Subj : Shutdown Before Boot
To   : Terinjokes
From : Angus Mcleod
Date : Wed May 18 2005 11:59 am

  Re: Shutdown Before Boot
  By: Terinjokes to All on Wed May 18 2005 07:26:00

 > My computer is expiencing some problems. The processor dies before it finshe
 > booting. When i turn it on i get to the GRUB screen, and can select either X
 > or Red Hat. If i select XP i can get to an error that says 'You clock seems 
 > be wrong, windows can help you set it right'. Of Course it would be wrong as
 > cleared BIOS hoping that would fix it. If i select Red Hat (Fedora Core 3) i
 > can get to the splash screen and it dies when it goes to load KDE (or GNOME,
 > like KDE but GNOME is also on there). Its not my hard drive (KNOPPIX freezes
 > the exact same spot), nor graphic card (tried my friends card), and tried wi
 > and without keyboard/mice (never know) and without a graphics card (i guess 
 > freezes in BIOS as it never seems to turn its self off, nor play the
 > Windows/Red Hat start-up music (windows is default). All wires are hooked up
 > right, and everything is in its slots. What can cause this problem?

Bad RAM?

Can you get it to boot to a console without going to the GUI?  Maybe if 
you had a look at the output from dmesg there would be something in there 
to give you a clue.





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