I have an issue with my pc, which doesn't always boot.
Issue:
Basicly, the problems start when it gets to some command line right after the motherboard screen.
I will see an empty command line where it will get stuck.
Now after a few attempts the pc will get past the command line and boot the OS.
Details:
-4gb ram (2x1gb)
-AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.0Ghz
-NVIDIA 9400GT
-ASUS M2N68-CM
-Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
-It's a shitty prebuilt
Now a more intresting detail:
I believe this message was shown after it displays the video card details.
'EXPRESSION GATE IS NOT INSTALLED THIS BUILD IS INCOMPLETE'
(I believe it said something like this)
It never really bothered me since the computer ran just fine until this weird boot happens.
Now, I have no idea if that expression gate is important, but I figured you guys might know.
So are there any suggestions to what it could be or/and how to fix it?
Could be a faulty RAM
If it would be faulty RAM then it shouldn't boot at all I guess, but that's just my speculation.
It could fail randomly on specific parts, like it would maybe fail at somewhere windows tries to write stuff, but fails and cause that error?
[editline]03:06PM[/editline]
[url]http://www.memtest.org/[/url]
Try that, if you want run multiple tests, so you know it would probably fail one if it was the RAM
Just a quick question: is USB also bootable?
Nevermind, I just found a download for a USB drive
depends on your BIOS, go into your BIOS configuration and check if theres any options for it, most PC's support it
[editline]03:13PM[/editline]
it can really be faults in anything, could even be CPU failing some assembly instuction randomly, you'll need to test all of it probably
[editline]03:15PM[/editline]
Swap your ram sticks and check if that works
Do you mean like switching them from slots? (RAM)
I do not have any spare RAM sticks around here.
Switch slots, if the ram is faulty then this it should boot, atleast untill it goes onto the second stick
Run memtest, if that is fine run a HDD S.M.A.R.T. scan.
You can also put in your windows CD and choose repair, if the RAM isnt faulty you can try that, after a HDD scan, read above
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