weird windows xp start up

ministerjee · 07-08-2008, 09:28 PM

hi i need your help guys.
well, my laptop's internal speakers were not working from a long time, i decided to see if i can fix them myself, so i took all the drives out and opened my laptop not completely just partialy from the front where i could see the speakers on both side, but wasn;t able to fix those , so i closed everything just the way it was. but from that point every time now i start windows, it starts like this

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while loading windows it shows every thing in a tiny small screen but after that works perfectly without any problems.

i think i pressed some button or something, anybody knows how to fix this.
Also there is another thing i have noticed even with the AC power connected,it shows running on batteries (in windows power option tab)that never go below 95%.
anybody knows why my windows is acting up???
thanks in adv

ministerjee · 07-09-2008, 04:33 PM

anyone????

**TriggerFinger** · 07-09-2008, 07:29 PM

may be CMOS was reset to default. Go into BIOS setup and look for the display settings. if you are unsure what to change, post a screen shot of your BIOS setup (for each tab in BIOS settings to be sure).

when you put the system back together and booted into XP, did you have to change the date and time?

ministerjee · 07-10-2008, 05:12 PM

thanks trigger let me take some more screen shots and will come back.

ministerjee · 07-13-2008, 11:13 AM

im back. and no its showing me the correct time. here are the screen shots of Bios.
page 1
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...CAM_1226-1.jpg
page2
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...CAM_1208-2.jpg
page3
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...CAM_1209-3.jpg
page4
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...CAM_1212-4.jpg
page 5
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...CAM_1213-5.jpg
page 6
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...CAM_1223-6.jpg
page7
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...CAM_1224-7.jpg

**TriggerFinger** · 07-13-2008, 11:26 AM

if it showed you the correct time then the CMOS did not reset. have you checked display properties in Windows?

EDIT:
also try pressing Fn + F7 keys when DELL logo appears. do this once and see if it keeps the configuration once you power OFF and power ON again.

ministerjee · 07-15-2008, 11:49 AM

thanks for ther reply...i'll be back with the results.

ministerjee · 07-22-2008, 03:48 PM

okay... my windows has returned into normal mood. but 2nd problem is still there. im showing using battery even with AC power cord connected.

**TriggerFinger** · 07-22-2008, 03:57 PM

so which one got solved? is the screen OK?

ministerjee · 07-31-2008, 06:30 PM

screen is okay now, but im showing using battery even with AC power cord connected when i go in power options.

**TriggerFinger** · 07-31-2008, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ministerjee

screen is okay now, but im showing using battery even with AC power cord connected when i go in power options.

I am not quite sure if this would help but try repairing Windows and see. Follow the steps here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1664082/posts

07-08-2008, 09:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
ministerjee Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 55 OS: xp	weird windows xp start up hi i need your help guys. well, my laptop's internal speakers were not working from a long time, i decided to see if i can fix them myself, so i took all the drives out and opened my laptop not completely just partialy from the front where i could see the speakers on both side, but wasn;t able to fix those , so i closed everything just the way it was. but from that point every time now i start windows, it starts like this . while loading windows it shows every thing in a tiny small screen but after that works perfectly without any problems. i think i pressed some button or something, anybody knows how to fix this. Also there is another thing i have noticed even with the AC power connected,it shows running on batteries (in windows power option tab)that never go below 95%. anybody knows why my windows is acting up??? thanks in adv Last edited by ministerjee : 07-08-2008 at 09:30 PM.

07-09-2008, 04:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
ministerjee Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 55 OS: xp	Re: weird windows xp start up anyone????

07-09-2008, 07:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: LV, NV, USA Posts: 5,355 OS: DOS 6.0	Re: weird windows xp start up may be CMOS was reset to default. Go into BIOS setup and look for the display settings. if you are unsure what to change, post a screen shot of your BIOS setup (for each tab in BIOS settings to be sure). when you put the system back together and booted into XP, did you have to change the date and time? __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Everest Mark the THREAD as SOLVED Last edited by TriggerFinger : 07-09-2008 at 07:31 PM.

07-10-2008, 05:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
ministerjee Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 55 OS: xp	Re: weird windows xp start up thanks trigger let me take some more screen shots and will come back.

07-13-2008, 11:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
ministerjee Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 55 OS: xp	Re: weird windows xp start up im back. and no its showing me the correct time. here are the screen shots of Bios. page 1 http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...CAM_1226-1.jpg page2 http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...CAM_1208-2.jpg page3 http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...CAM_1209-3.jpg page4 http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...CAM_1212-4.jpg page 5 http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...CAM_1213-5.jpg page 6 http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...CAM_1223-6.jpg page7 http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...CAM_1224-7.jpg

07-13-2008, 11:26 AM	#6 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: LV, NV, USA Posts: 5,355 OS: DOS 6.0	Re: weird windows xp start up if it showed you the correct time then the CMOS did not reset. have you checked display properties in Windows? EDIT: also try pressing Fn + F7 keys when DELL logo appears. do this once and see if it keeps the configuration once you power OFF and power ON again. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Everest Mark the THREAD as SOLVED Last edited by TriggerFinger : 07-13-2008 at 11:35 AM.

07-15-2008, 11:49 AM	#7 (permalink)
ministerjee Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 55 OS: xp	Re: weird windows xp start up thanks for ther reply...i'll be back with the results.

07-22-2008, 03:48 PM	#8 (permalink)
ministerjee Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 55 OS: xp	Re: weird windows xp start up okay... my windows has returned into normal mood. but 2nd problem is still there. im showing using battery even with AC power cord connected.

07-22-2008, 03:57 PM	#9 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: LV, NV, USA Posts: 5,355 OS: DOS 6.0	Re: weird windows xp start up so which one got solved? is the screen OK? __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Everest Mark the THREAD as SOLVED

07-31-2008, 06:30 PM	#10 (permalink)
ministerjee Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 55 OS: xp	Re: weird windows xp start up screen is okay now, but im showing using battery even with AC power cord connected when i go in power options.