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**Dzomlija** · 12-01-2007

Quote: Originally Posted by alpha_mosaic

Thanks for the thorough response dzomlija.

I ran the Hitachi Fitness test and the result came back green so I guess I could rule out the HDD for the problem. I've also ran the Memtest for about 15 passes and 0 error was found, should I still conduct the memory removal test?

The other problem I run into is the machine not even booting to the BIOS screen, it just sits there with a blank. Then I would restart couple times and it would start up as if nothing was wrong, or give me the winload.exe message. Could a faulty MB cause such problems? What's really troubling is this doesn't happen ALL the time, seems to show up once in a while.

I bought it from powernotebooks.com about 2 months ago and it's been acting like this since the purchase. I didn't do any overclocking or any hard mod yet.

A blank screen at poweron is either CPU, Motherboard or HDD connection. You've already ruled out HDD, that leaves the motherboard and/or CPU. The erratic behaviour could be an indication of failing hardware.

I think to be on the safe side while we are attempting to diagnose this problem, you should do a backup of all your important data, and keep a regular backup regimen until the problem is resolved. Just in case something pops and it does not want to switch on at all anymore.

12-01-2007	#4 (permalink)
Dzomlija Windows Vista x64 Ultimate 2,217 posts	Re: winload.exe problem with Vista x64 on non dual boot setup Quote: Originally Posted by alpha_mosaic Thanks for the thorough response dzomlija. I ran the Hitachi Fitness test and the result came back green so I guess I could rule out the HDD for the problem. I've also ran the Memtest for about 15 passes and 0 error was found, should I still conduct the memory removal test? The other problem I run into is the machine not even booting to the BIOS screen, it just sits there with a blank. Then I would restart couple times and it would start up as if nothing was wrong, or give me the winload.exe message. Could a faulty MB cause such problems? What's really troubling is this doesn't happen ALL the time, seems to show up once in a while. I bought it from powernotebooks.com about 2 months ago and it's been acting like this since the purchase. I didn't do any overclocking or any hard mod yet. A blank screen at poweron is either CPU, Motherboard or HDD connection. You've already ruled out HDD, that leaves the motherboard and/or CPU. The erratic behaviour could be an indication of failing hardware. I think to be on the safe side while we are attempting to diagnose this problem, you should do a backup of all your important data, and keep a regular backup regimen until the problem is resolved. Just in case something pops and it does not want to switch on at all anymore.
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