Startup Problem

[IneRtia dRaft]

before the Windows XP logo displays... my motherboard makes *beep beep* noise.. then it displays

Drivers Not Ready... System Halted..

??? can anyone thing what might be the problem?

[dkparrott]

Have you added any new hardware or installed any new software?

[ESALADUANE]

You need to know the brand of bios installed. You should see this on the bootup(POST) screen. Hit the 'pause/break' key to stop it so you can read it if necessary and then <enter> to continue boot.

Here are a couple of sites with beep codes.
http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm
http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm

[IneRtia dRaft]

no i haven't install any new hardware..

i did bought GeForce 4 like.. 2-3 months ago.. but i had this problem before i install the new GeForce 4

OH NO!!!

2 short Parity circuit failure

that sounds very bad....

CIRCUIT FAILURE!!! THIS IS BAD NEWS...

[ESALADUANE]

Are your Bios AMI? Be aware that those codes can be different for different makers.

AMI
http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/amibeep.htm

AST
http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/astbeep.htm

IBM
http://bioscentral.com/beepcodes/ibmbeep.htm

[Play_The_0dds]

if you know how to get in the bios, which can be different for all computers, some use the delete key, others F1, F10,.....list goes on, but anyway, go into the bios, and you will have to look a bit, for halt on, change it to all but keyboard, if that dont get it, change to noe, and see if you can figure out what died in windows.