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[SwitchFX]

Can you take a picture of the inside while I reboot my Pc and check out the BIOS settings for the board


EDIT

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Back ok

Did you disable the CPU_SMART_FAN_CONTROL?

Edited by SwitchFX, 27 December 2006 - 06:17 PM.

[echoindia756]

i don't have that option in the BIOS

[SwitchFX]

?

Look under Advanced cmos or PC health status

[echoindia756]

no, can't seem to find it

[echoindia756]

ok, this is what i've done so far:

Took out one memory module, changed the IDE cable, secured the heatsink and added more thermal paste(this improved the temperature)

I have got further than Setup is Starting Windows and i formatted the hard disk, then it get's to the part where it copy's the files, my computer just restarted at 18%, there was no error messages or anything like that. Any suggestions on how i could fix this?

EDIT:

I got the fan running full RPM!

Edited by echoindia756, 27 December 2006 - 08:46 PM.

[SwitchFX]

This could sound foolish. But are you by any chance using an xp cd that came with a pre built pc or did you purchase a new copy?

[echoindia756]

No, I purchased a copy

[SwitchFX]

Your purchased it or you purchased it?

[echoindia756]

well actually my parents purchased it    any ideas on why it gets stuck at 18% i think that's driver.cab

[SwitchFX]

Try doing this

Format the drive yet again not a quick one. Using the NTFS file sys.

Than create a 25 gig partition. Try installing it on the 25 gigs and you can allocate the rest in windows.

[echoindia756]

ok, i'll try that now

EDIT:

How do I get the rest of the hard drive space back in windows?

Edited by echoindia756, 28 December 2006 - 05:27 AM.

[SwitchFX]

You would go and right click My computer>manage>Disk Management under storage> On the right it should show you the C drive you've got and a huge amount of space that says unallocated.

From there you would click right New drive primary after it's done set it to extended and give it a drive letter, choose quick format and in 10 seconds you've got a new drive!

[echoindia756]

thanks! the format is almost done. I'll keep you updated

[SwitchFX]

Hope all goes well knock on wood

If not, by any chance did your drive come with a boot floppy or cd?

[echoindia756]

ok, that didn't work   It gave me a bsod that said IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
whatever that means?

[echoindia756]

ye, the hard drive came with a cd

[SwitchFX]

Give me the bloody model number of the hard drive. In most instances something will come out right.

[echoindia756]

what good would the model number do?

[SwitchFX]

Ok just by looking around I will take another whack at this until Mul get's his bum out of bed J/K


Your going to need to boot the drive using the CD. There is an ISO image file on it which allows to be used in a new build. If not your going to need to know the company and model and create a floppy boot disk and go through command prompt.

[Mul.]

W00T, 5000th post in tech...

Was that a Full NTFS format you did? (not a quick one)

I'm hoping that CD is a bootable utility for the Hard Disk. Remove the XP disc and put that cd in, and see if it boots to it. Within the utility you have the option to completely zero your hard disk drive. I've had a slightly different XP install issue, but doing this, then doing a Full NTFS reformat seemed to have remedied the issue.

The difficulty with having a problem at this stage is such that we don't know for sure, what is causing the problem. It could well be bad memory or a faulty graphics card.

Have you tried that CD?

Failing that, I'm going to ask you to test the memory with a bootable program, Memtest86. Just to clarify, have you tried using each of the modules on their own?

Cheers,

Mul