Hi, I'm having trouble with my computer. I have an Acer Travelmate 4500 and I've had it for 4 years now and I have never had problems with it until now.

I was watching a youtube video and it finished and I went to load another window and I suddenly got a blue SCREEN asking me to make sure things were installed correctly. It told me I needed to restart my computer, so I restarted my computer.

Upon the restart of my computer, it began to make a funny noise it has never done before. It was a little clicking noise that seemed to be coming from the left speaker. The acer window popped up then the screen that I get when I start my computer after I have put it on standby showed up and it was stuck there for a while. Finally, after it made it through that screen, it went to the Windows loading screen and then this blue screen popped up, saying something which I can never read because it GOES away just like that and restarts my computer.

Now, I've restarted it and it just keeps doing this. I called my father and he said I needed to start in Safemode. Now, once it starts up I hit f8 as quick as I can and it never registers that I'm hitting f8. F8 doesn't work for some reason.

My dad asked if I had my Windows XP disk and I told him not with me and even if I did, my dvd drive stopped working in September.

I was wondering if anyone knew why my computer has been doing this? My dad said he thinks my memory might have went bad, but I'm not sure (Since he said he has always been able to get into f8 unless the memory was shot). I cannot get my dad to LOOK at my computer due to the fact that I am in another state for the summer. Does anyone have any insight? Thank you so much!Are you tapping F8 repeatedly right after powering up ? ?
This is how it needs to be done.

Once in safemode go to Control Panel/Advanced/ Startup and Recovery and uncheck "auto restart on errors".

Re-boot

Now when you get a blue screen it will not restart...write down the entire error message and post it here...I do hit it repeatedly, but it still doesn't work. Right as I hit the power button I start hitting F8 as quickly as I can but it doesn't work. It goes right back to that screen that I get when I am powering up after it's been on standby. For what it's worth:  Acer TravelMate 4500 User Manual English

Seems like F8 key should allow access to Safe Mode (thru Windows Advanced Options Menu).

So... What works?  Can you use the F2 key during Power-On Self Test (POST) to enter CMOS SETUP utility (for system BIOS)?  Tap F2 key during power startup.Yes, F2 works fine and I can get into that screen just not when I PUSH F8.I tried to start my computer again and this time it got stuck on the Acer screen then I held down my start button and a black screen popped up and told me something about my Operating System failing or not there or something...