SueG

Hi everyone - here's hoping you can help!. I have a Windows Vista
(Ultimate SP 1) Hp Pavilion Desktop (Intel Core duo CPU/3gb Ram/
Bios American Megatrends Graphics 512 mb Nvidia Geforce 8500 GT)
which yesterday suddenly produced a long continuous beep on booting
with an hourglass in a dark screen and would go no further. I am
able to get into Safe mode and have run some HP Diagnostics which
seem to indicate that the Drive and RAM are ok.
Could someone please give me some advice as to how to proceed from
here.I am not to sure how to add back the various drivers in Safe
Mode. The computer is only 4 months old so still under warranty but
I would prefer not to have to go back to factory settings (as the HP
Helpdesk are probably going to make me do) if at all possible.
Everything seems to be functioning ok in Safe Mode - there are 3
exclamation marks in the device manager: 1.under Mirosoft Issatap
Adapter #2 (under Network Adapters) 2. Under Consumer I/R devices in
System Devices and 3.Under USB controllers eHome Infrared Receiver
USBCIR - however the keyboard and mouse work fine in safe mode - as
does the internet hence my post.I have a UPS power attached to the
computer which appears to be functioning normally.
I have downloaded all the windows updates regularly and have updated
the NVidia card also. A system restore has not resolved the problem
and the computer was running fine the night before this happened.
Your help would be much appreciated. Sue G