- May 12, 2009
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It powers up, all the fans run, the screen turns on and then I can access the bios if I so choose. In the bios under the performance tab I can look at the specifications of the CPU I installed which say 2.8 ghz etc etc and some other stuff specific to the CPU. It is also recognizing the RAM. I tried using a different hard drive to no avail and when I put in a boot disc it started to work but then went to a blue screen of death which said to disable shadowing/caching in the bios. I couldn't find the option it spoke of directly so I just disabled anything with the word cache in it and nothing changed. The boot disc I am using is a retail Windows XP disc so I have no reason to think it should not work correctly (that I know of) since I have used it to install windows XP before. I have tried doing a repair install as well as a clean install from it with no success in this case.
If I don't try to boot from a disc the system goes through a cycle of the same two screens where one screen is the place where I can manage the bios and it lists the memory storage devices and then tries to boot up, and the next screen is one that lists the hardware in the computer with a statistic for each, e.g. the cpu and its temperature and some other things.
SO... if the CPU is dead should I be able to access the bios? I have no reason to suspect the cpu or mobo as they are new, and the power supply worked with another machine as did the ram. Sadly I don't have another board that will fit the processor or another processor that will fit the board, but since I have dealt with dead boards before I suspect the CPU or some kind of corruption in the bios that is causing the problem. I have also tried resetting the bios with the jumper while the computer is off and unplugged and all of that. I also tried a different disc drive with the setup. The motherboard doesn't have a speaker on it so I can't report beeps
At this point I can not get past the blue screen which says some kind of error about drivers or something and disabling shadowing/caching, after which I would expect OS install to start.
If this doesn't light any bulbs over your heads I'll try to give more details tomorrow after further experimentation.
If I don't try to boot from a disc the system goes through a cycle of the same two screens where one screen is the place where I can manage the bios and it lists the memory storage devices and then tries to boot up, and the next screen is one that lists the hardware in the computer with a statistic for each, e.g. the cpu and its temperature and some other things.
SO... if the CPU is dead should I be able to access the bios? I have no reason to suspect the cpu or mobo as they are new, and the power supply worked with another machine as did the ram. Sadly I don't have another board that will fit the processor or another processor that will fit the board, but since I have dealt with dead boards before I suspect the CPU or some kind of corruption in the bios that is causing the problem. I have also tried resetting the bios with the jumper while the computer is off and unplugged and all of that. I also tried a different disc drive with the setup. The motherboard doesn't have a speaker on it so I can't report beeps
At this point I can not get past the blue screen which says some kind of error about drivers or something and disabling shadowing/caching, after which I would expect OS install to start.
If this doesn't light any bulbs over your heads I'll try to give more details tomorrow after further experimentation.
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