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Actually, I did replace the harddrive with a brand new unit, and tried a fresh install; same results. I also cannot see any obvious leaky or swollen capacitors. I will try MEMTEST86+ next. Thanks!

I didn't think I needed any drivers, and this confused the hell out of me. I can get the system to start up to the point where I can choose "safe mode, safe mode with networking," etc, and even up to the point where it displays "Starting Windows" with the little Windows flourish;...

I woke up Saturday morning to find my PC unable to boot up. It is an h8-1214 64bit with Win7 Home Premium. It will get to the point where it says "Starting Windows", then the little colorful Windows flourish, then nothing...Tried a reinstall, but I get the message: "A required CD/DVD ...

Update: I just installed a brand new OEM motherboard M2M68-LA, installed processor, replaced dead CMOS battery that came with the new board; carefully checked all connections, jumpers, including memory sticks...nada. The PS lights up, but the LED goes out as soon as the power button is pushed. There...

Thanks FP. At this point, a fresh install is no problem, lol.

Thanks for the update Err! That is about $25.00 cheaper than the OEM motherboard, which is a critical factor, lol. I tried Flying Penguins suggestion of removing all the RAM and stuff; it still wouldn't power up, so it must be the motherboard. I will probably go with your suggestion, Err, with the r...

Err, I triple-checked all connections, making sure that the four-pin connector was secure as well as the 24pin connector. I will try to bypass the power button per your suggestion Flying Penguin. Thanks!

Thanks to both normalicy & renovation. I tried the paper clip trick and both power supply's seem to be ok. I could find no obvious capacitor problems, and I made sure all the connections were solid. I sourced a replacement motherboard (M2N68-LA (Narra)) on ebay for around $68.00 plus $9.00 shipp...

I have a 4 or 5 year old HP Pavilion m8000n media center, in which several years ago I installed an Nvidia 9500GT graphics card. It worked fine for a few years, but died on me late last year. I had to park the HP for a few months until I could afford a new graphics card. I recently obtained a new gr...

Hello all...once again I am plagued with a trojan/virus. It is called 'Windows Restore' and it has almost completely co-opted my system. I have run Super Anti Spyware, PC Doctor, AVG, nothing works. I also get a warning: "Windows-Delayed Write Filed" that says, "Windows was unable to ...

A friend of mine, who is part owner of a land surveying company, recently had a catastrophic hard drive crash and lost about a dozen years of work. They did have it backed up, but it appears that the data is corrupted. They are working on a shoestring budget and need something as close to free as po...

Thanks for the help FP! Since there is no critical data on the drive and I have the key on the COA sticker, I went ahead and tried to reinstall XP I got from a torrent site. It all went smoothly...for a while. The partition could not be reformatted for some reason, which killed the reinstall. Can I ...

I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop m#M55-S139 with XP Home Edition installed. I do not have the original install discs or recovery discs. It will not boot up and I get the following error message: Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\system32\ntoskr...

I cleaned a LOT of dust out the CPU heatsink the other day...I figured at the time that that was the prob. I think maybe overheating issues over a period of time may have damaged the CPU, so I guess I will replace that first and go from there. I have already sourced a CPU at Tiger Direct for around ...

I have an HP m8000n media center comp. around 3 years old. It has recently started randomly shutting down. When I reboot, it will stay on for up to an hour before shutting down again. I upgraded the power supply...didn't fix it. I want to replace the motherboard and CPU. The mobo is an ASUS m2n68-la...