On 15/10/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Morley</b> <<a href="mailto:davmor2@gmail.com">davmor2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><div><br> </div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> When I select an option from the menu, the option stays highlighted<br>> and nothing else changes on the screen (I've left it for a minute or<br>> so before hitting CTRL+ALT+DEL to try again).<br>> I'm not positive now, but I think there's some CD & CPU activity
<br>> (processor fan kicks in) but nothing much else.<br></blockquote></div><br>The usual culprit in these circumstances is power control. Try booting with the "noacpi disableapic" and permutations thereof.<br>
<br>I'm not saying it will make any difference as we don't have much to go on, but turning off power management means there's one less thing which can screw you up.<br><br>-- <br>Steve<br>When 1 person suffers from a delusion it is insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion.
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