I have an emachine that is having a problem booting windows.after Post it goes to boot the os and i get a black screen. I formated the drive reinstalled and still black screen. I thought there was a problem with the hard drive so i got a new hard drive and still no windows. I thought maybe that there is a problem with the on board video so i put in a agp video card and still black screen.I have replaced the power supply also since ppl have told me that PS are a big problem with emachines. i have unpluged all unesential components and still nothing Im thinking that this means the mother board is gone but i dont have a spare to test with? The only things I havent replaced on it are the the MoBo, the Ram, and the CPU, but I was thinking that if it was either the RAm or CPU that the computer wouldnt powerup, am i right on assuming that? Specs VT8532 Mobo Athlon XP 2200 1.8ghz 128mb Ram 40 GB HD
Have you tried the screen with another computer? You said that the systemd POSTs. If your mobo, RAM, CPU or PSU were dead/faulty your system will not POST or will POST with warning beeps which will mean something. Also when the PC boots can you see anything on the screen during boot? If it boots and posts does it start to load windows? i.e. can you see the Windows progress bar?
and try another monitor on your pc P.S. Emachines also have low power PSU's, so a new PSU would be a good idea i recommend this i'm on a buget so i got a Tagen TG330-U1 good luck
I have tried a new monitor and still get the same problem. when the screen would normaly have the windows logo and the progress bar, it is black when i boot it in to safe mode it goes through the files till it gets to the mup.sys then stops. I ve googled about mup.sys errors and i seen ppl with same problem but no awnsers... if it is not the mobo then what else could it be? thnks
does it still display black if you go into safe mode ? try removing and reinserting the grfx card EDIT: just reread your post, bear with me, let me have a think
right, are you using XP SP2 if you are boot from your XP CD and enter the recovery console login to the windows you want to fix type "disable mup" then type exit and reboot (XP may reboot automatically) everything should now be tickerty boo
is it XP SP2 EDIT: you neen to install the recovery console from your XP SP2 CD type "cmd.exe" in the run dialog and press return this opens a command prompt now type this command into command prompt "d:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons" (obviously you'll need to type the location of where your winnt32.exe is) (where d: is your CD, then reboot) this puts access to the recovery console in your boot menu
I dont think so, the pc is old for an xp. it only has 128 md ram! I am d/l Win Xp Corp SP2 now i have an OS X machine that i can burn the cd with. will that work?
right you have to do somthing called slipstreaming, basically this lets you create a WinXP SP2 CD, then if you always install from that CD you will always be installing XP SP2 check this for step by step instructions you may have to network your pc and mac to use the CD burner don't worry about it XP will run with 128Mb i would recommend 256Mb or even 512Mb, personally i have 256Mb but i've not used XP for a while now, i've taken the leap to linux (Xandros) but probably not my final choice i might have another go with mandriva
let rephrase that its one of the first machines to come with XP.... whats this slip streaming , is it about burning a PC sick on a mac cause i have done that before OS X is fully capable of burning disk images its pc programs it has trouble with.
well slipstreaming is the official way of making a more up to date instalation CD for WinXP, bassically you copy the XP CD to harddisk and the slipstreaming thing makes a CD image (*.iso) file for you, you will probably need to network your pc and you mac, or the CD burner in the mac may be compatable with your pc
no the pc i have is down i can only get to the bios so i dont understand how i can use the pc to make an installation.
right, yes your experiencing boot problems related to mup.sys, to rectify this error you need a WinXP SP2 CD which is what i was trying to help you to make it would be a lot easier if you could possibly borrow an XP SP2 CD, is that possible ? this problem could be caused by bad secto on HDD, can you boot from an EBD
Assuming the disc image is correctly done, you shouldn't have any issues burning it to disc under Mac OS.
well i got a win xp sp2 cd today and i go and turn on my pc . now it goes to the emachine logo screen and stops dead . it doesnt have a post error. i unplugged my hard drive and it will now go into the bios , but i need my hard drive. i have tried differnt power connecters and still nothing i tried the ide cable from my cd rom and that did not work either. any ideas on this new problem?
