Computer Locks at Startup

**onemonkey** · 3rd January 2004

Hey,

This happened all of a sudden...

When i turn on my computer it didplays the 'gateway' logo for 8 minutes and then proceeds to booting... After this my computer seems to be running fine...

I have tried booting from cd... same thing... 8 minutes then it will boot from cd...

I have taken both of my hard drives out... 8 minutes

I have made no changes whatsoever to my bios.

This makes not sense... could it be the work of a virus? I am thinking of reformatting but i figure it wont make a difference since it does the same thing without the hard drives in.

I am stumped!

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name COW
System Manufacturer Gateway
System Model E-4000
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~2533 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Intel Corp. RG84510A.15A.0018.P08.0208171150, 8/17/2002
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\System32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 331.79 MB
Total Virtual Memory 1.47 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.16 GB
Vid Card Gforce 4 mx 440
Processor p4 2.54

any help is appreciated!

**Adjani** · 3rd January 2004

If you press escape when the Gateway logo is displayed, does it disappear, if so, what text is displayed might give you a clue what its stalling on. :nowords: