About two weeks ago I purchased a new mobo and set of SATA drives for my home setup. I encountered no problems with the installation of XP and was up and running without a hitch.
My setup then consisted of a P4 2.4 800FSB CPU, ASUS P4P800SE mobo, 1GB of Crucial PC3200 DDR ram, Antec 400W PSU, ATI Radeon 9700 Pro video card and the two WD SATA 7200RPM HDs on RAID 0 config.
This system ran great and I never experienced any issues within these past two weeks.
Two days ago I received my new Radeon X850XTPE (w/ the Arctic Cooler Silencer 5 Rev 2 gpu cooler), P4 3.2 800 FSB Northwood CPU and ENERMAX ATX12V 600W Power Supply.
Problem #1: When taking off the CPU heatsink, the CPU itself came off with it. WTF? I had to pry the CPU off the heatsink with a flathead. Too much paste maybe? Oops! The prongs were bent to hell and wouldnt fit back on the mobo. I had to use a small steak knife to bend the prongs back in place. I placed it back in the mobo with the heatsink and started the pc up. No problems.. few!
I took it off again and this time it did not stick. I then proceded in replacing it with the new CPU, PSU and Video Card. This is when problem #2 occured:
I couldn't get Windows XP to run. The pc would reboot right after the Win XP logo appears during startup. The same thing would happen if I tried safe mode (I was able to get it loaded a few times, only to have the PC lock up on me after a few seconds). I did not uninstall my video drivers before installing the new card. I didn't think it mattered, as both cards require the same drivers (I think?). That could of been my problem, i'm not sure. But if it were, I should be able to load safe mode atleast right? I was up all night trying different ideas, swaping old parts with new parts, with no prevail. After numerous hours of failed attempts and my mind set on software conflicts, I decided to reinstall windows. Once I reformated the drives (using the winxp disc) and got to the copying of installation files process, the pc would reboot. This continued to happen, each time at a different completion precentage. It would vary from 7% to roughly 15%. I tried a different cdrom and winxp disc, but no luck. I tried disabling the RAID controller and used one SATA HD, but no luck. I even tried using a old Ultra ATA HD and still got the same problem.
Everything is idling nice and cool. Both my CPU and MB are around 30 degrees C.
I have no idea what the problem is. My only guess is the mobo. It is the only item I did not swap during this whole disaster. Could my hardware not be compatible?
I spent alot of money, I gotta get this damn thing up and running. :/
Any help would be appreciated.... Thanks
My setup then consisted of a P4 2.4 800FSB CPU, ASUS P4P800SE mobo, 1GB of Crucial PC3200 DDR ram, Antec 400W PSU, ATI Radeon 9700 Pro video card and the two WD SATA 7200RPM HDs on RAID 0 config.
This system ran great and I never experienced any issues within these past two weeks.
Two days ago I received my new Radeon X850XTPE (w/ the Arctic Cooler Silencer 5 Rev 2 gpu cooler), P4 3.2 800 FSB Northwood CPU and ENERMAX ATX12V 600W Power Supply.
Problem #1: When taking off the CPU heatsink, the CPU itself came off with it. WTF? I had to pry the CPU off the heatsink with a flathead. Too much paste maybe? Oops! The prongs were bent to hell and wouldnt fit back on the mobo. I had to use a small steak knife to bend the prongs back in place. I placed it back in the mobo with the heatsink and started the pc up. No problems.. few!
I took it off again and this time it did not stick. I then proceded in replacing it with the new CPU, PSU and Video Card. This is when problem #2 occured:
I couldn't get Windows XP to run. The pc would reboot right after the Win XP logo appears during startup. The same thing would happen if I tried safe mode (I was able to get it loaded a few times, only to have the PC lock up on me after a few seconds). I did not uninstall my video drivers before installing the new card. I didn't think it mattered, as both cards require the same drivers (I think?). That could of been my problem, i'm not sure. But if it were, I should be able to load safe mode atleast right? I was up all night trying different ideas, swaping old parts with new parts, with no prevail. After numerous hours of failed attempts and my mind set on software conflicts, I decided to reinstall windows. Once I reformated the drives (using the winxp disc) and got to the copying of installation files process, the pc would reboot. This continued to happen, each time at a different completion precentage. It would vary from 7% to roughly 15%. I tried a different cdrom and winxp disc, but no luck. I tried disabling the RAID controller and used one SATA HD, but no luck. I even tried using a old Ultra ATA HD and still got the same problem.
Everything is idling nice and cool. Both my CPU and MB are around 30 degrees C.
I have no idea what the problem is. My only guess is the mobo. It is the only item I did not swap during this whole disaster. Could my hardware not be compatible?
I spent alot of money, I gotta get this damn thing up and running. :/
Any help would be appreciated.... Thanks
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