[pchelpers] Re: White Screen Locks up on Boot Up

  • From: PcCowboy <saddle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 08:09:04 -0600

Cyril Halbach wrote:

>    A friend of mine runs Windows 98 OS  as well as broadband Cable
>internet.  While on the internet using Internet Explorer her system locked
>up with a white screen. When she tried to reboot, it came up to the point
>where it displayed the Windows 98 Screen then a black screen and locked up.
>Over the phone I had her bring it up in safe mode and it got to the point
>where the screen does indicate safe mode however it locked up before the
>desktop displayed. The button bars on the bottom are not available therefore
>Start is not available.
>  
>
Here is a thought. Check out the cpu fan. Sounds like what was happening 
to my wife's computer. It would
lock up at difference times during the boot process depending on the 
load on the cpu.

Pc
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