Hey Terry...
Yep, just did that. Stripped it down to the bare motherboard, reseated the CPU, RAM, vid card...reconnected the power switch, reset switch, etc. Then I tried starting it up, with basically nothing but the vid card attatched, and it still exhibited the same boot problem, so I guess I'm in the market for a new motherboard. I saw a couple Asus boards on the AMD recommended list that might do the job. Anyone want to make some recommendations for boards that worked well for them? It needs to be a board recommended for an XP1800, that will accept DDR RAM, and no integrated sound or video... On 18 Mar 2002, Terry Smith wrote: > Roger, > > Sorry to hear about your troubles. I had some 'shutdown' problems with > my new box also. Turned out to be a bad mobo (which has been replaced - > no problems since). > > One way of debugging these things is to 'simplify'. Disconnect all your > peripherals - removable drives, keyboard, floppy, mouse, etc. - > everything except the monitor and the boot drive. Does it boot and run? > (Obviously you won't be able to do anything). Yes, start adding > components and rebooting. > > No. Swap drives. Try again. > > No. Swap power supplies. Try again. > > Well I think you get the drift. Try to isolate the component that's > causing the problem. > > Good luck. > > Terry Smith > Cape Cod, USA > > On Mon, 2002-03-18 at 08:28, Roger Sherman wrote: > > Sorry to address this to the list, but I'm at my wits end, and it's either > > this, or find a service center or something to fix this problem for me, > > and after building this PC, I really don't have the money. > > > > I built a PC about two 1/2 months ago (my first attempt at building a PC), > > and I'm having a booting problem, and a problem with it freezing up, and > > I'm hoping someone could help point me in the right direction, > > troubleshooting wise. > > > > First of all, the system configuration: > > > > Abit KG-7 motherboard > > AMD 1800XP > > 512 Meg DDR RAM > > ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder 32mg vid card > > SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 Platinum w/Live Drive > > 60 gig Maxtor HD > > generic DVD/CDROM from my old PC, a Compaq presario (which is happily > > gurgling along as a dedicated FTP server now) > > > > Now, it's got a boot problem that is baffling to me - to turn this PC on, > > I have to press the start button, at which point it sounds like it's > > starting up, the HD and all the fans start spinning, but I don't get the > > beep that I get with a successful boot, and there's no video output. So, I > > then have to turn the PC off, unplug it, and plug it back in - at which > > point it will usually start up again. > > > > Now, I do mean it will start up again just from plugging it in - I don't > > have to press the start button. But, sometimes I'll plug it in, and it > > wont start, at which point I'll have to unplug it, then press start, and > > it seems to discharge a little power. Then I plug it in again, and it will > > start. Then I get the beep that it's booting correctly, and I get video > > output and away we go. > > > > Now, I'd live with this problem, if it weren't for the system freezes. The > > first time I turn the PC on each day, there is always a complete freeze of > > the system - and I totally can't get it unfrozen, either by > > Control-Alt-Backspace, or Alt-SysRq-r. My only recourse is to press and > > hold the start button til it shuts down (with this box, you have to hold > > the start button in for 5 seconds to shut it down, for some reason). Using > > the reset button doesn't seem to work. > > > > This system freeze can happen anywhere, too. Sometimes it'll happen when > > Mandrake is actually starting up, once it even happened at a command line > > login (it's set up to start at runlevel 3), but usually it happens about 2 > > - 3 minutes after the system is up and running...usually after I've > > started X, and am checking my email. > > > > And I can't let it run all day - the PC actually works great once it gets > > past the booting and system freeze problems (usually the system freeze > > problem happens one or two times, and then the PC will run properly), but > > if I get up and walk away for several hours, then come back, of course the > > monitor will have gone into power save mode, and I jiggle the mouse to > > wake it up, but at that point for some reason the PC will have stopped > > giving video output, and I have to start the whole process over again. > > > > My ideal situation would be to just leave this PC running 24/7, but that > > makes it impossible, obviously. > > > > Now, I've tried several things to fix the problem - a friend told me the > > symptoms are indicative of a hardware incompatability, so I changed the > > HD, the CD-ROM (which is why I have the DVD player in there - I originally > > had a Plextor CD-RW), the power supply, and I took out the SoundBlaster > > and nic card (a linksys nic), although I put those two back in, since it > > didn't seem to make a difference. I also tried disconnecting the floppy > > drive. > > > > Before I replaced the HD and CD-RW, they effectively stopped working with > > this PC, and I'm worried what's currently in there will stop working as > > well, as every time I make a change, things seem to get a little better, > > but never really work right, and then things degenerate. I don't have > > anything else I can swap into this box, so if it continues to degenerate > > with the current config, I'll have to stop using it until I can afford to > > take it to a PC doctor. > > > > Again, sorry for the OT post, but any help anyone can offer would be > > hugely appreciated. > > > > -- > > > > peace, > > > > Rog > > > > registered linux user #190719 > > ICQ #56469198 > > http://www.toddstheory.com > > > > > > ---- > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com
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