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  1. thomasmoen

    Infrequent bootup of PC ( boots but infrequent POST)

    So, after a long time I have now ended up with either the CPU or the Motherboard being the problem. Since I don't know anyone with a Slot A AMD motherboard I wont be able to test it. But, I read on a supportsite somewhere that if the mainboard got power but the bios didn't make sound etc, the...
  2. thomasmoen

    Infrequent bootup of PC ( boots but infrequent POST)

    I've reduced my cost on the the potential new computer ( MB,RAM,CPU,Fan) to 300$-350$, not that bad I think. I get an Athlon XP2200+, 512 DDR-RAM(brand) and a 16dB fan that cools it down to around 46 degrees celsius.and MB of course. Today I'm dispatching my RAM to a friend so that the test of...
  3. thomasmoen

    Infrequent bootup of PC ( boots but infrequent POST)

    Talking about making conclusions and then the conclusion hits you in the face.. I'm back where I started.. Here the other night my computer spontaneously rebooted again..And then, later, once more.. and then we were back to the no-post problem.. So, this time I'm going to buy myself a new...
  4. thomasmoen

    Infrequent bootup of PC ( boots but infrequent POST)

    Hi again! Good that you found out the memory part, but I've already done my own test with mine. They're fine. :) Well, I might be a little early with my conclusion here, but here it comes. I've had my computer running now with another PSU for almost 24 hrs straight... :) So, drawing my...
  5. thomasmoen

    Infrequent bootup of PC ( boots but infrequent POST)

    Great...! I thought... After getting new cooling paste and mashing it between my fan and cpu I had my pc running for 3 hrs straight! Next time I started the computer(i turned it off for the night) it rebooted after appr. 3-4 hrs... So, what does that tell me? The there is something bad happening...
  6. thomasmoen

    Infrequent bootup of PC ( boots but infrequent POST)

    arg. my ascii picture didn't work very well. JUst a comment for it, so plp understand what it is. There is one big square(i dont know the work for a box with two longsides identical and two shortsides identical- where all sides are 45degrees ) and inside it is is another smaller square. just so...
  7. thomasmoen

    Infrequent bootup of PC ( boots but infrequent POST)

    okey.done more investigations and found another very interesting effect on my system. This time we are looking at my Slot A CPU from AMD.(nintendocassette-like) I have a coolerfan connected on its side. picture beneath: | | |-------| <-- AMD CPU |-------| | |___| <-- Coolingfan ^ |...
  8. thomasmoen

    Infrequent bootup of PC ( boots but infrequent POST)

    BadBigBen: Yeah. I'm thinking it's my MoBo too. But, what did you do with your problem in the end? Did you throw away your MB? or did you manage to &quot;repair&quot; it? Thanks.
  9. thomasmoen

    Infrequent bootup of PC ( boots but infrequent POST)

    well.I guess it's not the memorychips.computer still goes down either way. MB and PS ... One of them or both have to be the sinner!
  10. thomasmoen

    purple screen

    It might be as stated above, but also if someone has been in contact with the screen with something magnetic you will get purplelike stains on the glass. If the latter I don't think it's possible to fix it.
  11. thomasmoen

    Infrequent bootup of PC ( boots but infrequent POST)

    Now I've tried with a PCI video card too, alone or with other cards. What happens is that the OS freezes quite fast after start or as in a few cases I can let the computer stay on a whole night.E.g. I let the computer stay on showing a movie in repeat all night, and the computer kept on untill I...
  12. thomasmoen

    Infrequent bootup of PC ( boots but infrequent POST)

    I have tried running my pc with only my Geforce3 VIDEO card installed, but the computer still freezes. I've also used another matrox G100 card in the AGP slot, but still the computer restarts. Next I'll try with only a PCI 1Mb videocard to see if it could have something to do with the AGP. But I...
  13. thomasmoen

    Infrequent bootup of PC ( boots but infrequent POST)

    Sorry. I thought I had given it...HEre it somes(my system info) MSI K7 PRO(MS-6195) Slot A 256 MB RAM Geforce3 Ti200 128MB RAM(AGP) Soundblaster Live 1 CDROM 52x and 1 sony 8X burner SMC NIC 1 seagate HD and 1 western digital USB cordless logitech optical mouse PS Ergoforce keyboard
  14. thomasmoen

    Infrequent bootup of PC ( boots but infrequent POST)

    thanks pudda for your info, but I'm not sure if that's the case, or maybe the case if more complex in addition to the powerissue. Just now my computer froze while in W2k with a high pitch noise emitted from my speakers... I did one change to w2K since my last post and that was to not make w2k...
  15. thomasmoen

    Infrequent bootup of PC ( boots but infrequent POST)

    One adding: I also have in the OS frequent problems with getting my USB optical mouse found at startup of W2K. My solution so far has been to go to add/remove hardware and then remove the USB hub I see with an exclamation mark on it, and then exiting and adding it again. Then I get my mouse back...
  16. thomasmoen

    Infrequent bootup of PC ( boots but infrequent POST)

    Hello! First. I have read a couple of other articles on bootupproblems, but still think my pc needs an own thread.Thanks to all the posters.(LONG POST) My case began probably long time ago, but in the last few months and especially days, it's been bad. My computer suddenly dies..My screen goes...

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