Okay -- On a brand new build, the computer reboots immediately after posting and getting to the Windows screen (the windows screen either comes up for a second or two, or it reboots just as the Windows screen loads).
Here are my specs, this will be the second computer I've built with nearly the exact same specs:
MSI NeoF-4 Motherboard
1GB of Corsair ValueSelect RAM
160GB SATA2 Western Digital Hard Drive
AMD 3000+ Venice Core (Socket 939)
Dual Layer DVD+RW Drive
Geforce 6800 non-Ultra (the first build got a GeForce 7800)
Windows XP SP2 - latest drivers for the nVidia chipset and realtek sound card integrated on the board
I flashed this bios to 1.6 hoping that the problem was the incompatibility with the video card as stated on MSI's site, but it didn't help
The problem doesn't appear to be hardware, i.e. Windows runs stable once it boots (it will boot 1 out of 9 times, and then I run it by never rebooting, just going to standby). Windows installs and will generally boot the first time while reformatting without incident (I reformatted twice hoping it was a clean OS issue).
It appears to start immediately after installing the mainboard drivers, etc.. but could happen on just the Windows XP SP2 fresh install, I'm not really sure since I typically install the drivers immediately to get the hardware up and running.
I've tried troubleshooting by going to msconfig, selecting a diagnostic startup and turning services on one at a time, but the services don't seem to be the answer, i.e. it still reboots even with diagnostic startup turned on and almost nothing running.
Anyone else had this problem with the above hardware or can anyone recommend a good troubleshooting strategy to attempt? I'm starting to rack my brain.
I did do the following hardware adjustments to try to account for the issue. I replaced the SATA cable to my drive - I also tried different SATA connectors (1 - 4) to see if a pin was bad or something. But the stability of the system past rebooting is really throwing me.
One thing I haven't done (on either system) is jumper the Western Digital for SATA-1 mode, which it has to run in because the board doesn't support SATA-2. But, since the other one was running fine, I didn't think jumpering mattered. Let me know if I should try that too.
Thanks again for any help you guys can offer.
Joe
Here are my specs, this will be the second computer I've built with nearly the exact same specs:
MSI NeoF-4 Motherboard
1GB of Corsair ValueSelect RAM
160GB SATA2 Western Digital Hard Drive
AMD 3000+ Venice Core (Socket 939)
Dual Layer DVD+RW Drive
Geforce 6800 non-Ultra (the first build got a GeForce 7800)
Windows XP SP2 - latest drivers for the nVidia chipset and realtek sound card integrated on the board
I flashed this bios to 1.6 hoping that the problem was the incompatibility with the video card as stated on MSI's site, but it didn't help
The problem doesn't appear to be hardware, i.e. Windows runs stable once it boots (it will boot 1 out of 9 times, and then I run it by never rebooting, just going to standby). Windows installs and will generally boot the first time while reformatting without incident (I reformatted twice hoping it was a clean OS issue).
It appears to start immediately after installing the mainboard drivers, etc.. but could happen on just the Windows XP SP2 fresh install, I'm not really sure since I typically install the drivers immediately to get the hardware up and running.
I've tried troubleshooting by going to msconfig, selecting a diagnostic startup and turning services on one at a time, but the services don't seem to be the answer, i.e. it still reboots even with diagnostic startup turned on and almost nothing running.
Anyone else had this problem with the above hardware or can anyone recommend a good troubleshooting strategy to attempt? I'm starting to rack my brain.
I did do the following hardware adjustments to try to account for the issue. I replaced the SATA cable to my drive - I also tried different SATA connectors (1 - 4) to see if a pin was bad or something. But the stability of the system past rebooting is really throwing me.
One thing I haven't done (on either system) is jumper the Western Digital for SATA-1 mode, which it has to run in because the board doesn't support SATA-2. But, since the other one was running fine, I didn't think jumpering mattered. Let me know if I should try that too.
Thanks again for any help you guys can offer.
Joe
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