Black screen after bootup

[MartinMorrison]

Hi everyone

I'm back with another problem!

Well I have this fairly old PC and I was running it yesturday and I've been getting alot of errors recently and now it won't work past booting at all.
Basically I booted it up after doing a system restore because my Mozilla file was corrupt (yes, a small thing but I liked my bookmarks) and didn't except anything bad to come of it. But after booting up it did a CHKDSK scan/fix and removed/fixed alot of those Mozilla application files. After that it refused to do anything after the Windows screen. Just a blank screen, all fans are running and it's still on. It even stopped booting for a while so I removed a RAM stick and now it boots fine till after the Windows screen. Tried using speakers to see if I could hear the Windows startup music but that doesn't play.

The system is:
P4 3.2GHZ single core
512 RAM (now 256)
Windows XP SP 2
AGP GeForce 7600GS
300W PSU

Yeah and another thing, safe mode doesn't work :x It just gives me a whole lot of text along the lines of:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS\System32\Driver\mountMgr.sys
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS\System32\Driver\Ftdisk.sys
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS\System32\Driver\dmload.sys
etc
etc

Just stays frozen on that screen.

It's not the monitor, I've tested that, anything I can do to fix it?

 

[dequadin]

If you need your data and can't get it off with another PC, I'd suggest do a "repair installation" after booting from your XP CD.

 

[HavocXphere]

Yeah and another thing, safe mode doesn't work :x It just gives me a whole lot of text along the lines of:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS\System32\Driver\mountMgr.sys
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS\System32\Driver\Ftdisk.sys
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS\System32\Driver\dmload.sys
etc
etc

Just stays frozen on that screen.

The last item it on the screen will be the one thats causing the problem.

Download memtest86 and let it run for a few hours.

 

[MartinMorrison]

Havoc, there are alot more of those. And I can't get into my PC at all to run memtest or do you mean something else?

Dequadin I will try that if I can find my CD :\

 

[kronoSX]

try safe mode vga

 

[Crusader]

The safe mode can take quite a while to load, especially on older PC's. I helped out some people and they kept saying it wouldn't go into safe mode. I had them wait for at least 10 minutes and it worked. Seems like they were to impatient to allow the safe mode to load properly... they waited only a minute and then rebooted!

 

[MartinMorrison]

try safe mode vga

How do I try that? I only have Safe Mode with networking, Safe Mode with command prompt and Safe Mode.

 

[kronoSX]

no safe mode with vga...what windows is this again...lol
If you can go into vga mode..i am sure there is a option after you keep f8 in

 

[MartinMorrison]

Windows XP

 

[MartinMorrison]

The safe mode can take quite a while to load, especially on older PC's. I helped out some people and they kept saying it wouldn't go into safe mode. I had them wait for at least 10 minutes and it worked. Seems like they were to impatient to allow the safe mode to load properly... they waited only a minute and then rebooted!

I left the safe mode screen on for at least an hour. It looks like it crashed.

 

[Crusader]

I left the safe mode screen on for at least an hour. It looks like it crashed.

Ok, that rules that possibility out then.

 

[kronoSX]

there has to be a video safemode if i recall correctly

 

[HavocXphere]

Havoc, there are alot more of those.

Yes. Thats perfectly normal that there are ltos of them. My point is that the last one listed before it freezes is the one that is causing you grief.

And I can't get into my PC at all to run memtest or do you mean something else?

Dequadin I will try that if I can find my CD :\

memtest is not run from within windows. It is an ISO image that you copy onto a CD and then you boot from the CD. Make sure you copy the data within the ISO, cause if you just copy the file onto the CD then the PC can't boot from it.

Then you have to change the boot order so that the PC boots off the CD not the harddisk. And then it checks your RAM for defects.

 

[Tun@]

Hi everyone

Basically I booted it up after doing a system restore because my Mozilla file was corrupt (yes, a small thing but I liked my bookmarks) and didn't except anything bad to come of it.

Once you get it going again take a look at grabbing Mozbackup that will backup your Mozilla Bookmarks/Mail etc.
nice + simple + free + WORKS
http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/

 

[MartinMorrison]

there has to be a video safemode if i recall correctly

I can't seem to find it. Anyway I took out the graphics card and it still won't run so that's not faulty...

I ran the Memtest and got "Test Passed, press escape to exit".

Guess that means my RAM is also okay?

So what could it be...

 

[AirWolf]

I can't seem to find it. Anyway I took out the graphics card and it still won't run so that's not faulty...

I ran the Memtest and got "Test Passed, press escape to exit".

Guess that means my RAM is also okay?

So what could it be...

Best bet would be a repair install.

 

[MartinMorrison]

I need an admin password to do that >.>

sigh!