- What is the last thing shown on the screen when it stops after about 5 seconds?
- Can you go into the BIOS setup and does that work normally?
- Anything strange if you boot from your Windows disk and do a startup repair (won't harm if nothing is wrong)
- Anything strange if you boot from a Linux disk and start working with it (especially: nothing wrong if you look at the contents of your hard disk)?
Kees
ASUS CM1730 with WIN 7 Home Premium. Plain vanilla. Bought 1 1/2 years ago.
Came home from long vacation and when I tried to fire up the computer I was met with an error screen that disappeared before I could read it. Tried to reboot, but about five seconds into reboot the boot sequence stops. The only recent down load was a large Windows update a few days before I left. A visual check of the mobo looks normal with no bulging caps or other obvious problems. Other peripherels attached to same surge protector are operating normally.
What should I do next to identify and hopefully correct problem?

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