PC too long to boot

[Cooks43]

Hi,

Firstly my computer is as follows:

Gigabyte Intel 915P S775 ATX A L R
Intel P4 530 1MB S775 800FSB Box
Corsair 2x512MB 184DIMM PC3200 NP C2.5

Not sure if this is the place to ask but here goes.

I have bought a new PC recently and everything was going fine untill one day when I knocked it. This has caused major problems and I have since sent off the motherboard to be repaired which is now back (not sure what they did) but the problem remains.

This is the problem:

When ever I boot the PC with the WinXP install disc in the CD drive it starts to boot from the drive but hangs at each screen for ages, it can take as much as 1 hour to get to the first blue screen.

I have tried removing each peice of hardware that I can too see if I can locate the problem but everything I have done has come up with the same results. The only items I haven't been able to remove are the graphics card and the CPU. I have tried removing the RAM one module at a time but it ain't working.

Has anyone got any ideas?

I have tried various settings in the BIOS but it still doesn't do any good.

Thanks

James

 

[theMan]

run memtest86. what does the bluescreen say? run a hard drive diagnostic.

 

[Cooks43]

I have only got a laptop at the moment without any floppy drive but I will be able to get a bootable floppy with memtest on tomorrow, I will trey then.

The bluescreen I mention is the normal winxp install bluescreen that starts initiailising and installing the initial parts of the OS.

I haven't got to this since I got my motherboard back from the manufacturers but I think I still could.

This is really driving me nuts.