Boot Problems

[MGOtis]

Abit KT7
Duron 600@850
128 megs generic PC100
WD 13.6 7200rpm HD

When I first built this computer, it booted flawlessly. Now, it rarely will POST on a cold boot. If I hit reset once, though, it typically boots correctly. More recently though, I have noticed that I have to hit reset 3 or 4 times before it will POST and boot. What could be causing this? It seems to be getting worse.
Thank you,

Otis

 

[Bleep]

I would suspect a Virus, Hybris maybe. Update your virus scanner to the newest update and have a look.
Bleep
Edit: Clock the machine down to default the overclock may have killed or wounded the Hard Drive

 

[Challenger]

Had a PC Chips board do that turned out to be crappy dimm slots.I hate PC Chips boards now that I switched to Asus!

 

[PCResources]

Probably the mobo, it is a POS in my experience... Generic RAM is not as good as branded RAM, but i doubt that that is the problem, the HDD is a WD, i do NOT like WD, i think that WD drives are probably the worst, but that is not the problem either... i think it is the motherboard...

But check the PSU out, are there any problems, maybe you could try another PSU?

Patrick Palm

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