Windows Reboot

4amFriday

hey guys,


ok so my rig has been rock solid ever since i built it. yesterday i cleaned out the case with some canned air b/c it had lots of dust/lint from the carpet. I didn't touch anything except take off my hsf and clean the dust out. didn't repaste the cpu b/c it looked like there was enough.

put it back together and now everytime winxp pro starts up it instantly reboots??! no matter what i do. i even tried reinstalling winxp on a different drive, reboots when i try to install.

i removed some memory modules and got into winxp but then i went to go run a program and bam - reboot again? i never had this kind of problem before and I have run out of troubleshooting ideas...

rig.
abit kt7r
crucial 512
gf4ti200
amd 1.1

i have no idea what i could have done. all i did was clean her!

oudiophile

you probably did exactly what i did. I put the HSF on backwards (lol), so only about 1/2 of the processor was coming in contact with metal. THis caused it to overheat, and, reboot spastically.

Check it out.

versello

Yep, check the HSF. It's prolly not coming in proper contact with the core, causing it to overheat and reboot.

4amFriday

cool thanks guys. i will check that out. i can get into xp but only by using 1 stick of 128. i checked the temps and voltages. temp is around 36 for chip. i am not sure what to make of voltages. 12v=11.83 5v=5 i unplugged all devices except for case fans, vid card and hd. but even if i just run a simple search the comp reboots instantly.

my local pc club charges 30 bux to check psu and memory, but i really don't want to do that.

thanks again. btw, versello where did you get that crazy ass racoon. i love it. is that a flash movie??

versello

I don't remember where I got it, but it's a gif animation. Before it used to dance and then some like, asian chick would do a :loco: face, but I cut that out to keep the filesize small :jelly:

4amFriday

asian chicks rule. especially the crazy ones.

btw, what's the best way to remove arctic silver from cpu core and hsf? alcohol?

versello

4amFriday wrote:

asian chicks rule. especially the crazy ones.

btw, what's the best way to remove arctic silver from cpu core and hsf? alcohol?

The crazy ones? Like teh ditzy anime chicks? Or like teh psycho killer in Kill Bill? Or like... bukakke chicks?

Alcohol is the best way to remove thermal goop, but, since I don't have any around my house I just use 409 and a paper towel. Works just as good

oudiophile

4amFriday wrote:

cool thanks guys. i will check that out. i can get into xp but only by using 1 stick of 128. i checked the temps and voltages. temp is around 36 for chip. i am not sure what to make of voltages. 12v=11.83 5v=5 i unplugged all devices except for case fans, vid card and hd. but even if i just run a simple search the comp reboots instantly.

It DOES Sound like an overheating problem, but, the temps seem normal. Hm. Download Speedfan and see if any temps are WAY too hot.

Oh, and don't worry about frying your chip if you see that teh temps are crazy high. Overheating is dangerous, but my 2800+ took 252^F for about 20 minutes, lol.

Your memory may be bad, but I doubt that.

The PSU does not seem to be an issue. I am almost CERTAIN taht it is a heating issue.

4amFriday

thanks versello and audiophile for the advice. got some AS5 today and stuck it on. everything booted up fine and all is good so far. i feel stupid. it does appear so far that it was simply I did not put the hsf back on correctly. i did generously clean the remaining AS2 with 91% alcohol off the chip and core. is it ok that i swabbed alcohol not only on the core but the chip itself? i can't imagine this being a problem but i thought i should ask..


thanks again!

oudiophile

w00t! Success story!