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Well I got a tried using a new HD and guess what? It only works when the new HD is a single drive, but it works. I guess I'm S.O.L. on the other HDs. I'm pretty sure a bad wall outlet was the cause of this repeated failure, as it only happened when it was hooked to an exterior wall. I've already...

I checked out the CPU speed, and it's set at 333, which is what my RAM is. Is that right?

And how do I check the speed setting for the CPU? I'll have to check the receipt from where I bought the ram. Don't know the manufacturer offhand. I can't get into the BIOS settings. It hangs before that option is displayed at the bottom when it first boots up. When I load the heatsink onto the...

The RAM is in use. At least I think so...before it tries to detect the drives it appears to load the ram. What's the FSB? I tried it w/two motherboards, so I doubt both would be cracked, but I'll take a look. Thanks.

Okay, I don't think it's the HD's themselves. I tried hooking up my new external USB drive. Still hangs. One note...on the other motherboard I tried it on, I also got the following error: CMOS checksum error -- defaults loaded. Not sure what that means and it still just hangs there.

Okay, I tested the computer w/just one HD. Still hangs. I tried another HD. Still hangs. I tried new cables. Still hangs. I tried another motherboard. Still hangs. Since it still hangs on two motherboards (two BIOS'), I doubt it's the motherboard or BIOS. Could it be I just had two bad HD's? Thanks.

I'll try that, thanks! In looking at my mom's computer, HP has a cable connected to one HD and a CD drive, and another connecting another HD to the disk drive.

Well, it turns out that I fried my processor. I took my processor to the place I purchased it from and asked them to test it, and they said it was bad, so they replaced it for free. So it boots, but now I've got another problem. :) While booting up, it halts right after it says "detecting...

loop127--Yes, everything "seems" to be running. I can hear the HD's and CD-ROMs running when I turn the PC on. BadBigBen--I made sure that all the conectors were tight and the CPU fan appears to be working fine (I can see it running). Not sure how to remove the powerswitch, and I...

Thanks for your reply. I tried switching the power supply setting, but that made the computer sound worse (sounded like it was getting too much power). I also tried swapping AC cords. Still no beeps. :(

For some odd reason, my customer-built PC stops working every few months w/the same problem. The computer won't boot (no display on the monitor and no beeps). The first time I thought it was a bad power supply, so I replaced that and it worked again. The next time, I thought it was a bad...