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Hi All,
just installed a free copy of xp media edition but ive got a major problem.
When the computer loads up, its gets to a screen with a plane blue backround. after around 15seconds, it restarts. this happens over and over and i cant get onto anything :s
Any ideas?
Cheers.
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Posted: 2006-06-07 20:38:43
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go into bios, format hd and try it again, i bet u ne money lukes reponce will be to buy a mac
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Posted: 2006-06-07 20:50:19
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lol,
any other ideas?
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Posted: 2006-06-07 20:57:15
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Just to clarify, you successfully installed media centre but now the PC boots to a blank blue screen and then reboots itself?
Or do you mean that the media centre setup application doesn't load when you try to install it?
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Posted: 2006-06-07 21:00:17
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yeh that'll be luke's responce
@brownlad - umm....is this a first time installation on the computer, or is it a re-install when media centre was on the computer before. if it is a first-time, then please say what the computer is e.g. homebuilt/pre-built etc. and if you built it then what mobo / mem / cpu you used etc. I know that certain combinations of mobo, mem + cpu don't happily work together (quite like your way) infact i've seen a computer that was a 1.8ghz machine having to be turned down to 1050mhz because it just wouldn't work.
awave
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Posted: 2006-06-07 21:01:30
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@ Cyco - The installation was completed and got to the welcome screen but then restarted, since then it has been going to a blue screen and restarting over and over
@ Awave - There should be no compatability problems as i was using media edition before the clean install. Also i have not overclocked or stuff like that.
cheers people, thanks for the help
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Posted: 2006-06-07 21:17:30
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Is it just a blue screen? Any error messages?
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Posted: 2006-06-07 21:24:00
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Urgh, it often means that windows no longer likes one or more bits of your hardware because it's failing, usually memory and occasionally just about any other bit of a computer you can think of
I know it's strange that the PC can behave perfectly before the reinstall, but that's how it happens sometimes.
Maybe try the repair reinstall option first, then a full reinstall with full format one more time just to make sure it's not down to a disk reading error or something silly like that.
If it still won't go on, I'd start swapping memory chips first of all.
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[ This Message was edited by: Cycovision on 2006-06-07 20:31 ]
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Posted: 2006-06-07 21:28:18
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nope nothing, it was this colour...
like the defualt background on a windows ME screen maybe.
thanks for advice cyco, ill do a quick repair thing now and come back on in a hr
[ This Message was edited by: brownlad007 on 2006-06-07 20:30 ]
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Posted: 2006-06-07 21:28:45
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ok just tryed it again. restarts r the same. then i put in the xp disk and it wont detect it :s ...
now instead of going to the blue screen, it hnags at a black screen just after checking the floppy and cd drive for boot files
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Posted: 2006-06-07 21:50:37
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