need help

carolcarol
edited March 2005 in Hardware
when I start my computer I get first post then it reboots driving me mad can anyone help, athlon v400db mother board windows xp pro it recognises graphic card ram and bleeps

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  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    Hi. We'll need more information before we can help.

    -Video Card Model and Manufacturer
    -Driver version for video card
    -Power supply brand and wattage
    -Processor and temperature
    -Other hardware in your system

    -What steps you've tried and their outcomes

    Thanks!
  • carolcarol
    edited March 2005
    shwaip wrote:
    Hi. We'll need more information before we can help.

    -Video Card Model and Manufacturer
    -Driver version for video card
    -Power supply brand and wattage
    -Processor and temperature
    -Other hardware in your system

    -What steps you've tried and their outcomes

    Thanks!
    hi not sure about all you need to know its an athlon xp/duron processor nvidia geforce graphic card I think all I have connected is graphic card A drive Hard Drive and cd it does the first post I have reset the cmos
  • carolcarol
    edited March 2005
    just looked and on power supply it says codegen just took out graphics card its gfamx44apb does that make sense?tried boot discs they don't work just sometimes it boots but hasn't today when it booted up lat I set cmos at optimised it re-booted and has not started since
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    got your e-mail, and replied.


    Your problem sounds like a hardware problem...a dying power supply/video card/(maybe) memory.

    Did you build this computer, or did you buy it already built? If the former, from whom?
  • carolcarol
    edited March 2005
    I had the motherboard and my hard ware done at fast micros, it has been fine I didn't have any problems until I put another graphics card in, since then it has played up, I have had windows back on and it worked fine until I re-booted it then this problem occured. It starts up displays graphic card and ram beeps as if it was going to boot and then just re-boots.
    cheers carol
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    Since the problem started after you got the new video card, that's where we'll start looking.

    You say that the computer often doesn't even start loading windows. This means that the problem is not a driver problem. If you feel comfortable with computer hardware, take out the video card and put it back in to the same slot...this will make sure it is making proper contact. If that doesn't solve the problem, try taking out the new video card and putting the old one back in. If it works then, you'll likely need to buy a new video card.
  • carolcarol
    edited March 2005
    Tried that and it has booted on the old card
    Sorry if I dont make much sense I understand better than I can describe
    cheers carol
  • carolcarol
    edited March 2005
    When I turn on computer this is exactly what comes up then a beep and it begins again

    INCA NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 BIOS
    Version 4.17.00.69.IP
    Copyright (c) 1996-2002 NVIDIA Corp.
    64.OMB RAM
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    It definitely sounds like just bad hardware to me, if it works fine with the old card, and won't even finish POSTing all the time with the new card.
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