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steyr223
northstar a900I lptp bt's 2 blk scn(even on ext.monitor)FIXD:fresh xp install
First off hello every one
it seem's i cleared upmy blue screen after hostil shutdown (and not by
unplugging all my usb devices) it was apparantly the power supply.
<this will be posted in the proper thread>
now to the point
friend brought laptop over
northstar a900I
boots,posts,all bells and wistles normal
black screen almost like it's there but you cant see it
o sorry the splash xp even comes up
i have been in the bios to answer many questions
setup is normal (pci ide bus mastering is off?)
safe mode or command prompt --you can see ther letters S A F E M O D E
in white at all 4 corners and what os in middle erest is black screen
no battary running off power supply(problem?)
hooked upto ext monitor (same outcome)
booted from cd xp (i would almost swear with my life i atleast got
to the recovery screen ran diskpart and found fat 32 file system)now i'm not sure(i work play with a lot of systems)
now when booting from cd the system reboots directly before
loading drivers, and after the "xp is configuring your system" display
and this is all black
by the way the bios screen is blue just exactly how it supposed to be
did research cant find northstar(only laoptop deals and advertisements)
help please i'm completly stumped
can only tell you visual
4 usb ports, rj45/rj11, sound/mic, external vga, 4 PIN PS2?(maybe svid)
on back sticker for xp home lan edition if that makes diff
128 megs one stick, dvd rom
1.1 gig cpu and 10 gig hard drive
thanks
First off hello every one
it seem's i cleared upmy blue screen after hostil shutdown (and not by
unplugging all my usb devices) it was apparantly the power supply.
<this will be posted in the proper thread>
now to the point
friend brought laptop over
northstar a900I
boots,posts,all bells and wistles normal
black screen almost like it's there but you cant see it
o sorry the splash xp even comes up
i have been in the bios to answer many questions
setup is normal (pci ide bus mastering is off?)
safe mode or command prompt --you can see ther letters S A F E M O D E
in white at all 4 corners and what os in middle erest is black screen
no battary running off power supply(problem?)
hooked upto ext monitor (same outcome)
booted from cd xp (i would almost swear with my life i atleast got
to the recovery screen ran diskpart and found fat 32 file system)now i'm not sure(i work play with a lot of systems)
now when booting from cd the system reboots directly before
loading drivers, and after the "xp is configuring your system" display
and this is all black
by the way the bios screen is blue just exactly how it supposed to be
did research cant find northstar(only laoptop deals and advertisements)
help please i'm completly stumped
can only tell you visual
4 usb ports, rj45/rj11, sound/mic, external vga, 4 PIN PS2?(maybe svid)
on back sticker for xp home lan edition if that makes diff
128 megs one stick, dvd rom
1.1 gig cpu and 10 gig hard drive
thanks
