freeze up on boot -up

[CHAROD06]

I'm running Windows XP 2nd edition. I have 512 meg Ram on a Athlon 1700+ system. My problem is as soon as I get to the Windows XP screen at start up, my system freezes up on me. After turning the computer off/on for number of times, it will finally let me sign on completely. If after I get logged into the system I do a restart, then I can then turn the computer off/on at will without anymore freeze-ups. At first I thought I was having a IRQ problem, but I checked the IRQ and found no problem. I did not see any hardware trying to use the same interrupt. Please help, what can it be? Again, I don't really know if I'm having a hardware problem, software problem or an operating system problem. I really don't want to have to reformat my hard drive, but will if all else fails.

 

[montag451]

Disconnect ALL unnecessary peripherals/hw. IE onboard sound, NIC, second hdd, second CD/DVD, fdd etc etc

then see what happens

 

[CHAROD06]

note: the only perpherial I have connected is the mouse, keyboard, and monitor.

 

[KB]

Your strange behavior is indicative of PSU problems. If you can try a different PSU I would. Also make sure all plugs, connections are firmly in place.

 

[CHAROD06]

Why would it be the power supply? Like I said, after rebooting 4 or 5 times, then everything appears to work ok.

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: KB
Your strange behavior is indicative of PSU problems.

I second the motion. Also, if you could post full specs of the hardware, brands and models (including the PSU and the memory modules), that helps with the troubleshooting usually.

 

[CHAROD06]

I was reading about PSU. How do I know if my PSU is upgradable? Secondly, I currently have the following hardware on the computer: separate 48Xcd Sanyo and 16XDVD drives, floppy, 40 gig HD, 1.4 mhz cpu, an HP DVD 4X external writer, Sound Blaster 5.1 Sound card, 56 k V90 modem, newly installed DSL, and EVGa GeForce MX 400/128 mb DDR/AGP 8 X /TV out /video card. I have 512 meg DDR Ram. The current PSU is 450 watts. With all that being said, how do I determine how may watts I need to run my computer.

 

[imported_Phil]

What brand of PSU is it?

 

[CHAROD06]

More information concerning my freeze-up. I recently discovered that if I turn the computer on and let it warm up for 5 to 10 minutes then turn the computer back off to on, the computer starts with no problem. Is this an indication that the power supply is going bad. Again, once the computer is up and running I don't have anymore problems.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: CHAROD06
More information concerning my freeze-up. I recently discovered that if I turn the computer on and let it warm up for 5 to 10 minutes then turn the computer back off to on, the computer starts with no problem. Is this an indication that the power supply is going bad. Again, once the computer is up and running I don't have anymore problems.

WHAT BRAND OF PSU IS IT?

No-one's going to help you if you don't answer questions. :roll: