Hey there,
I can't get XP to start up on my HP desktop. When I turn it on, a black screen pops up immediately apologizing "for the inconvenience" and gives options for starting it (safe mode, etc.). However, none work. Anyone know what this could be?
Thanks a bunch!
Heather
Jump to PostUsually a hardware problem. Quite a few thgreads on this subject in the past couple of days.
RAM is often (but not always) favourite. If you've got more than one stick in, boot with one only, then the other.
Usually a hardware problem. Quite a few thgreads on this subject in the past couple of days.
RAM is often (but not always) favourite. If you've got more than one stick in, boot with one only, then the other.
90% of these sort of issues are RAM related, do as Suspishio suggested and boot the computer with 1 RAM stick in each slot, then the other stick in every slot, and see which stick or slot is causing the problem.
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