Sounds like the system isn't completing POST. The "message" that you are seeing on the screen is likely just the last completed step before it fails. The line above would appear to be video card related, but that doesn't actually mean that you have a video card issue.
Sounds like the system isn't completing POST. The "message" that you are seeing on the screen is likely just the last completed step before it fails. The line above would appear to be video card related, but that doesn't actually mean that you have a video card issue.
<What does that mean? It sounds like you are saying that you have two video cards installed.
The PC however is not using it's standard video card to display it's desktop screen, it's using its Radeon graphics card that was installed years ago, if you try and use the standard video card it sets off a beep code. From the start it refused to run without the graphics card being the default to display the screen and won't start up properly without it
The PC however is not using it's standard video card to display it's desktop screen, it's using its Radeon graphics card that was installed years ago, if you try and use the standard video card it sets off a beep code. From the start it refused to run without the graphics card being the default to display the screen and won't start up properly without it.
If that 500 GB hard drive is blank/empty, you need to format it and install a Windows operating system in it.
What's the "service tag" number and/or "express service code" number on your Dell OptiPlex GX620?
Depending on what hardware(processor, RAM, graphics, etc.) it has, it's capable of running the 32-bit version of Windows XP or Windows Vista or Windows 7.
I previously owned the minitower model and ran Windows 7 32-bit in it with a supported graphics card and maxed out with 4 GB of DDR2 RAM.
It has no service code pretty much because it used to be a computer running for Exon Mobil and was once connected to a power plant. We know that it is capable of running windows Vista and 7 but with its 1.50 GIG of RAM on it it cant run very fast.
My father was able to get it booting up properly and windows installation started, it took hours to format before it froze and came with the blue screen of death.
But we once had DELL services check it before and it is qualified as a DELL PC.
The Windows installation shouldn't take "hours", so there is likely some sort of hardware issue. The BSOD error would have been a good indication of what caused the problem.
And you will want more RAM for it to be useable without constantly thrashing the HDD.
The time it takes to format the HDD will vary on the size of the drive. So yes, if you format the drive, it could take hours. That's normal.
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