- Jun 10, 2006
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Okay, so I did something stupid (I guess). After updating vista my computer hung up on the stupid "step 3 of 3 configuring updates" screen for around 5 minutes (it showed 100%). So I held down the power button to turn it off and restart it. When I go to restart it, the PC turns on for a couple of seconds and then turns off and keeps doing this.
I unhooked everything from the mobo except the main power cord, no problems.
Put in the CPU without connecting the HSF or the CPU power cord (4-pin), no problems.
Changed out my PSU to a known working one and connected the CPU power cord (4-pin), then I get the restart loop again.
So my question is....
Is this a mobo problem or a CPU problem?
The CPU does not look burnt and I don't believe there could have been a short in the mobo anywhere. I tried resetting the CMOS, but I am not sure if it even reset or if it did it didn't fix it. Please help!!!!