Ok, on a secondary system I have:
Intel Pentium D 3.2Ghz with HT
D955XBK MOBO
4 GB Ram
Hitachi 250 GB HD
BFG 800 W PSU
ATI X1800 AIW Video card (yes I know, old but it was free)
There is a consistent problem of upon powering up it crashes after the XP loader screen, after resetting the system, it boots up, no problem, only seems to happen from a cold boot. When I removed the optic drive, it booted a lot faster, but from a cold boot in the OS the screen would go blank.
Another time when I had left something in the optic drive and it slowed down the boot process, it stopped right during the resetting of the PATA / SATA.
I did notice a red led going off right near the vid cards power connector right as I pressed the power button.
Once its had its issue and gets reset, no problems after that, runs everything, no crashes at all.
I'm relatively sure its the card, but not sure why, guess I cannot complain as it was free. :lol:
Intel Pentium D 3.2Ghz with HT
D955XBK MOBO
4 GB Ram
Hitachi 250 GB HD
BFG 800 W PSU
ATI X1800 AIW Video card (yes I know, old but it was free)
There is a consistent problem of upon powering up it crashes after the XP loader screen, after resetting the system, it boots up, no problem, only seems to happen from a cold boot. When I removed the optic drive, it booted a lot faster, but from a cold boot in the OS the screen would go blank.
Another time when I had left something in the optic drive and it slowed down the boot process, it stopped right during the resetting of the PATA / SATA.
I did notice a red led going off right near the vid cards power connector right as I pressed the power button.
Once its had its issue and gets reset, no problems after that, runs everything, no crashes at all.
I'm relatively sure its the card, but not sure why, guess I cannot complain as it was free. :lol: