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bkenobi:

Perhaps it's just a dust bunny on the contacts inside.  Those things cause all kinds of annoying problems.  If it happened to be on a video select jumper (for instance), a vacuum might be all you need to fix it.

I'd crack the case open and look inside either way.  Worst thing that could happen is that you make it not work...no wait?   :afro:

BobA:

I don't see any recognizable XP booting info on the screen.   The intel inside info is probably sent by the bios when it starts its boot sequence.   Does it actually play a sound that is recognizable for an XP error?   I did not hear any sound on the video you recorded.  Maybe it is stopping before anything useful can be loaded.  A bootable external drive on USB or a thumb drive on USB might get you started if you can keep the bios screen up,   It the bios screen will not stay viewable it points to a MBoard problem of some sort as XP is out of the picture at that point.

javeryh:


--- Quote from: BobA on July 15, 2009, 07:49:23 pm ---I don't see any recognizable XP booting info on the screen.   The intel inside info is probably sent by the bios when it starts its boot sequence.   Does it actually play a sound that is recognizable for an XP error?   I did not hear any sound on the video you recorded.  Maybe it is stopping before anything useful can be loaded.  A bootable external drive on USB or a thumb drive on USB might get you started if you can keep the bios screen up,   It the bios screen will not stay viewable it points to a MBoard problem of some sort as XP is out of the picture at that point.

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XP does boot for a split second but isn't showing in the video because my camera only does 15 seconds.  I get the XP splash screen with the loading bar on the bottom and then the monitor goes out.  It is only displayed for 2 seconds or less but it is clearly visible ad the picture looks fine.  After much Googling I think it might be a mobo problem like you said.

BobA:

Does your BIOS setting screen go blank  as well? This would nail it down to a MB or even a power problem.


bkenobi:

If you unplug the HDD and start up the system, does it go to the disk error screen?  I think this is just a dead XP install based on what I've read, but if the display goes out after a certain time regardless of what's displayed, that's a hardware issue of some kind.

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