Here's what happened =[
Last night I was playing Counter-Strike, and it crashed. This has happened before so I didn't worry too much, but as soon as it went back to the desktop my computer turned off automatically... then, when I tried to turn it back on, it just kept beeping.. I kept turning it off and on but no luck... then I stopped trying.
A few minutes later I tried turning it back on and it said "no input display." I had gotten this message before so I (thought I) knew what to do. I opened my case up and started nudging the Chaintech Geforce 3 around. I tried 3 times but still "no input display." Then I tried putting in my brother's Creative Geforce 2 GTS a few times but still the same message. After that I got the idea to clear the CMOS so that's what I did, and it booted up!! But, I still had/have problems. Almost instantly after the "welcome" splash in when Windows XP boots up, it restarts (BSOD = automatic restart?). Then, I replaced my Turbolink 320W PSU with an Enermax 350W whisper but still the same thing.
After this I decided to reinstall XP. However I couldn't even do THIS!
I can boot the Windows XP Professional CD to boot. Here is how my HDD's are setup:
IBM Deskstar 120GXP 40GB 7200RPM
C:\ 31GB Partitoin
E:\ 7GB Partition
Western Digital Special Edition Caviar 7200RPM
D:\ 76GB Partition
OK, so here's what I did:
NOTE: For all the trials below, I basically got the same error message: first, it says it can't copy a file from the CD, press ENTER to retry or ESC to skip. Well, retrying doesn't do anything, and when I try to skip, the next file it tries to copy doesn't work either... After a few skips I get a screen that says something like Windows has found a problem and has shut down to prevent furthur damage. At this point all I can do is restart.
I did a quick NTFS format of E:\ and then tried installing on it.
I did a full NTFS format of E:\ and then tried installing it.
I tried installing, without deleting anything, on the C:\ partition.
I did a quick NTFS format of C:\ and then tried installing it.
I did a full NTFS format of C:\ and then tried installing it.
I did everything in that order, tried multiple times, and I get a variation of the BSOD every time...
I know you guys probably won't be able to completely fix it without actually doing it in person.. but any suggestions?
Last night I was playing Counter-Strike, and it crashed. This has happened before so I didn't worry too much, but as soon as it went back to the desktop my computer turned off automatically... then, when I tried to turn it back on, it just kept beeping.. I kept turning it off and on but no luck... then I stopped trying.
A few minutes later I tried turning it back on and it said "no input display." I had gotten this message before so I (thought I) knew what to do. I opened my case up and started nudging the Chaintech Geforce 3 around. I tried 3 times but still "no input display." Then I tried putting in my brother's Creative Geforce 2 GTS a few times but still the same message. After that I got the idea to clear the CMOS so that's what I did, and it booted up!! But, I still had/have problems. Almost instantly after the "welcome" splash in when Windows XP boots up, it restarts (BSOD = automatic restart?). Then, I replaced my Turbolink 320W PSU with an Enermax 350W whisper but still the same thing.
After this I decided to reinstall XP. However I couldn't even do THIS!
I can boot the Windows XP Professional CD to boot. Here is how my HDD's are setup:
IBM Deskstar 120GXP 40GB 7200RPM
C:\ 31GB Partitoin
E:\ 7GB Partition
Western Digital Special Edition Caviar 7200RPM
D:\ 76GB Partition
OK, so here's what I did:
NOTE: For all the trials below, I basically got the same error message: first, it says it can't copy a file from the CD, press ENTER to retry or ESC to skip. Well, retrying doesn't do anything, and when I try to skip, the next file it tries to copy doesn't work either... After a few skips I get a screen that says something like Windows has found a problem and has shut down to prevent furthur damage. At this point all I can do is restart.
I did a quick NTFS format of E:\ and then tried installing on it.
I did a full NTFS format of E:\ and then tried installing it.
I tried installing, without deleting anything, on the C:\ partition.
I did a quick NTFS format of C:\ and then tried installing it.
I did a full NTFS format of C:\ and then tried installing it.
I did everything in that order, tried multiple times, and I get a variation of the BSOD every time...
I know you guys probably won't be able to completely fix it without actually doing it in person.. but any suggestions?
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