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Dell tower in boot loop

  • 19-06-2014 06:38PM
    #1
    long_b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,005 ✭✭✭


    Trusty old Dell tower is in some sort of boot loop.
    Turns on OK, detects disks OK.
    Then just when it should go into windows boot it just resets.

    I ran a hard disk checker from the boot options menu but it didn't throw up anything.

    Any ideas appreciated ?


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  • #2
    long_b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,005 ✭✭✭long_b


    long_b wrote: »
    Trusty old Dell tower is in some sort of boot loop.
    Turns on OK, detects disks OK.
    Then just when it should go into windows boot it just resets.

    I ran a hard disk checker from the boot options menu but it didn't throw up anything.

    Any ideas appreciated ?

    Well stone the crows - just fixed itself after a few power ons!
    I love Dell


  • #3
    gugleguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,959 ✭✭✭gugleguy


    Don't. Forget to take a system snapshot in case the thing has a relapse.


  • #4
    long_b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,005 ✭✭✭long_b


    gugleguy wrote: »
    Don't. Forget to take a system snapshot in case the thing has a relapse.

    From within windows?


  • #5
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,807 ✭✭✭degsie


    long_b wrote: »
    From within windows?

    Use something like macrium reflect to take a full snapshot image.


  • #6
    ZENER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,167 ✭✭✭ZENER


    Bad caps on the main board will cause the south bridge to fail to identify itself to Windows and cause the symptoms you describe. The XPS range suffered this. If you check the BIOS when the problem occurs the drives probably don't show up.

    Of course it might just be Windows playing games . . .

    Ken


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  • #7
    long_b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,005 ✭✭✭long_b


    ZENER wrote: »
    Bad caps on the main board will cause the south bridge to fail to identify itself to Windows and cause the symptoms you describe. The XPS range suffered this. If you check the BIOS when the problem occurs the drives probably don't show up.

    Of course it might just be Windows playing games . . .

    Ken

    It's an XPS alright (XPS 410).
    Think the disks were detected as I could run that checker.

    Anything to do if it is the mobo going?


  • #8
    gugleguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,959 ✭✭✭gugleguy


    long_b wrote: »
    It's an XPS alright (XPS 410).


    Anything to do if it is the mobo going?
    try another IDE cable between the mobo and the hard discs. check the connection between the two that it is firm. Beyond that, not really. back up that data. Now.


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