[SOLVED] Lite 2.6 stopped loading at Splash screen

[rokytnji]

I refurbish old gear given to me by my local city hall. These units come in all kinds of condition from being cached with dust to just plain broke.

First. To rule out power supply or other motherboard problems. I'd pop in a Puppy or Sltiaz live cd and run this video over night to make sure things are not going to break.



This test puts certain stress tests on computer components like sound, video card, power supply, motherboard,video card. If everything looks OK.
Then I proceed to buy a hard drive for the unit.  Usually a new one, but if IDE is involved. Then I settle for used. Because they pull the drives before giving me the units.  Even the  caddies. But for free. I cannot complain.

I never worry about the bios yet. Usually time settings not sticking after shutdown are bios battery related. Which basically means the bios battery is goid dead/bad.
They are usually just watch batteries one can get at a store,  for a desktop tower. Laptops are different since wires are involved.

Sounds to me like maybe a hardware glitch. I would re-seat  the connector at the hard drive 1st. If problem continues. Then swap that drive with a known good working drive off my shelf and re-test with a fresh install.

If it stays broke. I gut and keep the screws, drives, ram, case, cables (ide and sata), plus any removable zif stuff. And call it day.
I am not saying this is what is wrong with your computer or that you need to do what I do.

Just letting you know how I re-furbish old units so to give to old seniors I know on fixed incomes who cannot afford buying a computer in my small town.
Which is why city hall gives me their old units when they upgrade their gear to Windows 10.

My Dell 755 wireless tower and E5500 laptop I have posted with on this forum are some of those units. I kept tower on a mobile wheeled stand for the shop I have.