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Solve : Crazy Reboot problem, PC is possessed? |
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Answer» Hello , I am going crazy with this PC. Here is what it does. At Power On, it does nothing. It takes 15 minutes for the MB to go beep and display the video card. At random times, usually when you just click a web page or are loading a CD. it will reboot. I have taken memory out, changed video cards, powered the HD's and CD drive with a 2nd Power supply. Tried increasing volt to the CPU, and slowed the MB bus speed. Upgraded to XP and reformatted the HD. Its a SOYO MB with a 1333 Tbird chip with 800 mb of ram. Any thoughts, please let me have it. SCI noticed that the memory count that occurs at reboot will count the Ram, then it will start over and will do this again untill I hit Esc. then it will continue thru the boot up. What do you think of that? SCCould be a RAM PROBLEM, wrong type or defective.I'd recommend you return your system to it's original configuration. If that doesn't fix it, check your RAM, one stick/card at a time. You have a strange mix of RAM for 800 mb (256x3?). At Power On, it does nothing. Yup. BTW - how did you switch the power on for your second PS for the HD and CD? Did they work? Dellit might be because the CPU is messed up, it happened to my custom a couple of times and found out that it wasn't producing enough power to actually work up all of the internals. if you just go to a computer geek place they can just hook it up to another CPU and see what the problem is free of charge (:] i did it so i know its free), and if something is wrong then you can, if you want, purchase a new CPU. other than that, if it is the RAM, talk to Dell about thatwOW Thx for the advice. Commando, I have 2 sticks of ram . I think one is 586 or something and the other is 256. I tried both singly and the count would repeat on each one so I figure that 2 sticks of ram cant be both bad. maybe im wrong. Dell4700 On the 2nd powers supply. I had a 400 watt and it toasted. So i snagged a 300 watt and the system worked fine for 6 months or so. I always thought it might be a problem but it never was. Anyway I got another 250 watt PS and I use it to power the 2 HD's and the CD player. works fine no problem . Its KIND of a drag hot wiring the 2nd PS so it will turn on, but it works fine. and since 400 watt PS sell for 45 bucks around here. I like it. This made me decide the power supplys are not the culprit Arrielle, I think you are on to something. I generally torture CPU's. I got this one to 1500mhx for a while but Doom3 kept crashing so i ran it back down to 1333 mhz. I hate that the cpu is not on fire so i'd no for sure. Do you think a bad Cpu would take for every to boot up from a cold start and have trouble checking ram??. I'll see what a new chip costs. slow pokey 1333's are probaly cheap. . I'll post the results when I get them. Again thx to everyone SC If you overclocked it then all bets are off regarding intact components - ANY of them. That is the inherent risk of overclocking.Also running 2 different PSU's can cause cycling problems as well... It sounds like you've attempted pretty much every option for frying this machine. It's possible you have FINALLY succeded. patio. Patio, I know I have not tried every way to fry this machine. If it would completly smoke out . I'd be able to start fresh with a new MB and CPU to torture. The cycling of the 2 PSU's was news to me. What is that? I'm going to try bending the MB to see if I have some kind of thermal break that can be fixed I'm also thinking that maybe by using a hot hair dryer I can heat up what ever component needs to warm up before it boots . THx for the the help GX_1 Overclocking may be a little dangerous but so FAR this is the only PC that I may have fried and I have not overclocked this one in 6 months. I think of it as extending the usefull life of outdated components and not overclocking. I had to quit on this PC when I had stability problems when I had it at 1600mhx so I had to run back in spec.This may sound wierd but i just hair dryer'ed the ALI M1647 chip. I think maybe the cmos is in that. In about 5 seconds of hot air, the PC went Beep and started up. Crazy huh?. I'm not sure how stable the machine is but I'm going to try it out. Ok. I loaded a Call of duty game and got another reboot and the 2nd time i tried got a freeze up with no reboot. I freeze up is a better than a reboot but I still got problems. Does Cmos control the ram memory count thing or does the cpu? Because the ram count will cycle forever if i don't hit Esc. Does it seem that I need a mother board and not a CPU? What about flashing the bios? does that sound usefull? SC Nice story ,got any more Mismatched is the fault........Merlin, do you not believe this is happening? All is true . what does "Mismatched is the fault" mean? It took me 20 minutes to get this thing to boot tonite because I did not pre-heat the MB. I tore off the heatsink and the fan from the cmos chip. jus in case that would help. It didn.t Anyway... Does this sound like a resonable avenue to follow? Replace the MB. it has some kind of thermal problem and The CPU appears to be OK?. Thx for the help. SC SCsmelly_Cat.......I have just finished reading your tale of woe.......lol.......It would seem that you are a gamer ....... So my best advice would be to either purchase a machine ( or build it ) that will handle the games you want to run........Overclocking (if done carefully and correctly) will improve performance .......but may shorten component life. I would definately not recomend using 2 differant psu's .....your just asking for trouble. Also I would refrain from bending the MOBO ......and using hair dryers and curling irons ........LOL.....The were designed to dry your hair and to curl it ........ It sounds like you should spend a BIT more time researching "how things work". I look forward to reading the next chapter in your yarn...... dl65 And if you try to flash the BIOS and it reboots during the procedure it will be terminally broken, if not already.I would just use some duct tape and mount the hair dryer to the side of the case with the side panel off so it pre-heats all MBoard components prior to boot. Then get seperate PSU's for each device in the machine, i. e. 1 for each drive; card; and an extra one just in case. patio. |
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