Each time i turn on my pc there`s a strange problem occuring. When i press the on/off button all the fans, including CPU and GPU fans, start spinning like they normally would, but it takes another 2-10 minutes (sometimes more) before the system boots.
I first experienced this after having moved all hardware components into a new case and installed a new "antec truepower 480w" power supply. Btw, the cpu is clocked to 2.3 GHz, but I don`t think this is the source of my problem because the cpu has been clocked at those speeds since before i made the switch to a new case.
Hardware specs are:
MSI 845E max2 533 mhz mainboard
2x crucial pc2100 ddr 512MB
ATI radeon 9800 pro
p4 2GHz northwood
Western Digital 80GB 7100
Audigy 2 platinum exp.
I have also installed a new CPU-cooler...can`t remember the name
While I`m at it i might as well mention another annoying problem. When the system finally decides to boot, it apparently cannot detect my HD, but still it somehow does. I know it sounds confusing, but let me explain. On the startup screen where it detecs master and slave HD`s, and master and slave cd/dvd-roms, the HD is detected and everything seems ok. That is until the next screen appears. Here there`s some kind of detecting utility,called MBfastTrak, which despite what the last screen confirmed, cannot detect the HD. A command line saying "scanning IDE-drives......." appears, but the HD is not to be found. The next line which appears says "array not defined", and it gives me the choice of entering a utility called FastBuild, or continue booting.
However, this FastBuild utility doesn`t help much. Also this one cannot detect any IDE-drives.
But if I choose to continue booting, the windows xp startup screen appears and everything works fine.
I would appreciate any advise on either of these problems.
I first experienced this after having moved all hardware components into a new case and installed a new "antec truepower 480w" power supply. Btw, the cpu is clocked to 2.3 GHz, but I don`t think this is the source of my problem because the cpu has been clocked at those speeds since before i made the switch to a new case.
Hardware specs are:
MSI 845E max2 533 mhz mainboard
2x crucial pc2100 ddr 512MB
ATI radeon 9800 pro
p4 2GHz northwood
Western Digital 80GB 7100
Audigy 2 platinum exp.
I have also installed a new CPU-cooler...can`t remember the name
While I`m at it i might as well mention another annoying problem. When the system finally decides to boot, it apparently cannot detect my HD, but still it somehow does. I know it sounds confusing, but let me explain. On the startup screen where it detecs master and slave HD`s, and master and slave cd/dvd-roms, the HD is detected and everything seems ok. That is until the next screen appears. Here there`s some kind of detecting utility,called MBfastTrak, which despite what the last screen confirmed, cannot detect the HD. A command line saying "scanning IDE-drives......." appears, but the HD is not to be found. The next line which appears says "array not defined", and it gives me the choice of entering a utility called FastBuild, or continue booting.
However, this FastBuild utility doesn`t help much. Also this one cannot detect any IDE-drives.
But if I choose to continue booting, the windows xp startup screen appears and everything works fine.
I would appreciate any advise on either of these problems.
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