Hi, I'm not exactly sure if this is a motherboard problem or a video card problem, but anyhow the last time I was using my PC I just plugged in my eSansa mp3 player through a USB drive (never had an issue with this mp3 player before it worked fine in the past) and that's when hell began. My screen lost power after 2 seconds of displaying the "detecting device" that Windows does, and then 5 seconds after it began to beep in intervals of two with a one second pause in between the beeps. And then when I do a hard power off and reboot I get display that displays garbage as the attached images show (sorry I only have a camera phone on me right now), man Windows really crashed hard on me this time. I

I'm running Windows XP SP2, and everything works ok in Safe Mode but I don't know what to do in there to fix it.

EDIT: Forgot to tell you that it's a Gigabyte motherboard with a Xpress Recovery system that I'm thinking of using but I think it's for the Hard drive only not the BIOS, I did reset the BIOS by taking off the battery for a few mins, did nothing except making me re-input my date and time.

Thanks, any help will be greatly appreciated it.

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Hi jchico - Welcome to PCHF!!

What is the exact model of motherboard. Also do you know BIOS it is - e.g. Phoenix, Award, etc

Please post with this information. You mention its fine in safe-mode. Do you get the 2 beeps when the PC first starts or just when in normal mode windows.

Hi, I was able to figure out my problem and it was my video card giving me the problems. In safe mode I tried to see if reinstalling the Computer driver to Standard PC to see if that helped because I kept on thinking it was a Motherboard problem but that didn't help. I also updated my chipset drivers, and flashed my BIOS to the newest version but still the display was borked. Then when I unistalled my nvidia drivers I was able to login to Windows in standard VGA mode, but the moment I updated the newest drivers every time I booted up Windows it crashed when it got to the login screen.

Thank goodness I had an old Radeon 7000 with 32MB of RAM lying around, at least my display is back to normal but no gaming for me for a while.

Now I have a little annoying problem, it's not a big one but I want my computer to be back to an ACPI computer instead of a Standard PC one since I have to manually shut off my computer after I do start > shut down, it gives the old school "It's safe to turn off your computer." message and then I have to turn it off manually. I tried "updating driver" and then searching for ACPI but it doesn't show up, only the Standard PC one shows up! Grrr.

Thanks for your reply though, took a while to get back to ya since I had to take matters to my own hands.

I need to know what model your motherboard is to help with the ACPI query also. If you go to User CP up the top and select Edit Options - a little way you'll see System Specs. Change to it to yes and complete as much info as you can. This will assist us to help you faster.

I updated my Profile, and thanks for being patient with me I didn't know that you needed my motherboard info for that.

Here's a direct link to my motherboard:
GIGABYTE - Support - Motherboard - BIOS - GA-8IPE1000-G (Rev 3.x)

You motherboard supports ACPI so you should no problems getting ACPI enabled. However the only way to do this is to completely reinstall XP Pro. As ACPI was not automatically enabled when you first installed Windows, you will need to update your BIOS before reinstalling Windows otherwise you will have the same problem again, unless when you originally installed XP you had a different motherboard, either way you still have to reinstall Windows. You will need to backup all your files, etc if decide you really want ACPI.

The easiest way to update the BIOS for your motherboard is to use @BIOS utility. You can find it on the disc that came with your motherboard. This tool allows you to easily update the BIOS from within windows. After you have installed the tool just run it - it will let you know if there is a newer BIOS version available. Make sure you save a copy of your old BIOS before you install the new one. You can do this in @BIOS.
After you have updated BIOS reboot pc and enter setup. In Power Management Setup you will see ACPI Suspend Type - Make sure it is set to S1. If its on S3 Windows may not recognise that your motherboard supports ACPI and you'll have to reinstall again.

Next is to reinstall Windows. If after you have installed Windows if it is still Standard PC you will have to force Windows to setup ACPI. This will require another reinstall. To do this when windows setup is starting and you see the prompt down the bottom of the screen to press F6 to install 3rd party drivers. Press F5. You will receive a number of items - you need to select Advanced Config + Power Interface (APCI) PC.

Please post back if you have any queries or need any help with the above.