A coupla weeks ago my HTPC started resetting while loading. Always at the same point, when the Windows 2000 splash screen goes away.
Swapped: Ram. Hard drive. DVD drive. PSU. Sound card. Vid card.
It was a fairly new CPU so I didn't swap it (and didn't have another to swap it with handy.) So I bought a new mATX KT400 mobo on the FS/FT forums. Since it took DDR and my old one didn't I had to wait until I got some spare RAM.
Well, today I did the swap. Guess what? Same thing. This time I tried swapping the CPU with a brand new Duron 1800. Same thing.
Ok, WTF is going on?!?!?!?! It's now a completely new PC yet it still restarts at the same point! The new HD has a fresh Win2k install, not imaged from the old one.
I'm going to do a new install again, maybe with XP this time just to see...
Ouch. Just had a thought. I'm using a KVM switch to do the setup. I wonder...
Swapped: Ram. Hard drive. DVD drive. PSU. Sound card. Vid card.
It was a fairly new CPU so I didn't swap it (and didn't have another to swap it with handy.) So I bought a new mATX KT400 mobo on the FS/FT forums. Since it took DDR and my old one didn't I had to wait until I got some spare RAM.
Well, today I did the swap. Guess what? Same thing. This time I tried swapping the CPU with a brand new Duron 1800. Same thing.
Ok, WTF is going on?!?!?!?! It's now a completely new PC yet it still restarts at the same point! The new HD has a fresh Win2k install, not imaged from the old one.
I'm going to do a new install again, maybe with XP this time just to see...
Ouch. Just had a thought. I'm using a KVM switch to do the setup. I wonder...
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