After freeze, cannot boot computer. Please help

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Hello All,

I have a P4 running Xp Home edition. It was running fine until it
suddenly froze. The keyboard and mouse stopped operating and I had to
power it off.

Now it won't reboot. It appears not to have even started the boot
sequence and no message is displayed on the monitor. As I power on the
system, I just notice the fan noises. The HD light blinks once but no
attempt to boot.

The system has 1 HD, 1 DVD drive, 1 CD-RW, and a floppy. I put a floppy
into the driver to check if it would attempt to boot but it didn't even
get there.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you
CD

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

> wrote in message
ups.com...
> Hello All,
>
> I have a P4 running Xp Home edition. It was running fine until it
> suddenly froze. The keyboard and mouse stopped operating and I had to
> power it off.
>
> Now it won't reboot. It appears not to have even started the boot
> sequence and no message is displayed on the monitor. As I power on the
> system, I just notice the fan noises. The HD light blinks once but no
> attempt to boot.
>
> The system has 1 HD, 1 DVD drive, 1 CD-RW, and a floppy. I put a floppy
> into the driver to check if it would attempt to boot but it didn't even
> get there.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you
> CD
>

If Windows does not even attempt to start then you have a
hardware problem, not a Windows problem. Take it to your
friendly computer dealer for a quick diagnosis.

[Roberto]

> wrote in message
ups.com...
> Hello All,
>
> I have a P4 running Xp Home edition. It was running fine until it
> suddenly froze. The keyboard and mouse stopped operating and I had to
> power it off.
>
> Now it won't reboot. It appears not to have even started the boot
> sequence and no message is displayed on the monitor. As I power on the
> system, I just notice the fan noises. The HD light blinks once but no
> attempt to boot.
>
> The system has 1 HD, 1 DVD drive, 1 CD-RW, and a floppy. I put a floppy
> into the driver to check if it would attempt to boot but it didn't even
> get there.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you
> CD

Do some hardware testing

1. Change the graphics card first since you say there is no msgs
[display ?] at power on, then test the following if nessessary
2.RAM with memtest 86 www.memtest.org
3. HDD with manufacture's diagnostic tool

rgds
Roberto

[[email protected]]

Hello Roberto,

Thank you for your message.

The problem is that the computer does not even get to execute the boot
sequence. It is not just a matter that I do not get messages.
Therefore, I cannot install or run any software.

I disconnected the HD and used a boot floppy but, again, had the same
behavior.

Any clues?

Thanks
CD

Roberto wrote:
> > wrote in message
> ups.com...
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I have a P4 running Xp Home edition. It was running fine until it
> > suddenly froze. The keyboard and mouse stopped operating and I had to
> > power it off.
> >
> > Now it won't reboot. It appears not to have even started the boot
> > sequence and no message is displayed on the monitor. As I power on the
> > system, I just notice the fan noises. The HD light blinks once but no
> > attempt to boot.
> >
> > The system has 1 HD, 1 DVD drive, 1 CD-RW, and a floppy. I put a floppy
> > into the driver to check if it would attempt to boot but it didn't even
> > get there.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you
> > CD
>
> Do some hardware testing
>
> 1. Change the graphics card first since you say there is no msgs
> [display ?] at power on, then test the following if nessessary
> 2.RAM with memtest 86 www.memtest.org
> 3. HDD with manufacture's diagnostic tool
>
> rgds
> Roberto

[Roberto]

> wrote in message
ups.com...
> Hello Roberto,
>
> Thank you for your message.
>
> The problem is that the computer does not even get to execute the boot
> sequence. It is not just a matter that I do not get messages.
> Therefore, I cannot install or run any software.
>
> I disconnected the HD and used a boot floppy but, again, had the same
> behavior.
>
> Any clues?
>
> Thanks
> CD

Looks like either a faulty MoBo or CPU if POST doesn't execute, but
first I would rule out the things suggested in my first reply:
Try different RAM and graphics card.

rgds
Roberto