chrismcclellan
Member
I posted this is processors as well, but it belongs here too. i'm pretty perplexed as to what is wrong. Hope somebody can help!
I've been reinstalling Win98 SE, and it's had a lot of problems in the install, particularly with constantly redetecting hardware that's already installed (thus having 2 or 4 of the system devices in the device manager). I've had this problem before, and it's easily fixed, but this time on mine it was a little more difficult. Windows would keep freezing the computer and HD when it would shut off, and I'd have to kill the power each time to it because it would just hang. Finally after doing this, I lost everything--nothing displayed on the screen--no bios, nothing. Smart LED (it's a MSI K7T Pro 2a board with a Duron 800)hangs on Processor Initialization. Has my processor died, or do I have a mainboard problem? The only thing that happens when my computer comes on is that the hard drive goes crazy when power comes on, accessing like crazy (I think there could even be a problem with it--boot sector?), and then even that stops. I've never had a problem with cooling, and the CPU temp has always stayed around 85-95 degrees F. I normally overclock mildly (using FSB--was feeling a little timid with this one and didn't unlock the multiplier) to around 105Mhz FSB, but I put everything back to normal for the Windows install. Any help any of you could give would be greatly appreciated!
Chris McClellan
When it works, my system is:
Duron 800
MSI KT7 Pro 2a
13.6g Western Digital ATA66 HD
3g Quantum Fireball ATA33Hd
Iomega Zip CDRW 12x4x32
128mb generic PC133 RAM
Radeon LE (got ripped off on that one)
Realtek 10/100 PCI Lan card
Guilletmot Maxi Sound Muse sound
I've been reinstalling Win98 SE, and it's had a lot of problems in the install, particularly with constantly redetecting hardware that's already installed (thus having 2 or 4 of the system devices in the device manager). I've had this problem before, and it's easily fixed, but this time on mine it was a little more difficult. Windows would keep freezing the computer and HD when it would shut off, and I'd have to kill the power each time to it because it would just hang. Finally after doing this, I lost everything--nothing displayed on the screen--no bios, nothing. Smart LED (it's a MSI K7T Pro 2a board with a Duron 800)hangs on Processor Initialization. Has my processor died, or do I have a mainboard problem? The only thing that happens when my computer comes on is that the hard drive goes crazy when power comes on, accessing like crazy (I think there could even be a problem with it--boot sector?), and then even that stops. I've never had a problem with cooling, and the CPU temp has always stayed around 85-95 degrees F. I normally overclock mildly (using FSB--was feeling a little timid with this one and didn't unlock the multiplier) to around 105Mhz FSB, but I put everything back to normal for the Windows install. Any help any of you could give would be greatly appreciated!
Chris McClellan
When it works, my system is:
Duron 800
MSI KT7 Pro 2a
13.6g Western Digital ATA66 HD
3g Quantum Fireball ATA33Hd
Iomega Zip CDRW 12x4x32
128mb generic PC133 RAM
Radeon LE (got ripped off on that one)
Realtek 10/100 PCI Lan card
Guilletmot Maxi Sound Muse sound
