Can't get into Windows XP anymore. Any suggestions?

[Balex99]

Ok, here's the specs:

Epox 8RDA+
xp2100 oc'd to 2250mhz(12.5 * 175)
Vcore at 1.8v and Vdimm at 2.73
gainward 4200
2 x maxtor 30gig in raid 0
Win XP pro
512 crucial 2700

Machine was running fine at above specs and decided to install Vantec iceberg northbridge cooler. Cooler install went fine and put machine back together. Powered up and ran prime 95. All was looking well. Decided to push system a little further to 13*180(a config I have run before but with poor Prime results). Rebooted and system would restart at the Winxp splash screen. Moved mem timings to something a little more conservative. Same result. Lowered settings to default. same results. Changed settings to fail-safe defaults. Same results. Checked all cable connections. Same results.

That about sums it up. Couldn't change anything else, had to go to sleep and come to work. what could be causing windows to stop loading? Hard drive LED comes on like normal and everything is detected in bios. All temps are within range. Less than 40 deg C.

Sorry, wrong forum. Moving it to General Hardware since I don't know what's wrong with it.

 

[Sideswipe001]

Sounds to me like Windows got corrupted during your last overclock. It happens if the computer shuts down abnormally or crashes from an overclock attempt.

Boot off of your XP cd and do a repair. That should fix your problems and get it all working right again.

 

[axia55]

Yup I had the same problem last week, took my FSB too high, I had to reformat.