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windows 8.1 stuck in continous start up loop

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  • 13-04-2016 9:13pm
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    the14thwarrior
    Registered Users Posts: 402 ✭✭


    I wonder can anyone help? I have a windows 8.0, think it upgraded to 8.1 at one point. working fine for 3 years now. I had it on Sunday or Saturday, likely turned it off. it might have gone to sleep. It was off on Monday and I turned it on on and got very little!

    I have a blue light that comes on when I press it. you can hear the fan whirling, some movement inside and then it shuts off and restarts in a matter of seconds. cannot boot to safe mode or recovery mode or any mode at all. pressing any combination of F keys or escape does not work. Tired the recovery disc no joy. monitor makes an attempt to turn on but it turns off when the computer does.

    I had not upgraded to Windows 10 (don't want to) but wonder if it's now upgraded automatically? I used to have the updates box ticked to say ask me before updating anything.

    its an Avent computer, running grand before Monday.

    I have looked at all the resolutions on the internet but they all seem to work if you can boot to BIOS or recovery disc. which I can't.

    any helps is appreciated. I fear i'll have to bring it to PC world or somewhere.


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    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    This is purely a guess fix but I'd pull the memory out and reinstall in. If there are two or more banks of memory just leave bank 1 in place and try again.

    Other thing to consider is CPU/fan.


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    the14thwarrior
    Registered Users Posts: 402 ✭✭the14thwarrior


    yes I think I will try that. I haven't opened this computer up but I have on others before me. thanks


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