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by wonder_spider2002

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hi
i have problem with hp omnibook xe2 its pentium3
500 mhz 128 mb ram my problem is that when i start it get hang i dont get welcome screen but when i shutdown by power button and start it again work fine doesnt hang anywhere then if i restart again hang what colud be problem?

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by g...

Do you have a extern hard drive plugged in or USB-pen? Some laptop have problems to start with those connected. Some have updated their firmware and/or drivers to solve the problem but not all of them. Then the solution I found was to connect the drive or pen after windows started.

by wonder_spider2002

no i did not connect any usb device.and two time i formatted but same problem it does not hang & during setup does not hang.

by zlitocook

If you are running XP on a 500 Mhz laptop with only 128 Mb of ram you will have problems. I would put at least 512 Mb of ram in it, It may be that it having a hard time loading all the drivers and other things. I might be that with a normal power up every thing can not load because some of the memory is still in use but with a hard boot it will clear all the memory. Do your self a favor and get more memory.

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