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Windows ME won't restart

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by cdurfee 2 views

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I just installed Windows Me and it when I chose to restart the comp. it starts to shutdown gets to a black screen and sits there with a blinking curser in the top left corner. I shut the comp. off or restart it, and turn it back on and it starts up fine doesn't run scandisk or anything.
I've updated the video drivers, sound drivers and Windows ME updates and the prob. still exsists. What are some other options to fix this problem. I've also went through the selective start up through msconfigand still no luck.
The Cpu is an AMD 266 not sure what motherboard. I've also reset the Bios settings, and even reinstalled ME again and the problem still isn't fixed.
Thanks

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by gary chromacomp

It sounds like your BIOS power might be stuck. Resetting the BIOS sometimes doesnt actually work. I've seen this before with for about 5-10 seconds when you see the our servers, try holding the power button in blinking cursor on the shut down. Hope fully if it is true the computer will shut down and off. Then you should be able to turn back on go into ME and shut down properly. Hopefully this works let me know :)

by cdurfee

I'm not following what your saying the comp. shuts down fine it's just when I want to restart the comp it hangs at that screen with the curser. Please explain in better detail what you are saying.
Thanks

by gary chromacomp

1st you say "when i chose to restart the computer it starts to shutdown gets to black screen" Now do you mean when the computer shuts down you get to the black screen with the cursor or you get the black screen with the cursor somewhere else? You need to be clearer on your explaination is not clear. What I figured you where trying to say is that when you computer shuts down it gets to the black screen. This means your power setting is stuck in bios. when the computer gets to this screen, hold IN the power button for about 5-10 seconds and the computer should completly turn itself off. This is I'm 98% sure a monther board/bios setting that is stuck.

by cdurfee

It's not a shut down problem, it's when I choose to restart. The comp. starts to restart gets to the black screen and hangs. The comp. shuts down fine I have no problems there.

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