hi guys i have borrowed a friends computer to contact you today. i have copied my bios onto a piece of paper and have checked that everything is still as it was when it operated ok .. it is still fine i.e still the same. my computer starts fine it goes through the memory check the windows emblem comes on screen then i have a black screen only and nothing else happens until i reset and get the same again .. i have windows home sp3 installed and cannot boot using disk either.. i have also tried safe mode , last known good config, debugging mode, and reboot, i have removed the memory sticks in this computer which are ddr and tried them in my computer and still get the same result. i have also removed my friends graphics card and tried that option as well no good result either .. i have even been given an option to type r to repair and that results in the computer restarting itself it has d/load home sp 3 again but on completion leaves me with a blackscreen .. i have recieved this message at one time today...a problem has been detected by windows and needs to shut down your computer . if this is the first time you see this screen take these steps check with your bios vendor for updates.. disable bios memory such as caching and shadowing ( which is done ) then restart into safe mode technical info states .. STOP 0x0000008e ( 0xc0000005, 0xf84c7c13, 0xf809f7e4, 0x00000000 ) setupdd.sys - address f84c7c13 , base at f849b000, datestamp 48025277 i also receieved on another page TRAP 00000006========exception============ tr=0028 cr0=80000011 cr2=00000000 cr3= 00039000 gdt limit= 03ff base=0003f000 idt limit=07ff base= 0003f400 cs: eip=008: 0040737f ss:esp=0010: 0005f5c errcode=0000 flags=00010086 NoCy NoZr Intdis Down TrapDis eax=00008000 ebx=00008000 ecx=00000000 edx= 00480001 ds=0010 es=0010 edi=80507580 esi=00488000 ebp=0005f978 cr0=80000011 fs= 0030 gs=0000 ( if someone may understand what this all means and can help me out i would be extremly grateful thank you )