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The Ready Room => Off Topic => Topic started by: devicenull on March 30, 2005, 08:58:51 PM

Title: Help me!
Post by: devicenull on March 30, 2005, 08:58:51 PM

Finally got the hardware working on my new system.
I put in the XP cd, setup looks normal, but freezes, every time on "setup is starting windows", from what google says its something to do with the PCI bus.  But nothings plugged into the pci bus.

I'm annoyed.  I need help.

The system is going to run memtest overnight, to ensure it isnt memory.

Title: Help me!
Post by: Hopelessness on March 30, 2005, 11:06:26 PM

Mind describing what exactly it has hooked up, generic in terms of type, or even specific if you'd like.

Title: Help me!
Post by: devicenull on March 31, 2005, 08:17:36 AM

DVD - CD RW drive
200gb HD
POWMAX Black/Silver Mid Tower ATX Case with 400W Power Supply, Side Window & handle, Model "CP0327PL-4" -RETAIL (http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=11-145-047&catalog=23&manufactory=BROWSE)
ASRock "775V88" VIA PT880 Chipset Motherboard for Intel LGA775 CPU -RETAIL (http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=13-157-039&catalog=23&manufactory=BROWSE)
Intel LGA 775 Pentium 4 630 3.0GHz 800MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache Processor w/ Hyper Threading Technology - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=19-116-198&catalog=23&manufactory=BROWSE)
2  WINTEC AMPO 184-pin 512MB DDR PC-3200, Model 35145588-P - OEM (http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=20-161-615&catalog=23&manufactory=BROWSE) + another 512 stick from my current comp.
Jetway ATI RADEON 9600XT Video Card, 128MB DDR, 128-Bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "96XT-AD-128C" -RETAIL (http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=14-153-011&catalog=23&manufactory=BROWSE)

One of the ram sticks had a couple sectors fail during the memory test, but only after like 20 retests, so I'm not too worried.  I've been told a bios flash might help.

Title: Help me!
Post by: Hopelessness on March 31, 2005, 03:30:38 PM

My suggestions: First and foremost, update the bios for the love of god! Chances are that will fix it. If nott, take the stick that caused issues, even minor, out. No reason not to, as you can run fine without it and just stick it in later, if the problem is something else. Next, I would try an older video card in place of the 9600. If that all fails, I'd be suspicious of the mobo itself. Just my thoughts.

Title: Help me!
Post by: DruBo on April 02, 2005, 08:08:57 PM

Also, there are plenty of things in your system that use the PCI bus, even if they're not in the slots. Go through the bios and disable USB, onboard audio, ethernet, and any hard drive controllers you're not using. That'll clear the bus up, and you can re-enable that stuff when you've got the OS installed.

Title: Help me!
Post by: devicenull on April 02, 2005, 09:33:02 PM

Oops

BIOS updated fixed it all :)

Title: Help me!
Post by: Black Mage on April 04, 2005, 01:23:55 PM

remember kids:

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