Hi everyone. Hope this is in the right section.
So the computer will boot the existing windows fine, im on it now, but when i go to format it, you load up the windows screen after post, and you get to the blue screen and it says please wait, where you should have the list of options, it simply turns the computer off. This does it with both my origional and genuine XP cd and also a copy of a stripped out version.
Only things ive done today are change my computer fan back ot the origional as the Freezer was big, dusty and noisy, have re-greased the cpu, and also remove my secondary hard drive. no bios settings have been changed aside from the boot sequence.
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Ive done some digging, i have reset my bios now, and also replaced the hard drive so i was running as i was before.
Still no luck.
Im running fine right now, only problem ive got is this formatting problem. Ive not had it before.
Might try diconnecting my sata and seeing if i can install on my ide, removing the soundcard altho thats never been a problem.
Incase anyone is interested my specs are:
Amd athlon 64 3500+ (939)
Asus A8n 32 Sli Deluxe
2 x 1gb of corsair XMS Plat
Primary HDD - WDC 160gb SATA 2
Secondary HDD - Seagate 160gb IDE
XFX Geforce 7900GTX
Creative fatality x-fi sound card
520watt Corsair PSU
Nothing to do with heat, everything is running fine, ventilation is good, and ive not been having any problems before this.
So the computer will boot the existing windows fine, im on it now, but when i go to format it, you load up the windows screen after post, and you get to the blue screen and it says please wait, where you should have the list of options, it simply turns the computer off. This does it with both my origional and genuine XP cd and also a copy of a stripped out version.
Only things ive done today are change my computer fan back ot the origional as the Freezer was big, dusty and noisy, have re-greased the cpu, and also remove my secondary hard drive. no bios settings have been changed aside from the boot sequence.
...................
Ive done some digging, i have reset my bios now, and also replaced the hard drive so i was running as i was before.
Still no luck.
Im running fine right now, only problem ive got is this formatting problem. Ive not had it before.
Might try diconnecting my sata and seeing if i can install on my ide, removing the soundcard altho thats never been a problem.
Incase anyone is interested my specs are:
Amd athlon 64 3500+ (939)
Asus A8n 32 Sli Deluxe
2 x 1gb of corsair XMS Plat
Primary HDD - WDC 160gb SATA 2
Secondary HDD - Seagate 160gb IDE
XFX Geforce 7900GTX
Creative fatality x-fi sound card
520watt Corsair PSU
Nothing to do with heat, everything is running fine, ventilation is good, and ive not been having any problems before this.