Boot Freeze

[fizz]

Hi

I have developed a problem on my 2nd PC (the modded one) at start first boot screen shows MoBo, Ram, CPU, options for BIOS ect, second boot screen shows and sticks ? if i hit restart button on the front of the PC startup is normal ? i have checked all connections and both HDDs are clean (no virus or spyware) Device Manager tells me everything is OK also i have run HJT and compared the log with an earlier log (nothing unexpected) PC runs well and fast except this second boot screen sticking (photo of the said screen) i am puzzled, any advice on this problem appreciated (i am out some today so i will reply to any replies as when i can) thank you, Fizz

Spec, Asrock P4i45GV R5.0, CPU P4 3.06 GHz Northwood, Ram 1024MB, G/C Gefroce 6600 GT, HDD X 2 80GB / 200GB, LAN 802.3u, 10/100 Ethernet PCI LAN, WOL supported

This is where it freezes

[Cricket]

Try disconnecting the optical drives and see if it'll boot up normally.

Cricket

[fizz]

Hi Cricket

I did that and yes PC boots up fine tried 8 times no problem, reconnected drives and XP made drivers seams to be booting OK ATM, so what would that be (corrupt driver ?) Fizz

[newbuilder14]

Generally when you are having problems that late in startup it is caused by the drives. My guess is your CMOS got temporarily corrupted somehow...

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by fizz I did that and yes PC boots up fine tried 8 times no problem, reconnected drives and XP made drivers seams to be booting OK ATM, so what would that be (corrupt driver ?) Fizz

I'm not quite sure...but I've seen a lot of threads where WinXP "loses" the optical drives. Not sure what causes that as it's never happened to me...yet.

Cricket