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re: display corrupt on boot half the time Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 11:08 pm Posted by Jack Gulley (5917 messages posted) If those types of problems continue after reloading a clean copy of Windows ME on the disk drive, it should tell you that it is not a Windows ME problem, but a hardware failure problem. Could be a memory module going bad and failing. So you need to run a good standalone memory test like MemTest86_v3.2 for several hours. It can also be due to over heating, so have you bothered to check that the power supply fan is running and/or not clogged with dust, along with any other fans on the case. Then open it up and check that the fan on the processor is running and not clogged with dust. May be time to take it outside and blow the dust bunnies out of it. As disk drives age they start to fail. One of the most common problems is "morning sickness" or disk read failures when the drive is cold and just starting up after being off over night. That is a sign the drive motor electronics is starting to fail, and it will just get worse. You can leave it on 24/7 but some day when you shut it off, you will find it dead when trying to start the disk drive back up. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: display corrupt on boot half the time Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 8:40 pm Posted by Dr. Sus (2 messages posted) Thank you Jack. I will try what you said. I'm beginning to think it's hardware related too. I'll open it up and see how much dust is in there. It's an old computer I think. Bought it used from a neighbor. I'll let you know if anything was successful. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum