hans9

my friend has the same problem and that's the first thing we did... and we still have this message...??? :-/

whats the brand of your system?? if it has lights on the LEDs, this means it has power... you might need to call the manufacturer of your system to find out what the LED lights mean... sometimes it could just be the memory.. the diagnostic LEDs will be the one …

if you have a dell system, i suggest you call dell if you're going to downgrade ur system to xp... installing an xp software from somewhere else you bought could void the warranty for the support.. if your system came orginally with vista, some of the hardware components will work …

if it goes to safe mode, there might not be anything wrong with the monitor... might be more on the cpu... if it is asking you to press the power button or move the mouse, it might have something to do with your power options, your pc might be on …

have you tried playing other discs??? probably like, music cds??