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  1. sman04

    sman04 Member

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    hey guys. this weekend i built my own computer and got everything running, after a little trouble installing windows. now i have installed a few drivers and tried to install microsoft works. but when i turn the computer on a screen comes up that says windows did not start properly and there are 5 choices, safe mode, safe mode with networking, safe mode with something else, start with last working settings, and start up normally. i have picked the normal one, and also last working settings, and then the windows startup thing goes (the one with the blue bar going under the windows logo) but after a little bit it stops and the computer restarts. if anyone knows what is wrong please help. thank you
     
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    its probably a driver issue, make sure all the drivers are installed for the mobo and video card
     
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    This is the screen that comes up when Windows did not fully start up -- you can choose different variations of Safe Mode to fix the problem. Can you start up in Safe Mode? As ZoSoIV said, it's probably a driver problem, but it could be corrupted system files, or anything else.
     
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    thanks for your help guys i just went and got new ram and a new motherboard just to be safe. and now it works. i am quite happy
     
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    great shoot us back if anything else acts up!
     
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    We're here to help. :-D
     

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