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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: BlackCat007 on January 24, 2005, 11:36:27 PM
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I have a Gateway desktop, runs on Windows ME. Been having problems with it locking up off and on. So I was running diagnostics often. Now it's locked up on the desktop but doesn't completely show the true desktop, e.g., the screen is black when it should be white; the icons are there, but the mouse and system immediately locks up and won't move and the keyboard will not work anything. I tried the ctrl+alt+del--nothing. I have to push the reset button each time to power down. When I reboot it runs the scan disk, then goes to the desktop and locks up, as described above.
Can I bypass the desktop to run diagnostics? If so, how? Besides going out and buying a new CPU, can anyone suggest what I should do?
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BlackCat007
" So I was running diagnostics often." So is that how you came to the conclusion that the CPU is the cause of the problem ? Have you tried booting into the safe mode ? Perhaps you should consider a format and a clean install of ME . Unless you know something we don't .........I would guess the problem isn't the CPU.
let us know
dl65 ::)