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I have a 2 year old, home built, PC that will not boot. The PC powers
up (fans, drives, etc.) but will not enter POST. The mother board is
a Gigabyte GA-8KNXP with a P4 2.4 Ghz processor.
I've removed a component at time, and have try re-seating the i/f
cards and the memory cards. I did have a P4 3.2 GHz in it, but that
was the first item I swapped out. I thought the CPU had simply over
heated.
What has really thrown me is that the PC will boot once in about every
10 attempts. Once it boots, it will run for about 10 minutes and then
simply freeze up. That's what led me to first think it was the CPU
that had overheated.
I've even swapped the battery for the CMOS/BIOS.
Have I tried everything? Is it time to buy a new mother board?
If it is, I am thinking using a ASUS board.
Thanks.
I have a 2 year old, home built, PC that will not boot. The PC powers
up (fans, drives, etc.) but will not enter POST. The mother board is
a Gigabyte GA-8KNXP with a P4 2.4 Ghz processor.
I've removed a component at time, and have try re-seating the i/f
cards and the memory cards. I did have a P4 3.2 GHz in it, but that
was the first item I swapped out. I thought the CPU had simply over
heated.
What has really thrown me is that the PC will boot once in about every
10 attempts. Once it boots, it will run for about 10 minutes and then
simply freeze up. That's what led me to first think it was the CPU
that had overheated.
I've even swapped the battery for the CMOS/BIOS.
Have I tried everything? Is it time to buy a new mother board?
If it is, I am thinking using a ASUS board.
Thanks.