Tried isolating the components - disconnected the CD-ROM, HDD, FDD, as well as RAM, and it STILL gives me the same nonsense.
It all started when my Mum was formatting some Floppy disks, and suddenly the screen went all haywire (system hang + purple/orange/green mishmash of colours and text)... after that, it just refused to boot up consistently.
The only major component I installed recently was a 19" LCD WS monitor (from 17") with a direct power supply from a wall outlet.
I can hear the HDD (if its connected) loading, but there is no 'beep' that signifies that the system is loading normally, and the screen remains blank. Disturbingly, it randomly (perhaps 1 out of 10 times) gets past the boot screen, but then hangs at the Windows 'Welcome' screen.
Can anyone pls help me. I am at the end of my tether on this.