A7N8X deluxe board running at 10mph

[Mark_McG]

Just bought the A7N8X deluxe mother board, with Athlon 2600 ( 333hz), )2x 256 DDR400 3200 Ram. Loaded it into my case with a brand new IBM 180 GXP 120GB hard disk. PSU is 270 watts.
The thing runs like a dog, I have spent a week trying to load up Windows XP , Loaded up XP on HD on another Athlon machine , no problems.
Put it into the new MB / case , just reboots everytime it gets as far as the start up screen
Reloaded XP , Taking approx 6 hrs to load OS.
What is wrong with it, all settings at default
Any advice, any help

Video Card is Matrox Marvel G400 and I know that I need to upgrade it ASAP

 

[khha4113]

First, check your RAM's settings. I used to have problem when installed XP (it took very long just to format HD) with too fast timing on RAM (Samsung PC2700) with Abit KX7-333R.
Second, I think your Power supply (270W!) might be overloaded. Try one with 300W or up to see.

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[jankphil]

also check the temps on the cpu, it may be overheating and turning itself off when it hits something it has to load. IMHO, it's probably the PSU though...

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