I have a DELL Inspiron 530 and I was having trouble with my system at start-up. At times, it would not boot-up all the way. At the DELL logo, it would stop at the halfway mark on the load line. I knew that some of my WINDOWS system32 files were corrupted (I have since learned how to repair them on my own), so I figured it was time for a new OS, so I installed a retail copy of WINDOWS 7.
I thought either my mobo or cpu was bad. I asked for advice on the forums without any luck. I started a new thread because I believe this is truly a different matter.
I realized that each time I had something plugged into a certain USB port, it wouldn't boot-up all the way. As soon as I unplug from that port and plug into another, it starts right up, no problem. Only this one particular USB port causes this to happen. It doesn't matter what I plug into it...no boot-up. If I make sure to keep this port open, it will follow through on loading WINDOWS 7 and run like a champion.
I'm not computer savvy by any means, but I am trying to become more proficient. I installed a new PSU, so I could then install the new video card, I then added 2gb of ram, so I'm not afraid to do additional work on it myself. I'm not overly confident , I know what I can and cannot do, but I am willing to go a little further if neccessary.
Does anyone have any idea what this means? Should I prepare for more problems? If so, how do I stop this from snowballing into a bigger problem? Is there something that I can do to fix this on my own?
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE ADVISE ME?
I thought either my mobo or cpu was bad. I asked for advice on the forums without any luck. I started a new thread because I believe this is truly a different matter.
I realized that each time I had something plugged into a certain USB port, it wouldn't boot-up all the way. As soon as I unplug from that port and plug into another, it starts right up, no problem. Only this one particular USB port causes this to happen. It doesn't matter what I plug into it...no boot-up. If I make sure to keep this port open, it will follow through on loading WINDOWS 7 and run like a champion.
I'm not computer savvy by any means, but I am trying to become more proficient. I installed a new PSU, so I could then install the new video card, I then added 2gb of ram, so I'm not afraid to do additional work on it myself. I'm not overly confident , I know what I can and cannot do, but I am willing to go a little further if neccessary.
Does anyone have any idea what this means? Should I prepare for more problems? If so, how do I stop this from snowballing into a bigger problem? Is there something that I can do to fix this on my own?
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE ADVISE ME?