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AMD Athlon 64 3400+
1gig RAM
200gig HDD
Windows XP

6 months ago I noticed my computer would reboot occasionally when I'd play WoW. I thought it was a overheating issue so I opened up my comp and found that my CPU fan and heatsink were caked with dust. As I lifted up the heatsink to clean it I DAMAGED my CPU, breaking a few pins. Now I had an even bigger problem on my hands.

This week I finally got a new CPU, I installed it and booted up and the computer STILL rebooted at startup. But it seemed like every time I rebooted it would get farther into the startup, eventually I got to my desktop and was able to use my comp for about 30 minutes. I restarted the comp to see what would happen and it's never been able to get to the desktop since. It will restart right before it displays the desktop. Sometimes it will get the BSOD, the messages I've gotten so far are:

1) NO_MORE_IRP_STACK_LOCATIONS
2) IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Thinking it was a hardware problem I did a few things to pinpoint the issue:

1) Booted with a brand new PSU (Still restarted)
2) Installed working RAM from another computer (Still restarted)
3) Booted with a hard drive from another computer (Still restarted)
4) Took the hard drive and booted it using another computer (Booted up fine)

I also tried booting up with an Ubuntu Linux CD which I had no problems with. So my conclusion is that it's a motherboard issue. Can I get everyone's opinion and what I can do to solve or further pinpoint the problem? Thanks!
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906866

NO_MORE_IRP_STACK_LOCATIONS
you install more than three programs that are related to file security. For example, you install more than three antivirus programs or file-encryption programs.



IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/818501

Some good reading to start with.....



Maybe those error messages are a separate issue from my rebooting problem? I don't get those messages every time I try to startup my comp. Also as I stated in my original post, when I took the hard drive and started it in another computer it worked fine, however when I took the hard drive from another computer and started it in the problem computer I encountered the same problem.Hello
Can u start in Safe Mode? If u can start in Safe Mode it is some kind of DRIVER issue.I don't think it is a hardware problem, u have pretty much done your homework with the swapping of parts. That only leaves one item u have not check. Try going into the BIOS and select the BIOS defaults. Let us know the results.No I can't get into safe mode it gives me a long list of files/drivers?Quote from: 5thape on May 15, 2009, 12:21:40 AM

No I can't get into safe mode it gives me a long list of files/drivers?