mpic92

Computer: HP dv9000t (laptop, Windows XP Pro)

So yesterday I came home and went on it, seems to be working fine like it always does. Then suddenely the screen went black for about 2 seconds, then back to normal, and five seconds later goes black again, normal again, black and so on... I decided to restart the computer. When I tried to reboot, I came to a black screen with white writing. It gave me the option of Safe Mode, Safe Mode with networking, Safe Mode with command prompt, go to last known good configuration, and start windows normally.

Both the "last good configuration and "start windows normally" options just brought me to a blue error screen that instantly just rebooted the computer back to the black screen... so quickly that I couldn't actually read what was on the blue screen.

I did a diagnostics test on the hard drive, and it came back fine. I booted in safe mode, and that seems to work fine (for safe mode that is...).

Another detail to add is that the screen now has these strange markings on it now.... like choppy lines that come down the screen in columns... they go away when safe mode boots though....

Any ideas on what the problem could possible be? Any help would be much appreciated.

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New HP dv9000t Laptop:

Genuine Windows XP Professional
Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processor T7200 (2.0 GHz)
17.0" WSXGA+ BrightView Widescreen (1680x1050)
512MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7600
2.0GB DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024MB)

Cleric7x9

first of all, one thread is more than enough. second of all, this is in the wrong section.

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CPU || e8400
RAM || 4GB corsair xms2 pc6400 800mhz
HDD || 2x WD Raptor 150GB 2x WD 500GB
MBO || EVGA 680i SE
GPU || Evga 8800GT Superclocked w/ Accelero
PSU || Silverstone 750 watt
Case|| Antec p182

mpic92

Yes I know not to create duplicate threads, but the site lagged when I went to post it and I clicked it twice.... hence, 2 threads. My bad.

Where should this be posted?

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New HP dv9000t Laptop:

Genuine Windows XP Professional
Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processor T7200 (2.0 GHz)
17.0" WSXGA+ BrightView Widescreen (1680x1050)
512MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7600
2.0GB DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024MB)

Cleric7x9

it should be in laptops. anyway, on to your problem:

you may just need to run a chkdsk. there are two easy ways to do this, the right way and the wrong way. the right way is to put in your windows XP disk, and when it asks you, press R to repair (be careful because there are three options on the screen, and the other two will have bad consequences. it will be the choice in the middle). when everything is done loading and the command prompt comes up, type chkdsk /r and let it run. then reboot your computer. the wrong way would be to let it boot up normally, and when it gets to the windows loading screen press and hold the power button until the computer turns off. turn the computer back on and this should perform a chkdsk automatically, but i wouldnt recommend doing it that way, go with the repair console on the windows CD.

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CPU || e8400
RAM || 4GB corsair xms2 pc6400 800mhz
HDD || 2x WD Raptor 150GB 2x WD 500GB
MBO || EVGA 680i SE
GPU || Evga 8800GT Superclocked w/ Accelero
PSU || Silverstone 750 watt
Case|| Antec p182

mpic92

Oh of course, my bad.

Ok I just tried to do that. Process seemed to work perfectly fine (the screen still was messed up while it was doing it though) but then when the laptop rebooted, same exact thing as before.

Any other ideas?

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New HP dv9000t Laptop:

Genuine Windows XP Professional
Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processor T7200 (2.0 GHz)
17.0" WSXGA+ BrightView Widescreen (1680x1050)
512MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7600
2.0GB DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024MB)