Q: Ive posted this on the general board before notice there was a technical support board
977,503 . I put together this computer yesterday
AMD64 3200 977 503 GB Western Digi Asus A8V
160 HD
1gig OCZ ram
9600 Pro radeon
I updated the bios, drivers, etc.
But heres the problem:
When I turn on my computer after the POST test, the screen goes black, except for a blinking cursor in the corner. This lasts for at least 1 minute, WinXP loads.
Why is that?
Furthermore when I turn it on I get sometimes “broken chassis” fatal error, and caused the keyboard is connected to the USB port.
Plus when the window of the computer slows down a lot doing things like opening etc.
The Pinball CPU Temp is 29 degrees pretty much anyone always
Can tlel me why all this is happening?
Best Answer: Re check all your connections from your power supply, sounds like it isn't completing a POST.
The power supply goes through a POST (power on self test) to see if everything is alright, and if it doesn't pass the test, it won't start up.
check this out. it might help
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-on_se…
It doesn't mean that you have a bad power supply, only that something like video is not starting and doesn't pass the test.
Could be loose video card, loose memory card, or even a bad memory card. I have purchased new cards with one bad in the set.
Re:Really makes a difference doesn't it?
My stepson let out a real loud WOAH!!!!!! when his first booted afterwards.
Glad it worked out for you. 
Re:THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH guy. I LOVE YOU!
THat was it, my bro put the Harddrive together with knowledge of his ollldd harddrives, it was the jumper settings.
Re:Make sure there are no jumpers on that WD. Master setting on WD drives is with all jumpers removed.
My stepson just had to replace a failed drive. Bought a WD and got confused on the jumper settings. It would hang forever at boot and run slow afterwards. I had him pull the jumper and the thing took off like a rocket.
Re:Well I dont know much about any new mobos, but to clear the 3d mark score up, if its 3dmark 05', and with that low-end 9600 pro theres no wonder why you got a 970.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
I just ran a 3dmark test and I only got a score of 970
You do have a CPU fan, don't you? I didn't see it in your list, but anyway, I suggest flashing the BIOS again. Also, try a Windows reinstall.
Re:I just ran a 3dmark test and I only got a score of 970
Re:IDE for sure.
My Disc drive is also pluggen into another IDE slot
Re:What port do you have the hard drive plugged into? IDE or SATA? Heck, how to you have all your opticals/HDs hooked up? I ask because when I put an IDE drive onto the red IDE port, my mouse was jerky in XP.
Re:But I already have 1 gig of ram, I really dont think 90 sec launch times on computers now are….normal, to say the least.
Re:I think the cursor thing is normal. Check the mobo manual for the chassis intruded error, or check the security section of the CMOS setup. I've done a similar upgrade to my system barton 2500/ 1gig ram -> amd64 3000+ Asus A8V Deluxe. Adding more ram +512MB helped with launch times.
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