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Initial booting problem, Vista

Discussion in 'Windows BSOD, Freezing, Restarting Help' started by hercules957, Nov 25, 2010.

  1. hercules957 Newcomer, in training

    Intermittent snag. On initial power up, system hangs up before BIOS screen. I reseted RAM Sims and it works, sometimes it has to be done numerous times. At other times, the system will successfully boot but during power up, before BIOS screen, the power shuts off for 2 seconds then comes on again, 2 or three times then it boots normally. I cleaned up everything inside and made sure all connections are in place. I heard that it might be necessary to reset the CPU, not sure about that. Any advice would be welcome.
    Norm
    hercules957, Nov 25, 2010
    #1

  2. hercules957 Newcomer, in training

    Solution

    It was a defective video card.
    hercules957, Dec 7, 2010
    #2