Win 2K SP3
A7N8X2.0 Deluxe
AMD Barton 2500 + OC at 10.5x200(Previously known stable)
512 MB PC3200 LLPT XMS Corsair DDR
Geforce 4 Ti 4200 (latest 43.xx drivers)
I was moving my system from an old case to a new one. There was an issue with a loose wire from the power supply touching the frame of the case at one point which may have a bearing on this, but I doubt it since it did not touch any of the components directly as far as I know, and was nowhere near the affected component.(Touched the HDD bay)
Anyway, when this happened the power shut off. I fixed the wiring and rebooted, there was an issue with the HDDs and CDROMs not being recognized. This turned out to be due to my having wired them incorrectly so the cable settings and jumper settings were conflicting. Again, not sure this is relevant but am making sure to mention it
When I booted up for the first time after the wire had touched the case, the OS appeared to load fine(Boot loader appeared, first Windows 2000 splash screen appeared and disappeared)
For anybody who has used Win2K, you know that there is that fullscreen splash screen with the loading progress bar, then shortly after a blue screen with a smaller window that simply says Windows is starting up. Well, when the screen flashed as if to go from the former to the latter, the screen came up that appears when you schedule, for example, a CHKDISK session on a disk that is currently in use.
This screen(Though it lasted too little time for me to read it comprehensively) said that the disks needed to be checked for errors and so on(though this seldom appears even when a power failure happens in Win2K) and began to check the disks. About two seconds later the screen exploded. Not literally, but it did the coloured squares thing -- anybody who has ever jiggled an old 2D game cartridge while the game is on will know what I am talking about -- all over the screen. Well, I reset the system. This time it did the same thing immediately after the first splash screen disappeared(The bar filled completely, just looked as if it was going to proceed as normal). It seemed to happen right when the OS would change to the resolution it was set to as desktop default.
Anyway, I can get the system to boot into safe mode, or safe mode with networking enabled. Last known configuration did not work, have not tried VGA mode(had to leave for work)
I have run a scan disk session on all partitions and all appeared to have NO errors, though it was odd that the system rebooted spontaneously right when it finished scanning the C: drive. However when it rebooted it continued the scandisk as if nothing had happened, and it said that C: was error free.
I am a relatively computer wise person, but this has me tearing out my hair. I have tried power cycling, grounding out various components(while off), reinstalling my display drivers, etc. Nothing seems to work, and I REALLY want to avoid having to reinstall the OS.
BTW: cannot use the repair function of the Win2K CDROM, will not recognize the Win2K installation even though it obviously is valid since I can boot into safe mode.
Anyway, sorry for the massive topic, but can anybody please help me? PLEASE???
A7N8X2.0 Deluxe
AMD Barton 2500 + OC at 10.5x200(Previously known stable)
512 MB PC3200 LLPT XMS Corsair DDR
Geforce 4 Ti 4200 (latest 43.xx drivers)
I was moving my system from an old case to a new one. There was an issue with a loose wire from the power supply touching the frame of the case at one point which may have a bearing on this, but I doubt it since it did not touch any of the components directly as far as I know, and was nowhere near the affected component.(Touched the HDD bay)
Anyway, when this happened the power shut off. I fixed the wiring and rebooted, there was an issue with the HDDs and CDROMs not being recognized. This turned out to be due to my having wired them incorrectly so the cable settings and jumper settings were conflicting. Again, not sure this is relevant but am making sure to mention it
When I booted up for the first time after the wire had touched the case, the OS appeared to load fine(Boot loader appeared, first Windows 2000 splash screen appeared and disappeared)
For anybody who has used Win2K, you know that there is that fullscreen splash screen with the loading progress bar, then shortly after a blue screen with a smaller window that simply says Windows is starting up. Well, when the screen flashed as if to go from the former to the latter, the screen came up that appears when you schedule, for example, a CHKDISK session on a disk that is currently in use.
This screen(Though it lasted too little time for me to read it comprehensively) said that the disks needed to be checked for errors and so on(though this seldom appears even when a power failure happens in Win2K) and began to check the disks. About two seconds later the screen exploded. Not literally, but it did the coloured squares thing -- anybody who has ever jiggled an old 2D game cartridge while the game is on will know what I am talking about -- all over the screen. Well, I reset the system. This time it did the same thing immediately after the first splash screen disappeared(The bar filled completely, just looked as if it was going to proceed as normal). It seemed to happen right when the OS would change to the resolution it was set to as desktop default.
Anyway, I can get the system to boot into safe mode, or safe mode with networking enabled. Last known configuration did not work, have not tried VGA mode(had to leave for work)
I have run a scan disk session on all partitions and all appeared to have NO errors, though it was odd that the system rebooted spontaneously right when it finished scanning the C: drive. However when it rebooted it continued the scandisk as if nothing had happened, and it said that C: was error free.
I am a relatively computer wise person, but this has me tearing out my hair. I have tried power cycling, grounding out various components(while off), reinstalling my display drivers, etc. Nothing seems to work, and I REALLY want to avoid having to reinstall the OS.
BTW: cannot use the repair function of the Win2K CDROM, will not recognize the Win2K installation even though it obviously is valid since I can boot into safe mode.
Anyway, sorry for the massive topic, but can anybody please help me? PLEASE???
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