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I've found that if I perform a straight cold boot, first of the day, my
computers window bar continues to cycle. See my question of 8/20. However, if
I press "Del" in the initial stage of bootup and leave my computer in the
BIOS setup mode for 2-3 minutes and then exit I am able to boot normally. I
suspect that I may have a problem with the motherboard or one of the PCI
cards having a bad component. Any comments would be appreciated.

 

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"Seasick Sailor" <SeasickSailor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I've found that if I perform a straight cold boot, first of the day, my
> computers window bar continues to cycle. See my question of 8/20. However,
> if
> I press "Del" in the initial stage of bootup and leave my computer in the
> BIOS setup mode for 2-3 minutes and then exit I am able to boot normally.
> I
> suspect that I may have a problem with the motherboard or one of the PCI
> cards having a bad component. Any comments would be appreciated.

If I had to take a wild guess, I'd say power supply. It would be the first
thing I would test.

 

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"D.Currie" wrote:

>
> "Seasick Sailor" <SeasickSailor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9534051F-6BB7-4578-B34E-A09EB911C0BC@microsoft.com...
> > I've found that if I perform a straight cold boot, first of the day, my
> > computers window bar continues to cycle. See my question of 8/20. However,
> > if
> > I press "Del" in the initial stage of bootup and leave my computer in the
> > BIOS setup mode for 2-3 minutes and then exit I am able to boot normally.
> > I
> > suspect that I may have a problem with the motherboard or one of the PCI
> > cards having a bad component. Any comments would be appreciated.
>
> If I had to take a wild guess, I'd say power supply. It would be the first
> thing I would test.
>
>
>This is GREAT!!! I switched the power supply to one of slightly less wattage and low and behold the computer cold booted properly this morning. THANK YOU VERY MUCH "D". This was one of those things that seemed to bother me almost all the time and when resolved really makes a difference, thanks again.

 

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"Seasick Sailor" <SeasickSailor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "D.Currie" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Seasick Sailor" <SeasickSailor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:9534051F-6BB7-4578-B34E-A09EB911C0BC@microsoft.com...
>> > I've found that if I perform a straight cold boot, first of the day, my
>> > computers window bar continues to cycle. See my question of 8/20.
>> > However,
>> > if
>> > I press "Del" in the initial stage of bootup and leave my computer in
>> > the
>> > BIOS setup mode for 2-3 minutes and then exit I am able to boot
>> > normally.
>> > I
>> > suspect that I may have a problem with the motherboard or one of the
>> > PCI
>> > cards having a bad component. Any comments would be appreciated.
>>
>> If I had to take a wild guess, I'd say power supply. It would be the
>> first
>> thing I would test.
>>
>>
>>This is GREAT!!! I switched the power supply to one of slightly less
>>wattage and low and behold the computer cold booted properly this morning.
>>THANK YOU VERY MUCH "D". This was one of those things that seemed to
>>bother me almost all the time and when resolved really makes a difference,
>>thanks again.

Glad it worked!