help standby mode flashing on and off

[catsdogsrats]

Ok so was working on my packard bell (windows xp home edition) the other day, suddenly screen goes blank, and the button you press to start it goes amber and starts flashing as does the red light above it and it is making a noise like a car indicator. Screen just has no signal in little letters in middle, i have no idea what to do.

Bout two weeks ago, suddenly the keyboard stopped working, when i was trying to put password in to start up pc, it said you cannot copy and paste or something like that, so i unplugged everything from back and restarted it after a day or so and it worked ok, no probs since apart from saying windows is low on virtual memory in form of a little bubble at the bottom.

Anything i can do or does it need professional help?

Thanks in advance!

[maynardvdm]

Hi

 

Right click on My computer, click the advanced Tab, click setting where it says performance, click the advanced tab (again), where it says virtual memory click change, click on where it says system manage size, after click set, then apply. It will reboot your pc for it to take affect. Hope this helps.

[catsdogsrats]

Thanks for the advice,but because its stuck flashing on standby mode, i cant do anything whatsoever with it!

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Re-boot and tap F8 to get into Safe Mode then follow the advice given by Maynard again.

[catsdogsrats]

Argh! it will not reboot, everytime i press the button to turn it on it just keeps flashing like a car indicator and the light flashing too, the screen says no signal, i really cant do anything, i just dont know what to do!