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    Win XP won't Boot - Black Screen

    I systematicaly began to go through all of the items that Hipster Doofus sent me links on and BINGO. Resetting the BIOS fixed it! Thanks.
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    Win XP won't Boot - Black Screen

    Thanks Hipster and Donjong - I will try these later today. sdananay
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    Win XP won't Boot - Black Screen

    Yes, there is one capacitor - electrolytic I presume, that has a slightly deformed top on it. They have an "X" or a "Y" which I think is the "blow-out port" and the one is not perfectly flat. How would that affect it not booting? Do you think that it's value has changed enough to render that...
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    Win XP won't Boot - Black Screen

    Two days ago I began having intermittant problems: my desktop beeps, recognizes the drives but as it begins to boot, the screen goes black. Twice I was able to restart (after several attempts) to get windows running. Today, about 50 attempts later - no go. I tried booting from the CD - it hangs...
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