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Start up freezes and restarts.

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Name: thedanielrecord
Date: January 30, 2004 at 11:57:14 Pacific
OS: WinXP pro
CPU/Ram: AMD 1.2 , 512 DDRAM
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This happens every morning or after any long period of time when my computer is off. I start up the computer and it freezes on the start up screen. The blue bar stops and it's appearance is different. It's no longer a segmented bar but like two hollow bars( if that makes any sense.) I then have to restart and the computer usually starts up fine. Every now and then it'll reset on the "WELCOME" window. Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?



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Name: tenaciousmanwhore
Date: January 30, 2004 at 12:55:34 Pacific
Reply:

CPU might be heating up.... maybe replace the fan or heat sink

i'm spent.. all this hacking is making me tired


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Response Number 2
Name: johnnywasnaked
Date: January 30, 2004 at 12:59:59 Pacific
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or just vacuum all the dust off of the heatsink


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Response Number 3
Name: thedanielrecord
Date: January 30, 2004 at 13:57:27 Pacific
Reply:

Hmm, i also failed to mention it takes a very long time to start up. Probably a few minutes instead of the usual 30 seconds or so. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll post a reply about the vacuuming. thanks again.


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Response Number 4
Name: thedanielrecord
Date: January 31, 2004 at 10:38:39 Pacific
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Hmm, I did all the vacuuming and it didn't seem to fix anything. Logically, the heat shouldn't be a factor if the computer has been off for 8 hrs. I don't know, the computer will run fine once it starts going. I can turn it off for about an hour and turn it back on and I won't have these problems. Anyone else got any ideas? thanks


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