XP won't reinstall.

[scottieg]

So after I installed my new mobo and proc, I got most everything working, then I installed SP1 and everything went haywire. After it loaded XP pro screne came up, it went to a black screne where the led on my moniter would go yellow then back to green while the computer restarted and keep doing this in a cycle.

Now when I reformat it will go and it will do the random restarts that it has been doing. It is doing the same thing that it did when I had it in windows. It would let me put in my key, and shortly after it would restart and do the same win xp install again. It will just keep doing this in a cycle.

What is going wrong?
I was thinking of taking everything out of my case and putting it back in.

My new parts were a IC7G and a 2.4C that I both got of these forums.

When I had it in windows, it would also randomly restart like it was doing. It would freeze, some people thought it was my ram.

Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[Andyman53]

Check your system temperatures... Your computer might be overheating. If you're using the same PSU that was in your old computer, it might not be generating enough power. I'd say check the power supply, possibly use a friends and test it out. I'd think its overheating first. Tell me what the sys temps are in the BIOS.

 

[scottieg]

No its not overheating, it reads at 40 C idle, which is realy 30 C because it reads 10-15 C higher than normal. Its a IC7G with a CoolerMaster Aero 4 Lite with AS3 that I lapped going at about 3000k rpms.

The rails are reading no less than 0.8 under 12 and 5, tommorow I am going to take everything out and clean out my case and put everything back in. See if that helps.

 

[scottieg]

bump

 

[Big Lar]

Could be alot of things, easier to start with the basics tho. Shut er down, pull the plug, start pulling things out,ie; power connection to cdroms/ hard drives, ide cables...etc. Make sure everything is seated correctly,etc. Reseat the Ram, and or just boot with 1 stick. Check vid card for fan rotation. Pull and reseat the cpu in the socket if need be, same with All cards. Check for proper jumpers on board. Clear cmos, go into bios and "Load Setup Defaults". Then try to install windows. It could be something as simple as a jumper on a drive, could also be something entirely different, like a bad board. Just my thoughts.

 

[scottieg]

Last nite I re did the cables and orgranized the so it was only running of of one splitter instead of 2. I know my CPU is seated well and my nb, hsf and vc fans are all going.

 

[Regs]

Make sure you do a clean install and not just install over the older OS. If it still doesn't work than it's more than likely because your Hard Drive died. Your OS could now be on a sector of the hard drive that couldn't get formatted.

 

[scottieg]

Its not my harddrive.

 

[Redviffer]

You should also try running default speed, I have known some cpu/memory to run overclocked for a while, but then become unstable.

 

[scottieg]

it is running default

 

[Matthias99]

Did you try installing it with nothing except the absolute essentials (PSU, CPU, 1 stick of memtested RAM at stock, video card, hard disk, CDROM)? If it won't work with *that*, you're talking low-level hardware problems (most likely a bad motherboard, unless you fried something during installation).

You can get into all sorts of hardware incompatibilities trying to reinstall everything at once. For example, I had trouble installing WinXP when I got my new motherboard because, it turns out, the XP installer *CRASHES* every time if you have the onboard sound enabled and also have a sound card in a PCI slot. Real solid installer there, MS. Real solid.

 

[scottieg]

what should I set it to, any more ideas guys?

 

[Fraggster]

Originally posted by: scottieg
what should I set it to, any more ideas guys?

set what to?

 

[chocoruacal]

Originally posted by: scottieg
Last nite I re did the cables and orgranized the so it was only running of of one splitter instead of 2. I know my CPU is seated well and my nb, hsf and vc fans are all going.

I wish I had a nickel for everyone who said their CPU was fine only to go back, reseat, and the problems suddenly vanish.

1. Rip everything apart.
2. Reseat EVERYTHING. THIN is the word when it comes to thermal paste. THIN.
3. Install: motherboard, CPU, memory, video.
4. Boot into BIOS, make sure temps are okay.
5. Make sure RAM timings are okay. As preventive measure, you might consider setting them loosely.
6. Run Memtest86 off a bootable CD. Enable ALL TESTS and let it run AT LEAST OVERNIGHT.
7. Better than 50% chance that your problem is solved right there. If not, then the best bet is power supply or motherboard.