- Feb 21, 2001
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hello fellow anandtechers,
I am having a serious issue with my computer. First let my show my configuration:
cpu:AMD Athlon 1400MHz w/AYHJA stepping
mobo:Epox 8k7a
512mb ddr memory
Geforce FX 5200 128MB DDR video card
Antec SX1040B Case w/pp412x PS (400watt)
HD1(master): Western Digital 160GB 7200rpm, 8mb cache
HD2(slave): Western Digital 40GB 7200rpm
Secondary(master): Yamaha CRW2100EZ 16x10x40 CD-R
Secondary(slave): Pioneer 106s Slot Load 16x DVD
Windows XP Pro operating system (with service pack 2 I think)
A few months ago I was having some major problems with my computer and when I got a new video card all of my problems went away. I had tried many other things before that, but finally I figured it was the video card because while booting up my monitor would show some weird things...sometimes windows would hang up, etc, etc. Anyway, for a month or more maybe I didn't have any problems. Then I think what happened first, is that one day my computer just randomly shut down when I was in the middle of sending an email or something. It restarted and booted up and had no problems. Then another time when I came home and wanted to start up my computer, I hit the start button, and after the windows splash screen, I would get a quick glimpse of the blue screen of death and the computer would restart on its own.
It would do this several times, like it's trying to warm up or something, and at first it would work after the 2nd try...then later it got worse and worse, where it would take 3 or 4 or 5 times to do this crazy restarting (charging up) and then for it to work. And then usually once it was on, I didn't have any problems.
Just today though, it was in a continual cycle of restarting, and it won't go past the windows splash screen. Right after the windows splash screen it has a blue screen of death and then restarts, and it keeps on doing this.
Before one message that I used to get on the start up screen is "Secondary IDE Channel. No 80 conductor cable installed". So, I changed the 40 conductor cable for my cd-r and dvd drive to a 80 conductor cable. Now I don't get that message, but the computer still won't start.
I have had this computer for about 4 years now and have upgraded parts occasionally. I have no idea what the problem is. Do you think it could be the power supply? Or the CMOS battery? I can go to walmart and by a new battery tomorrow, but I wonder if that has anything to do with the problem.
If any of you have any advice, tips, or help, I would greatly appreciate it, because this has wasted a lot of my time already. Thanks in advance.
Mike D.
I am having a serious issue with my computer. First let my show my configuration:
cpu:AMD Athlon 1400MHz w/AYHJA stepping
mobo:Epox 8k7a
512mb ddr memory
Geforce FX 5200 128MB DDR video card
Antec SX1040B Case w/pp412x PS (400watt)
HD1(master): Western Digital 160GB 7200rpm, 8mb cache
HD2(slave): Western Digital 40GB 7200rpm
Secondary(master): Yamaha CRW2100EZ 16x10x40 CD-R
Secondary(slave): Pioneer 106s Slot Load 16x DVD
Windows XP Pro operating system (with service pack 2 I think)
A few months ago I was having some major problems with my computer and when I got a new video card all of my problems went away. I had tried many other things before that, but finally I figured it was the video card because while booting up my monitor would show some weird things...sometimes windows would hang up, etc, etc. Anyway, for a month or more maybe I didn't have any problems. Then I think what happened first, is that one day my computer just randomly shut down when I was in the middle of sending an email or something. It restarted and booted up and had no problems. Then another time when I came home and wanted to start up my computer, I hit the start button, and after the windows splash screen, I would get a quick glimpse of the blue screen of death and the computer would restart on its own.
It would do this several times, like it's trying to warm up or something, and at first it would work after the 2nd try...then later it got worse and worse, where it would take 3 or 4 or 5 times to do this crazy restarting (charging up) and then for it to work. And then usually once it was on, I didn't have any problems.
Just today though, it was in a continual cycle of restarting, and it won't go past the windows splash screen. Right after the windows splash screen it has a blue screen of death and then restarts, and it keeps on doing this.
Before one message that I used to get on the start up screen is "Secondary IDE Channel. No 80 conductor cable installed". So, I changed the 40 conductor cable for my cd-r and dvd drive to a 80 conductor cable. Now I don't get that message, but the computer still won't start.
I have had this computer for about 4 years now and have upgraded parts occasionally. I have no idea what the problem is. Do you think it could be the power supply? Or the CMOS battery? I can go to walmart and by a new battery tomorrow, but I wonder if that has anything to do with the problem.
If any of you have any advice, tips, or help, I would greatly appreciate it, because this has wasted a lot of my time already. Thanks in advance.
Mike D.