PC freezing on start up.

[Ja'chyra]

I meant hardware diagnostics (F9 or F10) or safe mode (F8) even before that screen. I only asked safe mode too see if it's a video card problem. If it still can go safe mode, then it's probably the video card.

Oh right, I get you know.

Yes I can access all the screens up until the green bar shows so I can go to the set up screens and safe mode.

[Veho Nex]

Maybe, it is your video card is dieing. Have you noticed a bunch of lines or a grid like appearence that just seems to be in the background when you start up? and if you get it to run in safemode is there a grid in the background. If so your Video Card is well on its way to death. See if you are still under warenty and ask to get it RMA'd(That is the term I'm looking for right?)

[Quietus]

Oh right, I get you know.

Yes I can access all the screens up until the green bar shows so I can go to the set up screens and safe mode.

So it runs fine on safe mode? Then, it's likely the graphics card. There's no blue-screen error, garbled colors, or vertical lines when it freezes?

Find the Hardware Diagnostic tool during start-up. See if it's inside the set-up menu. Run it and it will check your hardware. It's good sniffing out problems.

[Ja'chyra]

The bloody thing is getting worse, it used to be it would start on the third or fourth attempt now it wont start in anything but safe mode.

Is it likely that I need a new graphics card?

[Hooahguy]

or a new fan. my laptop did the same thing and i figured out that because my fan broke it melted part of my motherboard.

[Ja'chyra]

Fixed it I think.

I loaded it up in safe mode and updated the video driver, even though I was sure I had already done it, this brought up another windows update which I installed, I also up dated the BIOS for good measure and it has started first time the last four attempts.

Saved me £1k on a new computer, but on the down side it means I've no excuse to buy a new one :(