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Setup screen freezes when trying to reformat


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I change the BIOS to boot from CD. Upon rebooting, my BIOS hangs for about 60 seconds, then proceeds to load. When it says press any key to boot from CD, I then press a key. It then goes to a black screen that says "Setup is inspecting your configuration" (or something close to that). It never loads. or I just didn't wait long enough. I waited for like 10 min. There is no activity light blinking either.

 

What could be wrong?

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what type of hdd is it?IDE or SATA,

can you boot from your hdd?

have you got another cd/dvd drive you can use and check your jumpers

 

is the cpu overclocked?

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Well, the problem was a bad stick of RAM. Removed it then tried it again and it went as smooth as pie. :)

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Well, the problem was a bad stick of RAM. Removed it then tried it again and it went as smooth as pie. :)

 

Did you try just reseating the memory module JMet?

 

It might still be good just got jarred loose.

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No I didn't, I think I will just hold off until I can buy another stick of the same brand.

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No I didn't, I think I will just hold off until I can buy another stick of the same brand.
Depending on the manufacturer it might have a lifetime warranty on it. Several of the large RAM dealers (Crucial, Mushkin and Kingston come to mind).

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