Start-up problem

[Jennifer]

I recently started having problems on start-up. I would start my computer normaly and it would act like everything was going fine then it will stop at a black screen. I then will "ctrl, alt, delete" and it will reboot in safe mode, then I restart and everything goes fine from there.
I felt it was time for a reformat anyways so I did so, and the problem is still there. Any ideas? It's a P2 450 MHZ running Windows 98
thanks

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Jenn...

[BigBlue66]

Hi Jennifer,

By any chance, did you make a change to the system right before this started happening? Did you install new hardware, or new software?

It sounds like a driver issue to me, but don't quote me on that. Post back with some history and we'll go from there.

Big Blue 66

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[Jennifer]

Thanks for the reply Blue. There were no hardware upgrades, and as far as I can remember I haven't done any software upgrades for a long time. I wish I could say that I had, that might narrow the problem down http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gif

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[ski]

I've recently read about the same problem which was caused by a bad video card. Replace the video card with a spare one, if possible, and see if things work. If so, replace the card.