HELP!!!ECS-K7S5A WILL NOT BOOT.

boni

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Jan 24, 2001
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I NEED SOME SUGGESTIONS. MY SYSTEM WILL POST AND GO ALL THE WAY TO THE WINDOWS LOGO BUT ALONG WITH THE LOGO ARE VERTICAL LINES ON THE SCREEN. IT WILL THEN GO PAST THAT TO WHERE IT S/D SHOW THE LOG IN DIALOG BOX BUT INSTEAD ONLY A BLUE SCREEN AND A SMALL VERTICAL LINE IN THE MIDDLE. THAT IS WHERE IT IS STUCK.

ECS K7S5A MB
AMD DURON 1 GHZ
64 MB SDRAM- GENERIC MODEL.
300 WATT ATX PSU FROM L&C POWER(LISTED ON AMD'S WEBSITE FOR DURONS UNLESS I MISS SOMETHING)
USING THE HSF THAT CAME WITH THE CPU.
USING AN NVIDIA CARD 16 MB
CASE HAS A CASE FAN. BALL BEARING
WINDOWS 2K PRO - OS.


I POWERED DOWN THE SYSTEM TO WHERE I ONLY HAVE A KEYBOARD, VIDEO CARD, MB AND THE CPU AND IT STILL FROZE. i HAVE READ SOME OF THE POSTS HERE ESPECIALLY REGARDING THE PSU'S. THIS PSU IS IN THE AMD SITE THOUGH NOTHING ON THE LABEL PSU LABEL SHOW THE COMBINED WATTAGE. ANY SUGGESTIONS. WILL HELP.

THE SYSTEM WORK FOR A WEEK OR SO, THEN IT STARTED TO FROZE.
APPRECIATE ANY HELP.
 

busmaster11

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Mar 4, 2000
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I've seen that before on mine....

pop in 128 megs or more ddr, flash to the latest BIOS, REINSTALL 2k from scratch.