Thanks for the previous response and links which were most useful. Having
read them please see below the sequence of events as I recall them.
The overarching issue I am faced with is:
• Is this PC worth having time and money spent on it to get it to work or
should I accept that it is and has been a bit of a nightmare and invest in a
new one!!
The PC was purchased in Jan 04 and is a:
MESH MATRIX64 3200BPC made up of
• Athlon 64MB (ATX) – GB LAN/1394/SATA/RAID/AUDIO(KBV-D)
• Athlon 64 3200+
• 612MB PC3200 DDR-MEMORY (400MHZ)
• 2 x 120gb SERIAL ATA(150mb/s) ultra fast hard drive
OS Windows XP Pro SP2
Since I have purchased the PC, I have had a number of OS and other problems
resulting in the PC being returned to the manufacturer 3 times and having the
OS rebuilt.
So here goes on the latest trial and tribulations of the wee beast!!
1. Downloaded a number of updates from Windows, which included a video
controller update
2. Following restarting the PC, was prompted to the found new hardware,
relating to the video controller, which went into a circular loop as no
software/drivers on the PC as this had been generated following update.
3. Went to system restore to rollback updates – tried 2 previous system
restore points – earliest was 2 days previous – response was to “unable to
complete restoreâ€
4. Went to device manager and found video controller indicated as yellow
question mark – could not find monitor on device manager.
5. Tried to reboot through computer manufacturers own restore process loaded
onto PC accesses through start up process – did not work and then no longer
able to see desktop, could see start up process to windows XP logo and
processing pipe (see previous question)
6. Replaced graphics card – no difference – now get blue screen (image
available) with technical information on bottom which reads:
***STOP: OX 0000000A (OX 44005 c00, OX00000002, OX 00000002, OX00000001, OX
804E785E)
Currently I cannot access my desktop as the monitor goes blank after the
Windows XP logo and processing pipe
That’s the story as far as I remember it; add some frustrations, a small
rant and general combobulation and the saga of the PC is complete.
The question is “Is this PC worth having time and money spent on it to get
it to work or should I accept that it is and has been a bit of a nightmare
and invest in a new one!!â€
--
Regards
Repurr
"Malke" wrote:
> Repurr wrote:
> > Thanks for your reply, re the monitor, not sure it will, but at the moment I
> > cannot get to my desktop (actually see it) as the PC goes through the set up
> > process upto the Microsoft XP pro logo window with the little pipe and
> > running blue jobbies going through it and then it goes blank.
> >
> > Ideas or pointers as always appreciated
>
> Since you haven't provided any information about the exact error, the
> recent history of this machine (i.e., the answer to The First Question
> Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time things worked and the
> time they didn't?), or what you've already tried, it's impossible to
> give you much focused help.
>
> Some general things to try:
>
> 1. Try Safe Mode.
> 2. Try using the /BASEVIDEO switch from msconfig if you can get into
> Safe Mode.
> 3. If you can't get into Safe Mode, try Last Known Good Configuration.
> 4. Hardware issue? Attach the computer to a different monitor. If the
> problem still exists, swap out the video card for a known-working one.
>
> Help us help you by reading this before your next post:
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>
> Malke
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