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How do I solve this? PC failed to boot at checkpoint VMGR

I'm working on a PC that gets past the Dell flash screen and stops with the cursor flashing in the upper left hand corner.
After Ctrl-Alt-Del 3 or 4 times the error msg comes up that the PC failed at checkpoint VMGR.

Any suggestions???

Thanks,

tcstech4b

Callandor

You may have a hardware problem with the hard drive. A diagnostic program run on the drive might help:
Maxtor/Quantum http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/products/index.htm
Fujitsu http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com/download/hard-drives/#diagnostic
Samsung http://www.samsungelectronics.com/hdd/support/utilities/utilities_index.html
Seagate http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html
Western Digital http://support.wdc.com/download/
www.westerndigital.com
IBM and Hitachi http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT

You may have a bad Windows driver. If you are running WinXP, a repair install might fix it:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm

tomar31

give Dell Support a call (1800) 981-3355

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tfjeff

normally you can run hdd diags that are built into the system bios/hdd by pressing <ctrl> + <alt> + <d> at the dell screen. Try this, also, if your system is newer, you can press f12 at the dell logo screen and choose "boot to utility partition" then run the quick tests or express tests....this will run a quick hardware check on the entire system. Start with that and see what happens.
jeff

bgoins

Got this from a Dell message board:

A failure at Vmgr says that your system can't load or initialize a PCI option ROM. Remove all your PCI cards from the system, disable any onboard network interface, and try to get the system booted. If it still doesn't work, the system may be beyond repair.

When you boot it, let it sit for a while - the error may just need to time-out. When you reboot it, the system remembers the last "checkpoint" before the system stalled, and it reports that to you on the next boot.

B

cooljai1

Remove all PCI cards, restart the system, hit F2 , goto BIOS, make sure that all your three keyboard lights are lit (num lck, caps lck, scroll lck). Press ALT+E, then restart the system again. The next screen would say "Automatic --- configuration". After that screen, shut the system down, replace once card at a time and restart.