Guest madmich Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 my son was playing a game on my pc this morning and called me in to see a black screen with pink vertical lines on it. Couldn't get any info out of him as he is only 4. I restarted it and got a screen with the options to: DEL:setup F11:boot menu F12:network boot cache memory error pressF1 to enter setup press F2 to load default values and continue I have been in setup and loaded default settings, when i exit it takes me to the same screen. When I press F2 I get a blank black screen with a little cursor in the top right corner. Please help, I don't know what any of this means....and NO, he will not be using my pc anymore...hmmm, maybe I wont be either.....help. I am using Windows xp home edition with service pack 2 installed. cheers -- This was supposed to be FUN!
Guest Lil' Dave Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 Re: cache memory error "madmich" <madmich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1AF5160D-124E-407B-A1A5-694964477E20@microsoft.com... > my son was playing a game on my pc this morning and called me in to see a > black screen with pink vertical lines on it. Couldn't get any info out of > him > as he is only 4. I restarted it and got a screen with the options to: > DEL:setup F11:boot menu F12:network boot > > cache memory error > pressF1 to enter setup > press F2 to load default values and continue > > > I have been in setup and loaded default settings, when i exit it takes me > to > the same screen. When I press F2 I get a blank black screen with a little > cursor in the top right corner. > Please help, I don't know what any of this means....and NO, he will not > be > using my pc anymore...hmmm, maybe I wont be either.....help. > I am using Windows xp home edition with service pack 2 installed. > cheers > > -- > This was supposed to be FUN! Cache memory is onboard the cpu. All you've spoken about is in reference to the bios, not XP. "Cheers" is a term similar to "aloha". Dave
Guest madmich Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 Re: cache memory error -- This was supposed to be FUN! "Lil' Dave" wrote: > "madmich" <madmich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:1AF5160D-124E-407B-A1A5-694964477E20@microsoft.com... > > my son was playing a game on my pc this morning and called me in to see a > > black screen with pink vertical lines on it. Couldn't get any info out of > > him > > as he is only 4. I restarted it and got a screen with the options to: > > DEL:setup F11:boot menu F12:network boot > > > > cache memory error > > pressF1 to enter setup > > press F2 to load default values and continue > > > > > > I have been in setup and loaded default settings, when i exit it takes me > > to > > the same screen. When I press F2 I get a blank black screen with a little > > cursor in the top right corner. > > Please help, I don't know what any of this means....and NO, he will not > > be > > using my pc anymore...hmmm, maybe I wont be either.....help. > > I am using Windows xp home edition with service pack 2 installed. > > cheers > > > > -- > > This was supposed to be FUN! > > Cache memory is onboard the cpu. All you've spoken about is in reference to > the bios, not XP. > "Cheers" is a term similar to "aloha". > Dave > > Thanks Dave, but that doesn't help me much, I am running xp on my machine, I thaught that would be enough to get an answer, should I be posting this somewhere else? Ciao >
Guest Malke Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 Re: cache memory error madmich wrote: > my son was playing a game on my pc this morning and called me in to see a > black screen with pink vertical lines on it. Couldn't get any info out of him > as he is only 4. I restarted it and got a screen with the options to: > DEL:setup F11:boot menu F12:network boot > > cache memory error > pressF1 to enter setup > press F2 to load default values and continue > > > I have been in setup and loaded default settings, when i exit it takes me to > the same screen. When I press F2 I get a blank black screen with a little > cursor in the top right corner. > Please help, I don't know what any of this means....and NO, he will not be > using my pc anymore...hmmm, maybe I wont be either.....help. > I am using Windows xp home edition with service pack 2 installed. > cheers > This is a hardware error and has nothing to do with XP or what your son did. Contact Dell tech support. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest madmich Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 Re: cache memory error Thanks Malke I guess I can stop blaming my boy, I just wasn't sure if it was something he did, as he likes to have a fiddle with all sorts of things, even downloaded a game off the net once when I wasn't looking. Thanks again cheers -- This was supposed to be FUN! "Malke" wrote: > madmich wrote: > > my son was playing a game on my pc this morning and called me in to see a > > black screen with pink vertical lines on it. Couldn't get any info out of him > > as he is only 4. I restarted it and got a screen with the options to: > > DEL:setup F11:boot menu F12:network boot > > > > cache memory error > > pressF1 to enter setup > > press F2 to load default values and continue > > > > > > I have been in setup and loaded default settings, when i exit it takes me to > > the same screen. When I press F2 I get a blank black screen with a little > > cursor in the top right corner. > > Please help, I don't know what any of this means....and NO, he will not be > > using my pc anymore...hmmm, maybe I wont be either.....help. > > I am using Windows xp home edition with service pack 2 installed. > > cheers > > > > This is a hardware error and has nothing to do with XP or what your son > did. Contact Dell tech support. > > > Malke > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User >
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