Quote: Originally Posted by
alpha_mosaic 
Once again, thank you dzomlija,
I installed XP Pro on it to see if it makes any differences, and the same problem still came up.
Blank screen when I push the power button, and I would have to restart to get to the BIOS screen. Once it starts up it operates fine but I don't think condition like this is a healthy one for the machine(lol I've already backed up my data (there weren't much on it to begin with) so I'm glad for that. Think I'll send it in now...
What you can also do as a last test before sending it in to the shop, is to remove and re-seat the memory. Likely if the problem is memory, then the BIOS should indicate that, but the problem could be subtle enough to escape the BIOS tests, but severe enough to cause boot problems....