Striped display then hangs upon XP startup
Hi,
Need help everyone. I'm trying to save this laptop :D. So as stated in my title, when I load XP Home SP 3 it halts and displays appearance when it is about to enter the desktop or when it started performing disk check. What could have caused this and how do I fix the problem?
Btw, my laptop is already 5+ years old, I'm thinking if this is a caused by a faulty video card, am I correct? Hope you could help me out asap. TIA.
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Need help everyone. I'm trying to save this laptop :D. So as stated in my title, when I load XP Home SP 3 it halts and displays appearance when it is about to enter the desktop or when it started performing disk check. What could have caused this and how do I fix the problem?
Btw, my laptop is already 5+ years old, I'm thinking if this is a caused by a faulty video card, am I correct? Hope you could help me out asap. TIA.
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LDH
Yes, this is probably caused by a damaged video card. Are the stripes showing up in the BIOS?
It looks like faulty memory (RAM) module.
I think it's time for you to buy a new notebook computer.
Old computer parts are expensive for their scarceness.
I think it's time for you to buy a new notebook computer.
Old computer parts are expensive for their scarceness.
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@all: Thank you for your quick response
@LDH : Stripes don't show up when running BIOS
@jhp333: Speaking of faulty RAM, I did replace a 256 RAM with a spare 512 RAM, so this might have cause the problem?
@LDH : Stripes don't show up when running BIOS
@jhp333: Speaking of faulty RAM, I did replace a 256 RAM with a spare 512 RAM, so this might have cause the problem?
Try a live Linux CD such as Knoppix http://www.knoppix.org/ or Ubuntu http://www.ubuntu.com/
If a similar problem occurs there it is your video card. If it doesn't then it is the Windows disk.
If a similar problem occurs there it is your video card. If it doesn't then it is the Windows disk.
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If you have a vga port you can also plug in an external monitor to check the video card.
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Tested the RAM 1 by 1 and it was a faulty RAM indeed! Thanks everyone!