xp not booting and locking up at start up. It turned out to be a faulty power cable/supply. thanks for your help all. #
It is set to enhanced mode, but I will try altering just to sata, have also disabled the memory card readers??? we will see??
boot sata ??other sata
I think it is hardware, but as it seems random it is hard to tell, I have tried disconnecting all non essential hardware but the problem did...
Had a few problems with booting up a few months ago which I posted in this thread and thought I had solved it by flashing the bios but it seems to...
I flashed the bios which seems to have done the trick(but not for the faint hearted), thanKs all for your replies.
The bios is set to boot with multiple h/d types ata and ide? I can put another operating system in on an ide cable? and try that, it is...
clean install less than a month ago(legit operating system aswell), updating the mb drivers is good advice and which they are all pretty much up...
no none of the above, psu passed all tests and the fans combined are now running at about 3000, cpu fan has gone up 500. It is baffling me????...
today I am going to buy a psu tester, and some compressed air, give it a clean. Its a fic motherboard, will keep you posted unless you have any...
have a chasis/case fan which is running at 1800rpm, both are low noise fans have changed the cmos battery and reordered the power leads, and got...
Thanks Guys, its not one for hijackthis which is a great program and I suspect it is hardware, I will test the power supply and change the cmos...
Hello all, I have a weird startup problem, every 10 to 15 startups my computer fails to start and hangs before the windows screen normally...
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