laptop mispelling words during bios/bootup? windows wont boot after multiple formats

AMD-playa · 21-September-06, 04:59 PM

at first my laptop started behaving weird. The bios screen wouldn't show up normally, but instead it looks like 6 small bios screens lined up horizantal at the top 2 inches of the monitor. then it would say windows encountered a problem, how would you like to boot? except things would be mispelled, like wifdows, and

saufe
safe wkth nitwrkoing

ljst known slktings
start normjlly

i reformatted a couple times and i kept installing the drivers the first time itd load up then i would restart and it would show windows xp professional then just black screen. anyone have any idea what could be wrong?,

Sn0wMan · 21-September-06, 05:18 PM

How about some technical specs on your laptop? Have you tried a BIOS update? Have you added anything lately?

killert · 21-September-06, 06:07 PM

Is your bios in english?

THRiLL KiLL · 21-September-06, 06:20 PM

sounds like the videocard is dieing....

Fu3lman · 21-September-06, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by killert


	What is your bios in english?

...huh, "BIOS" in english is "BIOS", if you are talking about his language settings, then whajever lunguagr pr9ducess txet leik thys...in other words, its very unlikely that its his language settings....

this looks exactly like bios corruption from overheating, overclocking, or possibly display adapter VRAM issues causing errors (not necessarily related to BIOS)...

i can reproduce that kind of problem perfectly by simply pushing my FSB too far...the only difference is that i have ASCII characters peppered all over my screen (such as the "spades", "hearts", "diamonds", etc)...

might be a long shot, but its possible your heatsink might be malfunctioning, either on your cpu or your gpu...

if all else fails, you might just need to reflash your bios, and once you do, run a DOS based memory test program to verify the integrity of your SODIMMs, if anyone else can think of anything more relevant, im all ears...these problems are a royal pain in the ass to troubleshoot...

joecoin · 21-September-06, 10:04 PM

If you can get into your BIOS, set it to defaults.

Reboot.

See what happens.

killert · 21-September-06, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fu3lman


	...huh, "BIOS" in english is "BIOS", if you are talking about his language settings, then whajever lunguagr pr9ducess txet leik thys...in other words, its very unlikely that its his language settings....

Sorry, bout the really bad typo, I think of something else when I typed it... but yea, I was thinking of language settings

Wafflesomd · 21-September-06, 11:23 PM

My freinds MSI board says this on boot-up

"Core cell extreme chip you've ever needed!"

thedemonxanth · 22-September-06, 02:00 AM

It's a heat issue. Check the seating on all the internal heatsinks. Blow it out with air. It doesn't take much dust to overheat a laptop.

reflux · 22-September-06, 05:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thedemonxanth


	It's a heat issue. Check the seating on all the internal heatsinks. Blow it out with air. It doesn't take much dust to overheat a laptop.

Yeah, I agree. You'd do good to take it apart and get an air-duster to clean all the dirt and dust out of it. Also, smell the heatsinks. Do they stink of burning dust? Whenever mine get like that it's time for a refit and clean out.

AMD-playa · 22-September-06, 01:21 PM

ill try that but what would explain windows not booting up after i install the drivers?

its a hp zv5000 with amd64 processor and nvidia graphics, not sure on specifics, just going off the stickers near keyboard

EvilClown · 22-September-06, 01:32 PM

I just had this same problem on a clients computer I was fixing. Turned out the video card sporadically died. I replaced the card and it worked fine. The system was running stock (It was a client, not one of my geek friends

) and for whatever reason the display adapter just felt like ****ting the bed.

AMD-playa · 22-September-06, 01:56 PM

wait, the videocard was responsible for the text or the windows boot issue? or are they both issues caused by it? is there anyway to diagnose the videocard w/o replacing it?

EvilClown · 22-September-06, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AMD-playa


	wait, the videocard was responsible for the text or the windows boot issue? or are they both issues caused by it? is there anyway to diagnose the videocard w/o replacing it?

All I did is took a junky pci video card, threw it in and the weird characters/spelling on boot and in bios went away. And then windows actually decided to boot.

THRiLL KiLL · 22-September-06, 02:05 PM

yeah. he is probly screwed... its a laptop... RMA it!

(most laptops have intigrated video)

Dreyco · 22-September-06, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wafflesomd


	My freinds MSI board says this on boot-up "Core cell extreme chip you've ever needed!"

HAHAHA! I have that same board! It also says things like "RAID None Define" Among other silly things...

AMD-playa · 22-September-06, 04:16 PM

i uninstalled the video driver and atleast now windows boots consistently, but wont run resolution higher than 640*480 with 8 bit color. i researched the hp zv5000 and its got an integrated video card, so replacing isnt an option unless its a whole motherboard. could this be poor heating caused by a heatsink that got moved or something? or most likely is the card permanently damaged?

thanks

reflux · 22-September-06, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AMD-playa


	i uninstalled the video driver and atleast now windows boots consistently, but wont run resolution higher than 640*480 with 8 bit color. i researched the hp zv5000 and its got an integrated video card, so replacing isnt an option unless its a whole motherboard. could this be poor heating cause

21-September-06, 04:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
AMD-playa Apex Master Tech Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 387	laptop mispelling words during bios/bootup? windows wont boot after multiple formats at first my laptop started behaving weird. The bios screen wouldn't show up normally, but instead it looks like 6 small bios screens lined up horizantal at the top 2 inches of the monitor. then it would say windows encountered a problem, how would you like to boot? except things would be mispelled, like wifdows, and saufe safe wkth nitwrkoing ljst known slktings start normjlly i reformatted a couple times and i kept installing the drivers the first time itd load up then i would restart and it would show windows xp professional then just black screen. anyone have any idea what could be wrong?,

21-September-06, 05:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
Sn0wMan Apex Tech Demi-God Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,502	Re: laptop mispelling words during bios/bootup? windows wont boot after multiple formats How about some technical specs on your laptop? Have you tried a BIOS update? Have you added anything lately? __________________ Check out my Custom Etches Project Purple Aspire Project Tsunami Dream MY First Mod on a HP Pavilion 533w ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Opteron 165 @ 2.7 3GB Corsair XMS DDR500 Corsair HX620 PSU EVGA 8600 GTS

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THRiLL KiLL PcApEX's PuNK ROckER Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seattle Posts: 4,589 Blog Entries: 2	Re: laptop mispelling words during bios/bootup? windows wont boot after multiple form sounds like the videocard is dieing.... __________________ www.xmb-psp.com

21-September-06, 10:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
joecoin Apex Tech Fanatic Supreme Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ohio USA Posts: 770	Re: laptop mispelling words during bios/bootup? windows wont boot after multiple form If you can get into your BIOS, set it to defaults. Reboot. See what happens. __________________ Life's a long song, but the tune ends too soon for us all..

21-September-06, 11:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
Wafflesomd Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,923	Re: laptop mispelling words during bios/bootup? windows wont boot after multiple form My freinds MSI board says this on boot-up "Core cell extreme chip you've ever needed!"

22-September-06, 02:00 AM	#9 (permalink)
thedemonxanth Apex Tech Fanatic Supreme Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Harker Heights, TX Posts: 656	Re: laptop mispelling words during bios/bootup? windows wont boot after multiple form It's a heat issue. Check the seating on all the internal heatsinks. Blow it out with air. It doesn't take much dust to overheat a laptop. __________________

22-September-06, 01:21 PM	#11 (permalink)
AMD-playa Apex Master Tech Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 387	Re: laptop mispelling words during bios/bootup? windows wont boot after multiple form ill try that but what would explain windows not booting up after i install the drivers? its a hp zv5000 with amd64 processor and nvidia graphics, not sure on specifics, just going off the stickers near keyboard

22-September-06, 01:32 PM	#12 (permalink)
EvilClown Evil 'Tweaking' Clown Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pulaski,NY Posts: 567	Re: laptop mispelling words during bios/bootup? windows wont boot after multiple form I just had this same problem on a clients computer I was fixing. Turned out the video card sporadically died. I replaced the card and it worked fine. The system was running stock (It was a client, not one of my geek friends ) and for whatever reason the display adapter just felt like ****ting the bed. __________________

22-September-06, 01:56 PM	#13 (permalink)
AMD-playa Apex Master Tech Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 387	Re: laptop mispelling words during bios/bootup? windows wont boot after multiple form wait, the videocard was responsible for the text or the windows boot issue? or are they both issues caused by it? is there anyway to diagnose the videocard w/o replacing it?

22-September-06, 02:05 PM	#15 (permalink)
THRiLL KiLL PcApEX's PuNK ROckER Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seattle Posts: 4,589 Blog Entries: 2	Re: laptop mispelling words during bios/bootup? windows wont boot after multiple form yeah. he is probly screwed... its a laptop... RMA it! (most laptops have intigrated video) __________________ www.xmb-psp.com

22-September-06, 04:16 PM	#17 (permalink)
AMD-playa Apex Master Tech Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 387	Re: laptop mispelling words during bios/bootup? windows wont boot after multiple form i uninstalled the video driver and atleast now windows boots consistently, but wont run resolution higher than 640*480 with 8 bit color. i researched the hp zv5000 and its got an integrated video card, so replacing isnt an option unless its a whole motherboard. could this be poor heating caused by a heatsink that got moved or something? or most likely is the card permanently damaged? thanks