Wierd comuter bootup problem

[abusam]

Hi all,  

I have a problem booting up the following system


AMD System Xp2200
 512MB Ram
 40G HD
 Windows XP Pro
 
 Pc boots up goes past POST, then blank screen- monitor light turns
 orange, pc still on.
 
 Stays like that for a while (approx 2min) then optical mouse light
 flashes, then monitor turns on (blue light) for 1sec then goes off,
 after that if you press a key on keyboard the pc kicks in and windows xp
 logo comes up and pc boots up as normal...
 
 Now what am I doing wrong?
 
 I checked settings in xp- all fine.
 
 Went into bios -nothing wrong everything seems set right.
 
 Cant be the memory can it?..if it then it'll fail on POST wont it?

help greatly appreciated!

abusam

[unlovedwarrior]

turn it off open it up and take out the ram stick(s) and video card and reseat them one at a time and ie take the vid card out then put it back in then turn it on and seee if that works


unlovedwarrior