PC hanging on first bootup only

by jaymathew5150 Nov 23, 2004 2:37AM PST

Hi All,
First of all I hope this is an XP glitch and not some hardware problem!
My PC is just over 2 yrs old:
AMD AthlonXP 1800+ on an MSI KT3 Ultra
384(256+12 MB DDR Hynix RAM,
40 GB Seagate 7200rpm HDD(divided into 4 partitions of 5+10+10+15 approx.)
Asus GeForce 4 Ti4200 128 MB RAM running on NVIDIA drivers (I think 53.03) running on Windows XP Home SP2 v.2149 and DirectX 9c and also Norton System works 2003 all fully updated! whew!
Ok now my problem.
The PC was fine till a couple of days ago when for no apparent reason it froze while I was doing some simple tasks. On restarting during the disk check i got a msg that ntuser.dat.LOG size was invalid or something to that effect. Then it would freeze again and I would have to reset again when I was given the option of startup options incl. last good settings.Then I got the error msg on successful restart:
BCCode : 100000ea BCP1 : 82FCC3C0 BCP2 : 834CF950 BCP3 : F7A14CB4
BCP4 : 00000001 OSVer : 5_1_2600 SP : 2_0 Product : 768_1

Then since yesterday when I switch it on It freezes/hangs just before it shows the user logon page and on pressing the reset button it starts normally after an apparently normal scandisk.

I have done a full virus check, scan disk/disk doctor (norton) and a defrag and all seems normal.
But this freezing is troubling me I hope it is not an omen of bad things to come like a HD problem I have a LOT of data i cannot afford to lose due to a bad HD or something like that.

Please help if someone has an idea of what maybe wrong!

Thanks a lot
Jay

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Re: PC hanging on first bootup only

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Nov 23, 2004 2:42AM PST

I'd open the case cover and look for domed and/or leaking motherboard capacitors. I'd also want to find a 400 of better Watt power supply.

I'd reseat the cards, try just one memory stick and retest.

Best of luck,

Bob

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Re: PC hanging on first bootup only

by David Chan Nov 23, 2004 2:58AM PST

Your partitioning setup is seriously flawed:
"40 GB Seagate 7200rpm HDD(divided into 4 partitions of 5+10+10+15 approx.)"

If you are using 5GB for your C Drive where XP is installed you'll soon run out of disk space!

Also check the following:
1. Motherboard capacitors for signs of leakage of buldging. Such can cause irratic behavior.
2. Scan for Spyware & Trojans.
3. Perform a diagnostic test on your Seagate HDD.

I'd backup all files and reconfigure the HDD partitions to just two equal partitions so that XP has the room to create System CheckPoints.

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Thanks but new prob just detected!

by jaymathew5150 Nov 23, 2004 3:29AM PST

Yeah I now know my partitions are inadequate! But I did not want to format everything and partition it again (that is the way to do it idn't it?)
Just now I noticed another problem the monitor blinked a few times and goes into standby by itself on switiching it off and then back on its seems ok. Another omen?
Thanks

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That can be the same issues.

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Nov 23, 2004 3:35AM PST

Well maybe not the odd partition scheme, but failing capacitors, a failed memory stick or aging power supply can create some quadratic explosion of errors.

You would remove the case cover so heat isn't an issue and reboot.

Bob

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Re: Thanks but new prob just detected!

by Scopip Nov 26, 2004 9:26AM PST

Intresting. My pc is an AMD 2100+. My monitor had also been irraticly getting some static sometimes even mis-alligned. Thought it was the monitor. maybe not?

What type of board do you have on your PC? mine a leadtek, nividia chipset.

Did you find the cause yet?

Dan

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