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CPU or MB?

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scientificlee

Junior Member
Hello,

I have a feeling that either my MB or my CPU was fried. It takes about 30 minutes to boot my box - winXP Pro on a dual 1900 AMD box. Once I log into my box I have a hard time even opening up Windows Explorer.

What is the best way to find out which component burned?
 
Nothing is fried since you can get into Windows. Check your computer for spyware/viruses/trojans and wipe them all out with a clean Winxp install (preferably) before arriving at such a conclusion.
 
I just did a new install of XP about 3 weeks ago.

It was never this slow. The reason why I think it was fried is because I left my computer on with the windows closed at my place. I came back from work and noticed that my computer was just blank and there was a lot of heat coming from the box. The place where it takes the longest to bootup is right after the memory beck but before I can boot into the BIOS. The second longest bootup is right after I input my password to login to Windows.
 
sounds more like a memory or a hard drive issue. I would suggest running memtest86, and running a hard drive diagnostic, which you should be able to download from the manufacturers website.
 
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