Hello all. I need a hand here because I have never seen this happen. My in-laws p/c stopped working. I said I would take a look at it. I am not an expert, I have only put together 3 boxes. It would reboot, if it didnt just stop at boot screen altogether. He admitted to me that he gets tons of spam and pop-ups, and gets hangs all the time using XP Pro. It wouldnt even turn over for me once. He told me to just re-format. His specs:
Abit-K7a (I think)
AMD 1400-socket A-100fsb
Micron 2x256mb pc133
Maxtor 30GB
Gainward GF3 64MB
Antec 300w
XP Pro oem with COA
**Windows XP will load all the way-no issues with loading files**
**I removed all the non-essential components
It stop or hang at the screen that says (only 28 more minutes...) I have left alone for a couple hours and it stays hung.
Temp is 41C
Installed last bios released for this model
I tried swapping ram with stuff I know works.
Swap with Enermax psu I know works.
Swap with GFMX card that works.
3 diff HD cables (I know 1 has worked)
Diff CDrom. DVDrom.
Borrowed a workin MB with same Via chipset.
I Ran these tests:
Memtest-all passed.
Maxtor Diag tools-all passed.
Wrote (0's) zeros to the HD using tools.
It still hangs, in almost same spot, between 28 mins and 33 mins remaining on the clock.
Help meeeeeeeee......
Abit-K7a (I think)
AMD 1400-socket A-100fsb
Micron 2x256mb pc133
Maxtor 30GB
Gainward GF3 64MB
Antec 300w
XP Pro oem with COA
**Windows XP will load all the way-no issues with loading files**
**I removed all the non-essential components
It stop or hang at the screen that says (only 28 more minutes...) I have left alone for a couple hours and it stays hung.
Temp is 41C
Installed last bios released for this model
I tried swapping ram with stuff I know works.
Swap with Enermax psu I know works.
Swap with GFMX card that works.
3 diff HD cables (I know 1 has worked)
Diff CDrom. DVDrom.
Borrowed a workin MB with same Via chipset.
I Ran these tests:
Memtest-all passed.
Maxtor Diag tools-all passed.
Wrote (0's) zeros to the HD using tools.
It still hangs, in almost same spot, between 28 mins and 33 mins remaining on the clock.
Help meeeeeeeee......