"W. Watson" <wolf_tra***@invalid.com> wrote in message
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>I built a PC for an elderly neighbor some months ago. When it is powered up
>it stalls with the W2K displayed and the gauge about 1/2 way across its
>span. I told him to leave it on overnight, but it's still in the same
>place. Unfortunately, it was likely subjected to some unintentional rough
>house treatment in recent weeks. It was probably turned on/off improperly,
>and moved about a bit carelessly as he worked on fixing the bench area
>where it is located. How do I get the machine unstuck? I recall something
>about putting it in safety mode with F8 during the early start. Comments.
>
> --
>                          Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA)
>
>                        Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net>

"W. Watson" <wolf_tra***@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> I built a PC for an elderly neighbor some months ago. When it is powered
up
> it stalls with the W2K displayed and the gauge about 1/2 way across its
> span. I told him to leave it on overnight, but it's still in the same
place.
>   Unfortunately, it was likely subjected to some unintentional rough house
> treatment in recent weeks. It was probably turned on/off improperly, and
> moved about a bit carelessly as he worked on fixing the bench area where
it
> is located. How do I get the machine unstuck? I recall something about
> putting it in safety mode with F8 during the early start. Comments.
>
> --
>                           Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA)
>
>                         Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net>

> If it was bounced around, you may need to open it up and reseat the ram and
> pci/other cards.
> Louis
>
> "W. Watson" <wolf_tra***@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:sjJXi.2805$3Z2.21@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com...
>> I built a PC for an elderly neighbor some months ago. When it is powered
> up
>> it stalls with the W2K displayed and the gauge about 1/2 way across its
>> span. I told him to leave it on overnight, but it's still in the same
> place.
>>   Unfortunately, it was likely subjected to some unintentional rough house
>> treatment in recent weeks. It was probably turned on/off improperly, and
>> moved about a bit carelessly as he worked on fixing the bench area where
> it
>> is located. How do I get the machine unstuck? I recall something about
>> putting it in safety mode with F8 during the early start. Comments.
>>
>> --
>>                           Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA)
>>
>>                         Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net>
>
>

"W. Watson" <wolf_tra***@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> I seated the cards, and tried safe mode. In safe mode, it rolled through a
> bunch of long paths. It stopped with the last two showing. One board was
> noticeably lifted out of the slot. Memory slot seemed solid.
>
> ...\NDIS.sys
> ...\Mup.sys
>
> I'm not familiar with all the debug and command line facilities, so that's
> the scoop for the moment.
>
> 3c273 wrote:
> > If it was bounced around, you may need to open it up and reseat the ram
and
> > pci/other cards.
> > Louis
> >
> > "W. Watson" <wolf_tra***@invalid.com> wrote in message
> > news:sjJXi.2805$3Z2.21@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com...
> >> I built a PC for an elderly neighbor some months ago. When it is
powered
> > up
> >> it stalls with the W2K displayed and the gauge about 1/2 way across its
> >> span. I told him to leave it on overnight, but it's still in the same
> > place.
> >>   Unfortunately, it was likely subjected to some unintentional rough
house
> >> treatment in recent weeks. It was probably turned on/off improperly,
and
> >> moved about a bit carelessly as he worked on fixing the bench area
where
> > it
> >> is located. How do I get the machine unstuck? I recall something about
> >> putting it in safety mode with F8 during the early start. Comments.
> >>
> >> --
> >>                           Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA)
> >>
> >>                         Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net>
> >
> >
>
> --
>                           Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA)
>
>                         Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net>

> It sounds like a hardware problem. If it were mine, I would pull everything
> but the video card and the ram and see if it boots. If so, then start
> replacing cards until you find the one that causes the hangup. If not, then
> I'd try another video card.
> Louis
>
> "W. Watson" <wolf_tra***@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:wHPXi.1513$852.880@newssvr17.news.prodigy.net...
>> I seated the cards, and tried safe mode. In safe mode, it rolled through a
>> bunch of long paths. It stopped with the last two showing. One board was
>> noticeably lifted out of the slot. Memory slot seemed solid.
>>
>> ...\NDIS.sys
>> ...\Mup.sys
>>
>> I'm not familiar with all the debug and command line facilities, so that's
>> the scoop for the moment.
>>
>> 3c273 wrote:
>>> If it was bounced around, you may need to open it up and reseat the ram
> and
>>> pci/other cards.
>>> Louis
>>>
>>> "W. Watson" <wolf_tra***@invalid.com> wrote in message
>>> news:sjJXi.2805$3Z2.21@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com...
>>>> I built a PC for an elderly neighbor some months ago. When it is
> powered
>>> up
>>>> it stalls with the W2K displayed and the gauge about 1/2 way across its
>>>> span. I told him to leave it on overnight, but it's still in the same
>>> place.
>>>>   Unfortunately, it was likely subjected to some unintentional rough
> house
>>>> treatment in recent weeks. It was probably turned on/off improperly,
> and
>>>> moved about a bit carelessly as he worked on fixing the bench area
> where
>>> it
>>>> is located. How do I get the machine unstuck? I recall something about
>>>> putting it in safety mode with F8 during the early start. Comments.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>                           Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA)
>>>>
>>>>                         Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net>
>>>
>> --
>>                           Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA)
>>
>>                         Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net>
>
>

"Frank Booth Snr" <fb***@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> W. Watson wrote:
>
> > I'll try it tomorrow. Sounds reasonable.
> >
> It's unlikely to do with hardware otherwise you wouldn't get as far as
> the gauge display were that the case. It sounds like a corruption of
> Win2k system files. Go to POST (F2 or Delete button on first few seconds
> of bootup) and ensure that your hardware is being read correctly,
> although it sounds that it probably is. If all is well do a re-install
> of Win2k as you appear to have a corrupted version.