk didn't seem to need it. I have
> about
> >> 75% free space on disk and use Norton antivirus
> software
> >> and McAfee firewall software. Is it possible I have
> much
> >> less actual free space on disk than the system reports?
> >> What else could be the problem?
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Weldon]

Power Supply Specs:

Turbolink Switching Power Supply
Model: CWT-375 ATX-12V
C1655-1 Rev. B

Vdc Max DC

+3.3V @ 28A,+5V @ 35A, +12V @ 17A

Having difficulty attempting to download motherboard
monitor at that website for some reason.

>-----Original Message-----
> Have you added any Devices since first purchased. ie
hard drives, cd-rw,
>dvd etc. Whats the PSU rated at in Watts?
> You can download Motherboard Monitor for free here.
>http://mbm.livewiredev.com/download.html Once
installed
> it will monitor the voltage values on your 3, 5 and
12v rails. If they
>are falling below those values you may want to look
> at upgrading the psu.
>"Weldon" > wrote in message
...
>> PC purchased 9-05-01: 1 GZ Athlon Processor,512 Mb Ram,
>> power supply seems fine since no error or obvious
>> problems indicated,upgraded from Windows ME to Windows
XP
>> last year. How do I further test power supply?
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >How old is your system and what shape is your Power
>> Supply in?
>> >"Weldon" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >> Start up of Computer system seems fine until after
boot
>> >> the Windows XP logo screen appears. The screen is
not
>> >> frozen since the horizontal bar continues to strobe
>> green
>> >> lights. However, this screen does not transition to
the
>> >> Desktop screen. My only alternative was to shut off
the
>> >> power and try to reboot. I attempted this several
times
>> >> in normal, last known working configuration, safe
mode
>> >> and safe mode with prompt options until it finally
>> worked
>> >> in concert with automatic diskcheck. The diskcheck
>> >> operation didn't find anything unusual, but I did
>> defrag
>> >> even though the disk didn't seem to need it. I have
>> about
>> >> 75% free space on disk and use Norton antivirus
>> software
>> >> and McAfee firewall software. Is it possible I have
>> much
>> >> less actual free space on disk than the system
reports?
>> >> What else could be the problem?
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>