black screen after the welcome to windows screen

sk3k · 29-06-2006, 01:56 AM

computer sometimes does not boot up after the welcome to windows screen is displayed. it is simply a black screen, but the monitor light stays lit green, it doesnt flash or turn orange. i dont have a video card to test swap it with. i currently have an oem 128 mb ati video card. i have never used it for gaming. i did a seagate seatools test on the hd, it reported no problems. the power supply is brand new enermax 400 watts. the computer is 3 yrs old, windows xp, 2.6 ghz, 512 mb. anyone recommend a sisoft sandra stress test? any response is appreciated.

thanks,

sk

Anti-Trend · 29-06-2006, 01:06 AM

Try running Memtest86+ on it overnight and see if you get any errors. Also, search around on the motherboard and video card for blown capacitors. Bad caps will probably look something like the following image:

...However, they can also manifest as merely bulging at the top, or sometimes explode out of the bottom which can be tricky to spot.

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sk3k Geek Trainee Join Date: Oct 2005 Gender: Posts: 5 Status: Offline	black screen after the welcome to windows screen computer sometimes does not boot up after the welcome to windows screen is displayed. it is simply a black screen, but the monitor light stays lit green, it doesnt flash or turn orange. i dont have a video card to test swap it with. i currently have an oem 128 mb ati video card. i have never used it for gaming. i did a seagate seatools test on the hd, it reported no problems. the power supply is brand new enermax 400 watts. the computer is 3 yrs old, windows xp, 2.6 ghz, 512 mb. anyone recommend a sisoft sandra stress test? any response is appreciated. thanks, sk Last edited by sk3k; 29-06-2006 at 01:59 AM..

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