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Dave
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 Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:32 pm Post subject: Boot problems |
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I have a homebuilt PC that's worked flawlessly for a year, and now it
won't boot up reliably. It's an MSI MS-7103 motherboard with a Celeron
D 2.66. I have one hard drive, a CD R/W drive, a wireless card and an
AGP DVI card.
It usually gets through POST and enters the Windows XP splash screen,
then it turns itself off. The odd thing is that if I can get it to
boot, it will run reliably all day long with no problem.
Here's what I've done so far:
*Replaced the CPU fan thinking it was a cooling issue. The new fan
works better, but I still have the problem.
*Reinstalled Windows.
*Completely disassembled the PC and put it back together again,
verifying all the connections.
Any ideas on what might be causing this, or what else I can try to
solve it?
Thanks!
Dave |
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Dave
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:32 pm Post subject: Re: Boot problems |
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On Apr 27, 9:23 am, "Bo" <bo@.invalid.email> wrote:
| Quote: | "Dave" <dlm...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1177677343.080460.310830@s33g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
I have a homebuilt PC that's worked flawlessly for a year, and now it
won't boot up reliably. It's an MSI MS-7103 motherboard with a Celeron
D 2.66. I have one hard drive, a CD R/W drive, a wireless card and an
AGP DVI card.
It usually gets through POST and enters the Windows XP splash screen,
then it turns itself off. The odd thing is that if I can get it to
boot, it will run reliably all day long with no problem.
Here's what I've done so far:
*Replaced the CPU fan thinking it was a cooling issue. The new fan
works better, but I still have the problem.
*Reinstalled Windows.
*Completely disassembled the PC and put it back together again,
verifying all the connections.
Any ideas on what might be causing this, or what else I can try to
solve it?
Thanks!
Dave
I recently had the exact same problem- turned out to be a bad video card.
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How did you determine that the video card was the problem? |
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Bo
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:32 pm Post subject: Re: Boot problems |
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"Dave" <dlmoak@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1177677343.080460.310830@s33g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | I have a homebuilt PC that's worked flawlessly for a year, and now it
won't boot up reliably. It's an MSI MS-7103 motherboard with a Celeron
D 2.66. I have one hard drive, a CD R/W drive, a wireless card and an
AGP DVI card.
It usually gets through POST and enters the Windows XP splash screen,
then it turns itself off. The odd thing is that if I can get it to
boot, it will run reliably all day long with no problem.
Here's what I've done so far:
*Replaced the CPU fan thinking it was a cooling issue. The new fan
works better, but I still have the problem.
*Reinstalled Windows.
*Completely disassembled the PC and put it back together again,
verifying all the connections.
Any ideas on what might be causing this, or what else I can try to
solve it?
Thanks!
Dave
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I recently had the exact same problem- turned out to be a bad video card. |
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Frank McCoy
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:42 pm Post subject: Re: Boot problems |
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In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt Dave <dlmoak@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I have a homebuilt PC that's worked flawlessly for a year, and now it
won't boot up reliably. It's an MSI MS-7103 motherboard with a Celeron
D 2.66. I have one hard drive, a CD R/W drive, a wireless card and an
AGP DVI card.
It usually gets through POST and enters the Windows XP splash screen,
then it turns itself off. The odd thing is that if I can get it to
boot, it will run reliably all day long with no problem.
Here's what I've done so far:
*Replaced the CPU fan thinking it was a cooling issue. The new fan
works better, but I still have the problem.
*Reinstalled Windows.
*Completely disassembled the PC and put it back together again,
verifying all the connections.
Any ideas on what might be causing this, or what else I can try to
solve it?
Thanks!
Power-supply or memory problems come to mind; with the first being much |
more likely. Bad caps on the motherboard come in third.
Don't forget cables to the hard-drives as well.
Had more troubles with poor cables ....
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Frank McCoy
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:43 pm Post subject: Re: Boot problems |
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In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt Dave <dlmoak@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | On Apr 27, 9:23 am, "Bo" <bo@.invalid.email> wrote:
"Dave" <dlm...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1177677343.080460.310830@s33g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
I have a homebuilt PC that's worked flawlessly for a year, and now it
won't boot up reliably. It's an MSI MS-7103 motherboard with a Celeron
D 2.66. I have one hard drive, a CD R/W drive, a wireless card and an
AGP DVI card.
It usually gets through POST and enters the Windows XP splash screen,
then it turns itself off. The odd thing is that if I can get it to
boot, it will run reliably all day long with no problem.
Here's what I've done so far:
*Replaced the CPU fan thinking it was a cooling issue. The new fan
works better, but I still have the problem.
*Reinstalled Windows.
*Completely disassembled the PC and put it back together again,
verifying all the connections.
Any ideas on what might be causing this, or what else I can try to
solve it?
Thanks!
Dave
I recently had the exact same problem- turned out to be a bad video card.
How did you determine that the video card was the problem?
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I don't know about *him*; but replacing the card with a cheap one and
seeing if it runs is the usual method.
Old/cheap video cards can be had for a song, if you sing it yourself.
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Ed Medlin
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:51 pm Post subject: Re: Boot problems |
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"Frank McCoy" <mccoyf@millcomm.com> wrote in message
news:kcd4335ijj5shabug5sgv8ktes2n7fdlsj@4ax.com...
| Quote: | In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt Dave <dlmoak@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a homebuilt PC that's worked flawlessly for a year, and now it
won't boot up reliably. It's an MSI MS-7103 motherboard with a Celeron
D 2.66. I have one hard drive, a CD R/W drive, a wireless card and an
AGP DVI card.
It usually gets through POST and enters the Windows XP splash screen,
then it turns itself off. The odd thing is that if I can get it to
boot, it will run reliably all day long with no problem.
Here's what I've done so far:
*Replaced the CPU fan thinking it was a cooling issue. The new fan
works better, but I still have the problem.
*Reinstalled Windows.
*Completely disassembled the PC and put it back together again,
verifying all the connections.
Any ideas on what might be causing this, or what else I can try to
solve it?
Thanks!
Power-supply or memory problems come to mind; with the first being
much
more likely. Bad caps on the motherboard come in third.
Don't forget cables to the hard-drives as well.
Had more troubles with poor cables ....
Failed or failing PSUs always are the first thing to come to my mind |
when a system begins having startup problems. On startup, that is when a
PSU is strained to the max and when you see problems begin to emerge.
Ed |
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