System Died on Me.

[jmathews42]

Ok I'll try and explain this as well as I can.
I have had this computer for about 2 years and this is the first 'real' problem I've had with it.
I was playing a game which was causing my sound to 'skip/pop' and would also cause the game to lag. A friend suggested that I update my drivers, which I did. I updated my graphic drivers and the driver for my onboard sound. This fixed my lag issue, but I didn't have any sound. None. I tried reinstalling my old drivers off the drivers' disk that came with the motherboard. The installation went till about 80% then my computer rebooted. And evertime it loads Windows (XP) it reboots again.
I grabbed a new hard drive an installed XP on it. It works but crashes/reboots often.

I'm thinking that maybe the drivers are still conflicting, so maybe reseting my BIOS?

Specs:
AMD 2000+
1GB Kingston
GeForce FX 5200
NEC DVD Burner
Mitsumi CD burner
1 80mm Fan
1 blower fan (PCI slot)
2 120 WD HDDs
400w power supply(forget which brand)

And again like I said I haven't had any problems with this setup until the driver update.

 

[FlyingPenguin]

During POST before the Windows logo comes up, press F8 to bring up the Windows boot menu. Select "Last known good configuration...". This should restore the registry back to the state it was in the last time you successfully booted.

If that doesn't work then try booting into Safe Mode and use system restore to restore the computer to a save point prior to installing the drivers.

If you can't get into safe mode, you can manually restore the registry from the REPAIR folder backup and then boot into safe mode to restore to a restore point before you installed the drivers. The procedure is explained here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545


I'm a bit concerned that you tried to install XP clean on a 2nd drive and are having problems with it. This may indicate a hardware problem unless you did something wrong when you installed XP. You should run MEMTEST86+ all night (at least 12 hours) to see if your RAM is okay and the hardware is stable.

Hope this helps...