Control + Alt + Delete Trashed my Computer

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I have XP Home SP 2, just recently installed on a newly formatted hard
drive. (The hard drive itself is about 4 years old). I was working
in Outlook 2000, and hit control + alt + delete to bring up the task
manager. Boom! The computer rebooted and gave me a message that
there was an "IMPROPER FREQUENCY COMBINATION".

Since then, I have not been able to boot up to either the C drive or
the other internal hard drive. I have been able to get to BIOS. I
have tried Win XP Repair. I get a blank screen that shows some PCI
information and doesn't have a cursor or a command prompt.

Anybody got any ideas?

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I have XP Home SP 2, just recently installed on a newly formatted
hard drive. (The hard drive itself is about 4 years old). I was
working in Outlook 2000, and hit control + alt + delete to bring up
the task manager. Boom! The computer rebooted and gave me a
message that there was an "IMPROPER FREQUENCY COMBINATION".

Since then, I have not been able to boot up to either the C drive or
the other internal hard drive. I have been able to get to BIOS. I
have tried Win XP Repair. I get a blank screen that shows some PCI
information and doesn't have a cursor or a command prompt.

Anybody got any ideas?

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Improper frequency..
Tried Safe Mode?
 
I have XP Home SP 2, just recently installed on a newly formatted hard
drive. (The hard drive itself is about 4 years old). I was working
in Outlook 2000, and hit control + alt + delete to bring up the task
manager. Boom! The computer rebooted and gave me a message that
there was an "IMPROPER FREQUENCY COMBINATION".

Since then, I have not been able to boot up to either the C drive or
the other internal hard drive. I have been able to get to BIOS. I
have tried Win XP Repair. I get a blank screen that shows some PCI
information and doesn't have a cursor or a command prompt.

Anybody got any ideas?
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WAG: Keyboard?
 
WAG: Keyboard?
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I think if it was a keyboard it would just show keyboard error on the
screen. To me it sounds like a power supply. If you are handy get a volt
meter and check the outputs against what they are supposed to be.
wetink....
 
In my previous message, I described being unable to boot. Even to
safe mode. The peripherals are fine. It's got to be internal.

If you knew what my financial resources were, you'd know why I try to
hard to figure things out myself. But it looks like I'm going to have
to take it to a shop.

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In the last exciting episode on Thu, 8 Jun 2006 05:32:02 -0700, Dave
 
try doing a repair install with the windowsXP cd

(I hope you have that with sp2 in it or slipstreamed)
 
I already tried a repair install. No joy. I do not know what/how to
slipstream anything. I'm just a user.

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In the last exciting episode on Fri, 9 Jun 2006 03:00:44 +0300, "John
 
Thanks, Kelly. You're helpful and polite. Unlike PA Bear and some of
the other rude a$$holes on the other lists.

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In the last exciting episode on Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:02:18 -0500,
 
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