My computer seemed to be working fine
until about 3 weeks ago. Now 90% of the
time I try to start my computer, I get that
black screen with the blinking
red/green/blue dialogue box, saying
something like "Monitor is fine / Check
video cable or PC". When this happens,
the "power" button on the computer tower
won't turn off when I initially press it: I
have to click off the power strip to turn the
power off. Once every couple of days,
though, when I turn the power strip on
and hit the power button on the tower, the
computer starts up like normal, going to
the blue "checking for errors" screen and
then back to normal. I can then use my
computer like normal for a while - but
often my time on the computer stops
when it freezes, and again, the power
button on the tower doesn't seem to
respond. It's then back to the same
frustrating blue/red/green blinking box.
OK, my question then, is: Is this simply a
problem of old cords, computer
hardware, or computer power (my
computer is 4 years old), or is this
something I could fix if and when I do get
the next chance to operate the computer.
If it's any help, this problem seemed to
start around the time an error box saying
"Cannot import C:\Windows\sp.reg: Error
opening the file. There may be a disk or
file system error" started appearing - I
don't know if they're related. (I studied the
"sp.reg" error in another discussion on
this board).
Any help on this subject would be
greatly appreciated - I've grown quite
attached to my computer and I want to
save it!! Thank you! |
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