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Old 07-10-2008   #1 (permalink)
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RE: Is this a BIOS problem?



"welshhippo" wrote:
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> I am running Win XP Pro on a Gigabyte GA-8IG1000 mainboard with Pentuim 4
> processor.
>
> My computer suddenly froze and I had to reboot. Since this the boot up
> screen has columns of chartacters (making it unreadable) and the system
> cannot boot up except in safe mode. Does the fact that the problem starts
> with the first spash screen mean that the problem lies in BIOS?
>
> I have tried restoring to an earlier time and updating graphics drivers.
> Reinstalling windows and altering BIOS settings would be challenging as the
> screen cannot be read due to the extra characters.
This was a graphics card problem - the fan had clogged and overheated the
card.

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