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soft boot hangs at logo
Name: moonchong Date: November 10, 2004 at 10:12:57 Pacific OS: Win2k Pro CPU/Ram: cel 550 / 128 megs
Comment:
Whenever I re-boot my laptop (e.g. after software installation), it boots up fine until the win2k logo comes on the screen. Then it hangs there forever. The blue bars at the bottom of the screen reaches approximately 70-75% when it hangs (always at the same point). At that point, I have to turn off the machine and hard boot. I never have this problem on hard boot.
Name: trvlr Date: November 12, 2004 at 06:12:07 Pacific
Reply:
You "may" have a failing RAM stick..., the power-down/up temporarily resolving the problem - 'til next time you do a soft boot?
If possible try a fresh known good stick of RAM and see if it resolves it. Being a laptop this may not be an easy option, but it would be a useful item to investigate.
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