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gavnad · 10-01-2005, 22:20

Hi guys hope you can help,i changed my os from winme to xp pro all worked fine but ive started encountering the following problem,monitor goes off and the hard drive light is on constantly,cannot reset only option is to switch off,if i switch back on immediatly the same,monitors off and constant hard drive activity,if i leave the pc off overnight it usually boots ok with no further problems,then a couple of nights or perhaps weeks and the same problem re-occurs,it doesnt seem to be overheating because it can happena t any time,not necessarily if the pc's been on a while

its an old pc
1.4 amd athlon processor
40 gb hd
256 ram
any ideas?

10-01-2005, 22:20	#1
gavnad Inactive Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: swansea Posts: 205	constant hard drive activity Hi guys hope you can help,i changed my os from winme to xp pro all worked fine but ive started encountering the following problem,monitor goes off and the hard drive light is on constantly,cannot reset only option is to switch off,if i switch back on immediatly the same,monitors off and constant hard drive activity,if i leave the pc off overnight it usually boots ok with no further problems,then a couple of nights or perhaps weeks and the same problem re-occurs,it doesnt seem to be overheating because it can happena t any time,not necessarily if the pc's been on a while its an old pc 1.4 amd athlon processor 40 gb hd 256 ram any ideas?