PC Cycles… But Doesn’t Boot
From jagxk in the PC Support Forum:
Updated Quicktime and the final step was to restart the PC (running XP Prof). The screen which follows a crash and offers: normal, safe mode, etc appeared. Clicking any of the options produced the same result, a brief flicker of the Windows logo before the screen cycled through a power saving message, the manufacturer logo and back to the first screen with its start options.
I have tried starting using the original product recovery CD-ROM from F-Siemens but even clicking random keys during the start-up process produces no result other than freezing the 30 second countdown to "start normally" as does clicking F2.  A 'wiggle' test has not made any difference. The PC has no previous history of this sort.
How do I begin to analyse and then correct the problem when I can't get it to turn on?
Any thoughts for jagxk? Head over to the post and see if you can help.
PC Cycles... But Doesn't Boot originally appeared on About.com Focus on PC Support on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 at 11:52:36.
