I was setting up two new computers with identical specs:
MSI K8N Neo4 platinum mobo, socket 939
Gigabyte nVidia 6600GT Pci-X. No overclocks.
Amd 3000+ Venice, no overclocks.
WD Caviar 80g SATA drives
Corsair Valueram - DDR400 (PC3200) in slots 2 and 4, running at default bios settings.
Sony CD-RW
Aspire 520W PSU
No floppy drives, sound cards.
One computer had a few BSOD's when installing windows, mostly IRQL errors, but then booted up and installed windows fine. This computer failed booting up a few times on the "Testing Base and Extended Memory" stage, but is now working fine (I'm posting on it now.)
The other computer, the problem one, installed windows just fine, and the only difference in setup was I accidentally picked the "slow" formatting option instead of the "quick" one. This computer consistently fails during the "Testing Base and Extended Memory" stage, and when it DOES start up, it locks up and doesn't respond.
I've managed to install the latest non-beta video card drivers on both of them, no fix.
Also, while booting up the disfunctional computer, I occasionally notice a few little output errors on the display, almost like when you have a NES cartridge not quite making contact if that makes any sense), where a few white lines flashed around the bottom of the screen and I'd even get a few random ASCII chars in various colors.
Suggestions? I'm probably going to try to switch around the memory modules between the computers, and see if that makes a difference.
~Ruff_ilb
MSI K8N Neo4 platinum mobo, socket 939
Gigabyte nVidia 6600GT Pci-X. No overclocks.
Amd 3000+ Venice, no overclocks.
WD Caviar 80g SATA drives
Corsair Valueram - DDR400 (PC3200) in slots 2 and 4, running at default bios settings.
Sony CD-RW
Aspire 520W PSU
No floppy drives, sound cards.
One computer had a few BSOD's when installing windows, mostly IRQL errors, but then booted up and installed windows fine. This computer failed booting up a few times on the "Testing Base and Extended Memory" stage, but is now working fine (I'm posting on it now.)
The other computer, the problem one, installed windows just fine, and the only difference in setup was I accidentally picked the "slow" formatting option instead of the "quick" one. This computer consistently fails during the "Testing Base and Extended Memory" stage, and when it DOES start up, it locks up and doesn't respond.
I've managed to install the latest non-beta video card drivers on both of them, no fix.
Also, while booting up the disfunctional computer, I occasionally notice a few little output errors on the display, almost like when you have a NES cartridge not quite making contact if that makes any sense), where a few white lines flashed around the bottom of the screen and I'd even get a few random ASCII chars in various colors.
Suggestions? I'm probably going to try to switch around the memory modules between the computers, and see if that makes a difference.
~Ruff_ilb
