xp PRO FREEZES on Install
Morty-141
in the 9th level of hell (married with 2 kids in an 800^2 ft duplex
here is the set I'm running
MSI kt4av with AMD 462 2800 (ya a some reall power)
WD 40 gig HD
521 ram PC-32000
400 Watt PSU
56X CDROM
64 meg grapfic card
This is going to be a computer for some work stuff
Now dow to the nut and bolts of the problem. The machine freezes any where from 39 - 1 of the installation of XP pro. Sometime I get a problem with the loading of a file but not to often. I been fighting this for about 2 weeks. :banghead: :banghead:
What I have done to diagnose the problem.
I have loded fale safe defaults in BIOS
Switched out ram
switched out video cars
put in a NIC/and took out NIC
switched out a Quantum 20 gig HD to WD 40 HD
double checked to make sure the HD is in the master and pined right as well
CD rom in on the IDE 2 and HD is on IDE 1 both are master I put then on Cable select slave and master positions
Ran microscope 4.0 ran numberus test all passed, TESTED both ram sticks
Ran long security wipe 5 time w/format on WD 40 gig
before the Security wipe I got the installation to make it to "1" min to completion then froze and it almost went out back to be shot drove over burned then pumbled with a sledgehammer. to make sure that it did not spread it infection to the rest of the world.
The security wipe ran for about 3 hours or so I had no problems in power (that I noticed) I was starting to think the PSu was going bad I'm trying to track down a volt meter to see the what's happing My next step is to switch out CPU's with my Back up and see if I get different results. But I need to find some CPU LUBE stuff. I'll repost if I got A bad CPU! Before I tear apart my other macine I would like to know if there is any other test or better testing sofware that I can run???
MSI kt4av with AMD 462 2800 (ya a some reall power)
WD 40 gig HD
521 ram PC-32000
400 Watt PSU
56X CDROM
64 meg grapfic card
This is going to be a computer for some work stuff
Now dow to the nut and bolts of the problem. The machine freezes any where from 39 - 1 of the installation of XP pro. Sometime I get a problem with the loading of a file but not to often. I been fighting this for about 2 weeks. :banghead: :banghead:
What I have done to diagnose the problem.
I have loded fale safe defaults in BIOS
Switched out ram
switched out video cars
put in a NIC/and took out NIC
switched out a Quantum 20 gig HD to WD 40 HD
double checked to make sure the HD is in the master and pined right as well
CD rom in on the IDE 2 and HD is on IDE 1 both are master I put then on Cable select slave and master positions
Ran microscope 4.0 ran numberus test all passed, TESTED both ram sticks
Ran long security wipe 5 time w/format on WD 40 gig
before the Security wipe I got the installation to make it to "1" min to completion then froze and it almost went out back to be shot drove over burned then pumbled with a sledgehammer. to make sure that it did not spread it infection to the rest of the world.
The security wipe ran for about 3 hours or so I had no problems in power (that I noticed) I was starting to think the PSu was going bad I'm trying to track down a volt meter to see the what's happing My next step is to switch out CPU's with my Back up and see if I get different results. But I need to find some CPU LUBE stuff. I'll repost if I got A bad CPU! Before I tear apart my other macine I would like to know if there is any other test or better testing sofware that I can run???
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http://www.memtest86.com/
I give that a try and lets see if that's where the hang up is.
As for the overheating I will look more into this. The box is a standard ATX box with intake and out take 80mm fans. I will double check if there are flowing in the right directions. It sit in between two other systems 1/2 of the time the other half I ran it with the side off. I will make sure the CPU fan snd stuff is seated correctly.
Question! if its a overheating problem would that mean the machine works harded during the installation peirod then it does the copping session?
I will work on the venting to see and I will swap out CPU to see If that is the BAD part.
SO It has to be the motherboard :confused2 and a BIOS updat dint help. This means I have a new target to shoot at.
On the FLIP side I get to buy a new Mother Board.
Down side it's has to be a 462 slot processor board.
But I get to bulid a new machine. Its alwas fun to build something new.