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Dell Vostro 1500 won't load windows
i have a dell vostro 1500 running windows vista and it suddenly began to lock up when booting into windows. it displays the windows logo and then about 7-10 seconds later everything stops and the display freezes w/ the progressing green bar at the bottom. no hard drive activity at that point. i've tried a brand new hard drive and attempting to installing windows 7 on the new (blank) hard drive. the same thing happens but it is a few seconds after the new windows logo comes on screen. again, all activity stops and the screen freezes. any ideas?
Manufacturer/Model
dell vostro 1500
CPU
centrino duo
Memory
4gb
It could be a RAM problem. Can you get into safe mode?
Operating System
Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP2
Manufacturer/Model
Cyberpower
CPU
Intel Quad CPU Q6700 2.67 GHZ
Motherboard
NVIDIA 780i
Memory
4 GB
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr
Sound Card
Sound Blaster SB Audigy
Monitor(s) Displays
Viewsonic VG2436
Screen Resolution
1920x1080p
Hard Drives
Samsung HD 105SI
Case
Apevia XJupiter
Cooling
air
Keyboard
Logitech MX 3200
Mouse
Logitech MX 600
Internet Speed
30 Mbps
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Vista Guru
Gold Member
Hello rkb and welcome to the forums
I'm using a Vostro 1500
When you say you tried a brand new hard drive, did you do a clean install of Windows onto this? Or did you just copy and paste all of the files across?
Tom
Manufacturer/Model
Build #1
CPU
Intel Core i7 3770K @4.4GHz
Motherboard
ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
Memory
Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz Low Profile (White)
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 (2GB GDDR5)
Sound Card
Integrated on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays
23" LG LCD/LED IPS
Screen Resolution
1920*1080
Hard Drives
Samsung EVO 128GB SSD
PSU
Corsair TX650W V2 (80+ Bronze)
Case
NZXT Phantom 410
Cooling
Corsair H100 Water Cooler, 1x140mm and 1x120mm stock fans
Keyboard
Microsoft Desktop 2000 Wireless Keyboard
Mouse
Microsoft Desktop 2000 Wireless Mouse
Internet Speed
95 Mb/s Download 70 Mb/s Upload
I actually purchased a new drive and tried to do a new installation of win 7, but the exact same thing happened - it locked up at the new windows logo and everything stopped. I also replaced the ram.
Manufacturer/Model
dell vostro 1500
CPU
centrino duo
Memory
4gb
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Vista Guru
Gold Member
It could be a RAM problem. Can you get into safe mode?
What about safe mode?
Manufacturer/Model
Build #1
CPU
Intel Core i7 3770K @4.4GHz
Motherboard
ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
Memory
Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz Low Profile (White)
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 (2GB GDDR5)
Sound Card
Integrated on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays
23" LG LCD/LED IPS
Screen Resolution
1920*1080
Hard Drives
Samsung EVO 128GB SSD
PSU
Corsair TX650W V2 (80+ Bronze)
Case
NZXT Phantom 410
Cooling
Corsair H100 Water Cooler, 1x140mm and 1x120mm stock fans
Keyboard
Microsoft Desktop 2000 Wireless Keyboard
Mouse
Microsoft Desktop 2000 Wireless Mouse
Internet Speed
95 Mb/s Download 70 Mb/s Upload
I cannot get to safe mode.
Manufacturer/Model
dell vostro 1500
CPU
centrino duo
Memory
4gb
Did you put the RAM sticks into the correct slots?
Operating System
Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP2
Manufacturer/Model
Cyberpower
CPU
Intel Quad CPU Q6700 2.67 GHZ
Motherboard
NVIDIA 780i
Memory
4 GB
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr
Sound Card
Sound Blaster SB Audigy
Monitor(s) Displays
Viewsonic VG2436
Screen Resolution
1920x1080p
Hard Drives
Samsung HD 105SI
Case
Apevia XJupiter
Cooling
air
Keyboard
Logitech MX 3200
Mouse
Logitech MX 600
Internet Speed
30 Mbps
