Guest W. Watson Posted November 5, 2007 Posted November 5, 2007 I built a PC for an elderly neighbor some months ago. When it is powered up it stalls with the W2K displayed and the gauge about 1/2 way across its span. I told him to leave it on overnight, but it's still in the same place. Unfortunately, it was likely subjected to some unintentional rough house treatment in recent weeks. It was probably turned on/off improperly, and moved about a bit carelessly as he worked on fixing the bench area where it is located. How do I get the machine unstuck? I recall something about putting it in safety mode with F8 during the early start. Comments. -- Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA) Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net>
Guest DL Posted November 5, 2007 Posted November 5, 2007 Re: W2K Frozen in Place F8 - last good configeration is one option "W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@invalid.com> wrote in message news:sjJXi.2805$3Z2.21@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com... >I built a PC for an elderly neighbor some months ago. When it is powered up >it stalls with the W2K displayed and the gauge about 1/2 way across its >span. I told him to leave it on overnight, but it's still in the same >place. Unfortunately, it was likely subjected to some unintentional rough >house treatment in recent weeks. It was probably turned on/off improperly, >and moved about a bit carelessly as he worked on fixing the bench area >where it is located. How do I get the machine unstuck? I recall something >about putting it in safety mode with F8 during the early start. Comments. > > -- > Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA) > > Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net>
Guest 3c273 Posted November 5, 2007 Posted November 5, 2007 Re: W2K Frozen in Place If it was bounced around, you may need to open it up and reseat the ram and pci/other cards. Louis "W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@invalid.com> wrote in message news:sjJXi.2805$3Z2.21@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com... > I built a PC for an elderly neighbor some months ago. When it is powered up > it stalls with the W2K displayed and the gauge about 1/2 way across its > span. I told him to leave it on overnight, but it's still in the same place. > Unfortunately, it was likely subjected to some unintentional rough house > treatment in recent weeks. It was probably turned on/off improperly, and > moved about a bit carelessly as he worked on fixing the bench area where it > is located. How do I get the machine unstuck? I recall something about > putting it in safety mode with F8 during the early start. Comments. > > -- > Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA) > > Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net>
Guest W. Watson Posted November 6, 2007 Posted November 6, 2007 Re: W2K Frozen in Place I seated the cards, and tried safe mode. In safe mode, it rolled through a bunch of long paths. It stopped with the last two showing. One board was noticeably lifted out of the slot. Memory slot seemed solid. ....\NDIS.sys ....\Mup.sys I'm not familiar with all the debug and command line facilities, so that's the scoop for the moment. 3c273 wrote: > If it was bounced around, you may need to open it up and reseat the ram and > pci/other cards. > Louis > > "W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@invalid.com> wrote in message > news:sjJXi.2805$3Z2.21@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com... >> I built a PC for an elderly neighbor some months ago. When it is powered > up >> it stalls with the W2K displayed and the gauge about 1/2 way across its >> span. I told him to leave it on overnight, but it's still in the same > place. >> Unfortunately, it was likely subjected to some unintentional rough house >> treatment in recent weeks. It was probably turned on/off improperly, and >> moved about a bit carelessly as he worked on fixing the bench area where > it >> is located. How do I get the machine unstuck? I recall something about >> putting it in safety mode with F8 during the early start. Comments. >> >> -- >> Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA) >> >> Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net> > > -- Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA) Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net>
Guest 3c273 Posted November 6, 2007 Posted November 6, 2007 Re: W2K Frozen in Place It sounds like a hardware problem. If it were mine, I would pull everything but the video card and the ram and see if it boots. If so, then start replacing cards until you find the one that causes the hangup. If not, then I'd try another video card. Louis "W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@invalid.com> wrote in message news:wHPXi.1513$852.880@newssvr17.news.prodigy.net... > I seated the cards, and tried safe mode. In safe mode, it rolled through a > bunch of long paths. It stopped with the last two showing. One board was > noticeably lifted out of the slot. Memory slot seemed solid. > > ...\NDIS.sys > ...\Mup.sys > > I'm not familiar with all the debug and command line facilities, so that's > the scoop for the moment. > > 3c273 wrote: > > If it was bounced around, you may need to open it up and reseat the ram and > > pci/other cards. > > Louis > > > > "W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@invalid.com> wrote in message > > news:sjJXi.2805$3Z2.21@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com... > >> I built a PC for an elderly neighbor some months ago. When it is powered > > up > >> it stalls with the W2K displayed and the gauge about 1/2 way across its > >> span. I told him to leave it on overnight, but it's still in the same > > place. > >> Unfortunately, it was likely subjected to some unintentional rough house > >> treatment in recent weeks. It was probably turned on/off improperly, and > >> moved about a bit carelessly as he worked on fixing the bench area where > > it > >> is located. How do I get the machine unstuck? I recall something about > >> putting it in safety mode with F8 during the early start. Comments. > >> > >> -- > >> Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA) > >> > >> Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net> > > > > > > -- > Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA) > > Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net>
Guest W. Watson Posted November 7, 2007 Posted November 7, 2007 Re: W2K Frozen in Place I'll try it tomorrow. Sounds reasonable. 3c273 wrote: > It sounds like a hardware problem. If it were mine, I would pull everything > but the video card and the ram and see if it boots. If so, then start > replacing cards until you find the one that causes the hangup. If not, then > I'd try another video card. > Louis > > "W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@invalid.com> wrote in message > news:wHPXi.1513$852.880@newssvr17.news.prodigy.net... >> I seated the cards, and tried safe mode. In safe mode, it rolled through a >> bunch of long paths. It stopped with the last two showing. One board was >> noticeably lifted out of the slot. Memory slot seemed solid. >> >> ...\NDIS.sys >> ...\Mup.sys >> >> I'm not familiar with all the debug and command line facilities, so that's >> the scoop for the moment. >> >> 3c273 wrote: >>> If it was bounced around, you may need to open it up and reseat the ram > and >>> pci/other cards. >>> Louis >>> >>> "W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@invalid.com> wrote in message >>> news:sjJXi.2805$3Z2.21@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com... >>>> I built a PC for an elderly neighbor some months ago. When it is > powered >>> up >>>> it stalls with the W2K displayed and the gauge about 1/2 way across its >>>> span. I told him to leave it on overnight, but it's still in the same >>> place. >>>> Unfortunately, it was likely subjected to some unintentional rough > house >>>> treatment in recent weeks. It was probably turned on/off improperly, > and >>>> moved about a bit carelessly as he worked on fixing the bench area > where >>> it >>>> is located. How do I get the machine unstuck? I recall something about >>>> putting it in safety mode with F8 during the early start. Comments. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA) >>>> >>>> Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net> >>> >> -- >> Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA) >> >> Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net> > > -- Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA) Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net>
Guest Frank Booth Snr Posted November 7, 2007 Posted November 7, 2007 Re: W2K Frozen in Place W. Watson wrote: > I'll try it tomorrow. Sounds reasonable. > It's unlikely to do with hardware otherwise you wouldn't get as far as the gauge display were that the case. It sounds like a corruption of Win2k system files. Go to POST (F2 or Delete button on first few seconds of bootup) and ensure that your hardware is being read correctly, although it sounds that it probably is. If all is well do a re-install of Win2k as you appear to have a corrupted version.
Guest 3c273 Posted November 7, 2007 Posted November 7, 2007 Re: W2K Frozen in Place Hmmm, reinstall windows and and all apps or... check hardware first and reinstall driver if necessary. Do you replace the engine in your car when the fan belt goes? Louis "Frank Booth Snr" <fbsnr@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:QcCdncGQMs9Vva_anZ2dnUVZ8tignZ2d@bt.com... > W. Watson wrote: > > > I'll try it tomorrow. Sounds reasonable. > > > It's unlikely to do with hardware otherwise you wouldn't get as far as > the gauge display were that the case. It sounds like a corruption of > Win2k system files. Go to POST (F2 or Delete button on first few seconds > of bootup) and ensure that your hardware is being read correctly, > although it sounds that it probably is. If all is well do a re-install > of Win2k as you appear to have a corrupted version.
Guest Frank Booth Snr Posted November 10, 2007 Posted November 10, 2007 Re: W2K Frozen in Place 3c273 wrote: > Hmmm, reinstall windows and and all apps or... check hardware first and > reinstall driver if necessary. Do you replace the engine in your car when > the fan belt goes? > Louis > If you backed up your system state appertaining to your current number of applications, then all you need to do is re-install Windows and then restore the system state. If you go to your BIOS as suggested you can see if any hardware isn't being recognised. Then if anything shows up, try reinstalling that hardware again. If not, and it's a driver problem you will need Windows up and running to install the driver anyway
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