Author Topic: Compy in Need of Halp :C (Read 716 times)

Volko · June 17, 2011, 08:13:10 PM

So I dug out an old Intel computer with Windows XP, hooked it up to a monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. And when I power on it loads the main welcome screens, the screen goes dark, leaving me with a black screen and a movable cursor. What to do???

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Skip · June 17, 2011, 08:14:24 PM

Volko you're alive!

And for some reason my computer does this right before the login screen, but only for about five seconds.
How long did you wait it out?

Volko · June 17, 2011, 08:16:44 PM

It's literally still doing it as I type this. It has been for a good hour. Nothing I do makes it stop, but the cursor is movable and occasionally when I click it it beeps.

Sheath · June 17, 2011, 08:18:34 PM

Try booting in safe mode. Apparently this even happens in Vista and 7 sometimes, the solution was to re-install the OS as it might be damaged.

On a side note, I even had a similar problem with OSX. Leads me to believe if any operating system is damaged in some way, it might have trouble getting to the login screen. Just a crazy theory though lul.

Nickelob Ultra · June 17, 2011, 08:20:11 PM

Sounds like either the computer is really, really clogged up with a bunch of stuff and the computer is slow, which means it has to take a long as hell time to get going or your OS is damaged.

Volko · June 17, 2011, 08:21:47 PM

Just found out, it doesn't even have an original OS. Not even XP. Gonna sift through a stuff ton of programs and try and find an OS disc.

Volko · June 17, 2011, 08:24:19 PM

It's an OmniPro. Just that, with Intel Pentium 4. No OS.

james4115 · June 17, 2011, 08:30:24 PM

Quote from: Volko on June 17, 2011, 08:13:10 PM

So I dug out an old Intel computer with Windows XP

Quote from: Volko on June 17, 2011, 08:24:19 PM

It's an OmniPro. Just that, with Intel Pentium 4. No OS.

ಠ_ಠ

Volko · June 17, 2011, 08:44:46 PM

Quote from: james4115 on June 17, 2011, 08:30:24 PM

ಠ_ಠ

Ok ok ok. I know man. I know.

Snaffle J. Bean · June 17, 2011, 09:45:24 PM

Quote from: Volko on June 17, 2011, 08:21:47 PM

Just found out, it doesn't even have an original OS. Not even XP. Gonna sift through a stuff ton of programs and try and find an OS disc.

Ubuntuuuuu~

Ethan · June 17, 2011, 10:39:17 PM

Don't you have any OS disks?
I have a Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows XP and Windows Vista within arms reach. Always handy.

By the way, you wouldn't be getting a cursor if it had no OS. A cursor is part of an OS, not the computer BIOS or anything.

Trymos · June 17, 2011, 10:44:12 PM

Wouldn't it say "No operating system found" if you have no OS?

Flush535 · June 17, 2011, 10:45:22 PM

If you can't find the OS thing, burn Ubuntu onto a disc or something.