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My power supply fan recently siezed. Again. I didn't notice it until after I had several problems with my XP Home, and had just finished a clean install when I noticed the fan wasn't turning. It was pretty hot in there.
After replacing the power supply, I tried to reboot. Windows hung on the Windows logo screen .. several times. Tried a clean install and it went thru loading all the files, but when it got to the step where it says "Starting Windows", it hung. Many times. Changed processors and same thing. Tried 3 different drives and same result. Does anybody have any ideas? It is currently running fine on an old 3.5 GB drive that was preinstalled with Win2K, it just won't load up another drive.

My system: Gigabyte GA7-VAX board with Athlon XP 2700+, 384 MB 266 MHZ Crucial RAM, 20 GB Maxtor ATA 133 drive (Drive 0), Maxtor 40 GB ATA 133 drive (Drive 1), Windows XP SP1
 
Dave said:
My power supply fan recently siezed. Again. I didn't notice it until
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after I had several problems with my XP Home, and had just finished a clean
install when I noticed the fan wasn't turning. It was pretty hot in there.
After replacing the power supply, I tried to reboot. Windows hung on the
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Windows logo screen .. several times. Tried a clean install and it went
thru loading all the files, but when it got to the step where it says
"Starting Windows", it hung. Many times. Changed processors and same
thing. Tried 3 different drives and same result. Does anybody have any
ideas? It is currently running fine on an old 3.5 GB drive that was
preinstalled with Win2K, it just won't load up another drive.
My system: Gigabyte GA7-VAX board with Athlon XP 2700+, 384 MB 266 MHZ
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Crucial RAM, 20 GB Maxtor ATA 133 drive (Drive 0), Maxtor 40 GB ATA 133
drive (Drive 1), Windows XP SP1
Try doing a repair instead of a clean install. It usually will find the
problem and fix it.
 
That's the problem. Windows will not boot and neither will the install. Windows bombs at the logo screen, and if you start from the CD, it bombs at the point where it says "Starting Windows".
 
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