You're welcome, thanks for the follow up.
John
Firefly wrote:
> Well John, I tried what you suggested to no avail but after unplugging a
> couple of periferals I was finally able to boot it up in safe mode got it
> straightened out. Thanks for your help. I will definitely keep your
> suggestions in my resources file in case I need them in the future.
>
> "John John" wrote:
>
>
>>Firefly wrote:
>>
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>>>I am trying to start up my computer. When it gets to the Intel pentium 4
>>>Inside screen it stops responding. What can I do to get past this?
>>
>>This is not a Windows issue, the computer is hanging at th Power On Self
>>Test, before Windows starts to load. It could be that some settings in
>>the BIOS have been changed and that the computer cannot boot with these
>>new settings or it could be a hardware problem.
>>
>>If you can enter the BIOS you can try reseting the BIOS to its default
>>values and see if the computer can boot with default values. If the
>>computer can't boot with default values run diagnostic tests on the
>>computer. Your computer may have shipped with special diagnostic
>>utilities on diskettes or CD's. If you have such utilities you can go
>>in the BIOS and set the computer's boot order so that it boots to
>>diskette or CD before the hard disk and run the diagnostic tests. If
>>you don't have diagnostic utilities check the support site for your
>>computer or motherboard to see if they have such utilities available for
>>download.
>>
>>John
>>