Q: Hi, I am hoping I can have some help / advice on building a new computer for my nephew to get. I am A + Certified and have built computers before.
I recently bought an Intel Socket 423 Pentium 4 1.4 GHz, the motherboard and 2 sticks PC800 RD-RAM to go with everything else worked fine in his old. I have it all together and the BIOS seems fine message . no beeps. However, the computer “freezes” after the post. Either in the Setup utility or while trying to load Windows. Obviously something is wrong and I think it is a defective part. My question is what could it be?
I tried removing all PCI expansion cards (except video) and I tried to boot from floppy and still no dice.
I she wants to return back to AMEX protection, but they say that the items must be in good condition. I asked a professor of mine and she thinks it would be the motherboard, but that they had never heard this happen before (me). The motherboard is only $ 20 (the CPU and RAM costs about $ 220 in all – all Purchased at Compgeeks.com). I kinda hope the MB, because its the only thing still under warranty.
Can anyone help? If this is not allowed, I will try to make a coupon or something if anyone can help me provide.
Best Answer: put the disc in your pc and restart the pc. it should start to load from the cd. if not select in thye boot menu to boot from cd first. any dell i have reinstalled i have never had to use the product key. if its the dell xp disc and your installing it on a dell laptop you dont usually have to use the product key
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Re:I would look into powersupply and cooling issues.. Do you have the 12v AUX power line plugged in? (you know, the little square 4-pin deal)
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Re:The memory test which occurs when you start your computer isn't very rigorous. You should use a program such as MemTest86 (http://www.memtest86.com) to fully test your memory.
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Re:the motherboard RAM specs and the RAM I bought are an identitical match. the mem test at boot says no problems so thats why I think its not the RAM. I cant do anything in BIOS setup because it freezes in there as well. I can't test the RAM in any other machines. I have never experienced BIOS setup utility freezing before. I didnt think to physically reset the CMOS on the mb but I dont know if that would do any good..worth a shot I guess. Assuming RAM is ok… could this be a bad CPU or is it possible this 1.4 GHz isn't getting enough cooling or something? I guess from what I am hearing though all around it looks like it is a MB issue.
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Re:I would seriously consider a memtest of your RAM too. That way you can either find out if the RAM is the problem, or eliminate it as a problem. Also it's free,
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Re:You may want to try reseting the configuration data in CMOS, its a little option that is usually under the "Plug and Play OS? [yes/no]" option. It has on occasion resolved small mb related boot issues from time to time…. harmless and worth a shot since its free and you are obviously approaching this from a cost concious perspective.
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Re:any way to try your cpu/ram in another machine?
bad ram does weird stuff, but id guess a $20 mobo wouldnt be too reliable for very long; maybe thats just me
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Re:Have you tried clearing the CMOS? Can you get into the BIOS setup to check the settings? Was 800 memory commonly available when that mobo was made. Perhaps you will need to install some slower RAM and update the BIOS.
You need to provide some specifics for someone to diagnose at a distance.
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