system hangs after installation reboot...

[Mike Chalmers]

On 12/14/06, Jim Cornette <fc-cornette at insight.rr.com> wrote:
> Mike Chalmers wrote:
> > Thought I would let Fedora know that after a clean installation (don't
> > know about upgrade) reboot, my system hangs. The screen goes black
> > right when it reboots and hangs. It won't let me restart, or turn my
> > computer off. So I cut my power supply off and then turned it back on
> > the power supply kept running, which is unusual, and the screen stayed
> > black, did that again, and the same thing happened. Eventually turned
> > the main power supply (with a battery, that powers my whole system,
> > and protects it from electrical surge) and cut it back on. Then turned
> > my power supply on and the computer finally cut on.
> >
> > The reason I don't like this is because it could have shot my BIOS, I
> > think, not sure though.
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> > Preston
> >
>
> If you have a battery backup, it is to be expected. Turning off the
> battery backup should not have the ability to kill your BIOS. It
> probably left you with an unclean shutdown which hopefully the system
> recovered from.
>
> What video card are you using?
> What sort of display are you using?
> Did you have this trouble with windows also?
>
> Other thoughts withheld.
> Jim
>
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I am using a P4 Intel HT 3.0Ghz 800mhz, 2 512mb of HyperX RAM, D875PBZ
motherboard, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256mb, SB Audigy 2 ex, Logisys LGX750
monitor, a Plextor Premium (which is what I used for the installaion),
Plextor PX504A DVD drive, and an Antec 550 watt power supply.