Specs:
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Mobo
Athlon 2700 XP CPU
CORSAIR MEMORY XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, Low Latency (Twin Pack) 1GB(2 x 512MB) 2x(64MX64) PC-2700LLPT
Western Digital 7200 120 Gig HD
NVIDIA Asylum GeForce4 Ti 4200 (128mb)
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card
The Problem Part 1:
Originally, my system wouldn't boot, not even a beep of warning from the bios/cmos. My friend and I swapped in his Athlon 1400?1600? and adjusted the bios down to a lower speed for both cpu and memory. Only then my own cpu worked and bios loaded.
The Problem Part 2:
I brought my computer home and put in my version of WinXP Corporate Pro. Everything appears to be in order (everything recognized) and it begins loading the software "Setup is configuring hardware". The setup begins loading (blue screen, white lettering, gray bar along bottom with loading status) until the setup reads "Setup is starting windows". Everything seems to stop at this point. My harddrive activity light stops blinking, and I've let this page sit for over half and hour.
I have tried every possible pin setup on the hard drive (single, single default, duel master, cable select), and the cable is connected correct as the master hd. Also, I tried another copy of the WinXP Corporate Pro that I used on my old computer, that did indeed work. As a desparation move, I tried booting with my cd of WinME, which did not get me past the "Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM".
Any ideas as to what I should do? I think this is a motherboard problem, could it be a HD prob? After 4 weeks (busy at school) of hardware/software problems, suicide seems like a viable option to end this suffering.
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Mobo
Athlon 2700 XP CPU
CORSAIR MEMORY XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, Low Latency (Twin Pack) 1GB(2 x 512MB) 2x(64MX64) PC-2700LLPT
Western Digital 7200 120 Gig HD
NVIDIA Asylum GeForce4 Ti 4200 (128mb)
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card
The Problem Part 1:
Originally, my system wouldn't boot, not even a beep of warning from the bios/cmos. My friend and I swapped in his Athlon 1400?1600? and adjusted the bios down to a lower speed for both cpu and memory. Only then my own cpu worked and bios loaded.
The Problem Part 2:
I brought my computer home and put in my version of WinXP Corporate Pro. Everything appears to be in order (everything recognized) and it begins loading the software "Setup is configuring hardware". The setup begins loading (blue screen, white lettering, gray bar along bottom with loading status) until the setup reads "Setup is starting windows". Everything seems to stop at this point. My harddrive activity light stops blinking, and I've let this page sit for over half and hour.
I have tried every possible pin setup on the hard drive (single, single default, duel master, cable select), and the cable is connected correct as the master hd. Also, I tried another copy of the WinXP Corporate Pro that I used on my old computer, that did indeed work. As a desparation move, I tried booting with my cd of WinME, which did not get me past the "Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM".
Any ideas as to what I should do? I think this is a motherboard problem, could it be a HD prob? After 4 weeks (busy at school) of hardware/software problems, suicide seems like a viable option to end this suffering.