Windows 2000 Stuck at Boot up

[~*McoreD*~]

Hi,

I got this email from a friend. I hope our BetaONE friends will have the answer.
Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Quote:

Hey, this problem?s been bugging me for so many years since the introduction of Win2K.

You see, every time I install and start using either Windows 2000 or XP, they get stuck at boot up !!. This happens usually after several days from the installation, but sometimes it happens just as soon as I finish the setup L The progress indicator goes halfway and stops dead. No matter how long I wait, or how many times I restart the machine, it stubbornly refuses to go beyond that point. So I just switch off the computer in frustration and switch it on the next day. If I am lucky, it might start working again for a several days more and then go kaput again.

The problem is that I can?t even restart the computer, if I have been using it for about 2 hours. L It gets stuck at boot up !!

As this happens every time I install Win2k or XP, (Even if I use different CD?s) I suppose that this might be a problem that?s common to some others too.  So plz try to find out more about this thing from your online community willya ?

Thnx.

[BigHead50]

Just a couple of Obvious recomendations

Check the Memory ... Change out or try other known good memory..

Update the Motherboard Bios....

Make sure this machine is NOT overclocked.... I know some will say that you can get away with this, and sometimes you can BUT sometimes you can't, and its NOT worth the trouble it can cause....

Make sure the cooling fan on the CPU heatsink is working properly, and if possible, go into the bios and check the CPU temp to make sure it is within range, and that the fan is working at the right RPM...

Take out ALL the cards except the video card to make sure that there is not a hardware conflict...Then install 1 card at a time to let Windows deal properly with the IRQ assignments.....

Hope this helps

SeeYa