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Spontaneous shutdown; now only works in Safe Mode
Morning!
The Specs
Fujitsu Siemens Amilo XI 2528 - all components default:
Around three/four years old
Intel Core Duo CPU T8100 @ 2.1GHz
nVidia GeForce 8600M GS Graphics Card 512MB
OEM OS: Windows Vista Home Premium - 32 bit
New OS: Windows 7 Professional 32 bit; installed roughly two weeks before crash*
Hard Drives: WDC WD25 00BEVS-2 SCSI Disk Device x2
RAM: 4GB DDR3
*Not Default
The Situation
I'd installed Windows 7 around a week before this happened: I had several tabs open in Google Chrome including Youtube and browser-based games. I got a sudden BSOD so I chose at first to just startup normally and it worked fine - phew. Around a week after that (again in Google Chrome) I had Facebook and a couple of tabs of Youtube open and my computer shut off completely - not even a BSOD. I booted up and it got to the start-up screen with the W7 logo and 'Starting Windows', then it shut off again.
I tried startup repair and it failed with an error (I'll check for an error code when I get back and update). I decided to simply reinstall Windows 7 as since I installed it I only installed Google Chrome and iTunes since the install, so I wasn't bothered about losing anything. I booted with the disk and when it came to choosing a partition to install to, none showed up. I went into Safe Mode and everything works fine. Whenever I try to boot normally, though, it fails.
Additional Information
On startup, at the point in time you press F2 to enter BIOS, etc., there are several uneven jagged red lines across the screen - perhaps a graphics card issue?
Also, I used to have Linux Ubuntu installed in a secondary partition in dual-boot when I had Windows Vista. I uninstalled that many months ago, but the option for it still shows up on boot as I, embarassingly enough, don't know how to get rid of it.
Thanks in advance for any and all help!
Last edited by Typical Nerd; 04 Jul 2012 at 06:20.