Startup Issues

jackajesusfrea · 06-07-2009, 03:45 AM

My son has a Compaq Presario C700. It is out of warranty and has some startup issues. Sometimes when he boots up all he gets is a black screen and a cursor arrow. He has to hold down the power button to restart and sometimes several times. Before I pay money I thought I'd pick the brains of some of you experts online first. Any ideas?

Anti-Trend · 06-07-2009, 02:53 PM

That's pretty tough to go on to be honest, since the details are pretty spartan. It could be a problem with your OS, hardware, or both. I'd run a pass with Memtest86+ overnight and make sure the RAM's intact, as it's one of the more sensitive components in the system. If you come out the other side with zero memory errors, try reinstalling the operating system. If he's running Windows, it's the most insecure and unstable OS out there, so just about anything could have happened.

donkey42 · 07-07-2009, 01:01 PM

and try booting a LiveCD with linux on it, to verify that Win is not the prob

i suggest Kubuntu

06-07-2009, 03:45 AM	# 1 (permalink) Top
jackajesusfrea Geek Trainee Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1 Status: Offline	Startup Issues My son has a Compaq Presario C700. It is out of warranty and has some startup issues. Sometimes when he boots up all he gets is a black screen and a cursor arrow. He has to hold down the power button to restart and sometimes several times. Before I pay money I thought I'd pick the brains of some of you experts online first. Any ideas?

06-07-2009, 02:53 PM	# 2 (permalink) Top
Anti-Trend Nonconformist Geek Join Date: Oct 2003 Age: 28 Male Posts: 5,520 Times Helpful: 662 Status: Offline My Computer	That's pretty tough to go on to be honest, since the details are pretty spartan. It could be a problem with your OS, hardware, or both. I'd run a pass with Memtest86+ overnight and make sure the RAM's intact, as it's one of the more sensitive components in the system. If you come out the other side with zero memory errors, try reinstalling the operating system. If he's running Windows, it's the most insecure and unstable OS out there, so just about anything could have happened. __________________ Try Linux \| Install Linux \| Visit My Server \| Support HWF \| HWF Kernel Repo \| Remember Everything

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donkey42 in doubt, give it a clout Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 36 Male Posts: 6,353 Times Helpful: 338 My Mood: Paranoid Status: Offline My Computer	and try booting a LiveCD with linux on it, to verify that Win is not the prob i suggest Kubuntu __________________ GRUB manual \| distromania \| Distrowatch \| ~~Kubuntu~~ \| hwf.myminicity \| My Distro (Lenny)

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