Newbuild PC Problem

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I am leaning towards defective motherboard. I haven't had much experience
with Gigabyte, but that's what I suspect. If you bought it locally, take it
back and see what they say. If you bought it on line, email them or call
them. This might take some time.

In the meantime, you might look around for another motherboard, if you want
this one fairly quick.



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Don't take this personally, But, was it a Legit Copy? And were you
connected to the Internet in any way..Ethernet, Cable Modem, DSL, any
possible way, where the software could find a way to reach MS Servers
do a quick check in a zillionth of a second, and then pipe some
data back to screw up your machine. This is a common scenario
I am seeing more and more, in my day to day travels.
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Sorry, this is utter BS.
 
before the OS is unlikely..however it trips me out when I.E. says windows update is waiting my arrival.....
A little paranoia is a good thing. allot....is a disease
 
Had a similar case recently where there was a stand-out in the wrong place
and that shorted the guys brand new MoBo on the circuit that handles the
keyboard. Have also seen it with one of our techs rebuilding a machine and
the MoBo was faulty straight out of the box - flashed the keyboard lights
and that was about it.
 
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hill Street Blues" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: Newbuild PC Problem

I think your prognosis is correct, and these types of problems can be
the most vexing of any computer problem we will ever encounter.
Besides my everyday computer repairs for customers, I have been working
my way through 7 pallets(aprox 100 CPU's) of used late model DELL Towers
and Desktops that I bought at auction several months ago. Aprox 5-6 out
of the 75 or so I have checked so far, have exhibited the same "symptoms"
you have described here.

I was wondering how you would take it when I asked about the Windows XP
CD and whether it was legit or not, but you handled it good, not getting
defensive, and keeping an open mind.

When I made the reference to Software dialing out, and checking with
servers, as to verify the product or legality of the installation, I knew
I would ruffle someones feathers, but this is hardly a new concept or
Technology in the world of Software.
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You didn't ruffle feathers, in this case you were just wrong.
It was first developed and used by a company called Sausage Software, way
back in 1996. Since then, it has been utilised by many other companies
that distribute software. At that time, thier famous "Hot Dog" Web Page
creation software had become one of the most pirated pieces of software
around. During Installation, the software would "look" for an active
connection to the internet and then furtively connect in the background
and completely disable the program if it found invalid registration info.
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This is NOT what you claimed XP may have done to the OP.
There are actually a number of commercial software programs available in
free "demo" versions today that when "patched" are programmed to set in
motion a domino-like wrath of destruction, on every .com or .exe file on
your computer. One very popular cd-labeling program, comes to mind.
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No, there aren't.
I can't "prove" this, anymore than I can prove that the girders in a
skyscraper are actually composed of swirling electrons. It's just
something I know.
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No you don't. And if you can't prove it or at least post legimate sources,
don't post it.
But, this is way beyond the scope of the original post, so I will stop
here.
I wish you luck, and let us know how things turn out.
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You need to go do your hoemwork a little more. Your orginal scenario was
ridiculous. XP does not and can not 'phone home' and prevent installation
before setup has even begun. You do not "know" this, nor have you
experienced it.
I, and many others here, are well aware of XP activation and how it
functions as well as similar implementations in other software.
 
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hill Street Blues" <[email protected]>
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You'll both get Dirty and the Pig will Love it!"
 
Hi again

Well I have fully functioned all the components in another PC, keyboard,
hdd, mouse, cdrom, floppy, etc etc apart from mobo.... they all work in
another PC. I have now contacted the supplier who is sending me another
mobo, so fingers crossed.

I will let you all know the outcome!
 
yes its at that point.....speaking of that, that is an 80 pin cable?/....and then there is the 3rd time rechecking those
jumpers..don't use CS..its always a PITA....for me anyway
 
Good day!!

I received the new mobo today, and promptly fitted it. On first boot, the
keyboard worked, which confirmed the old mobo was U/S!
Though the boot hung at the verifying DMI Pool Data message... I was able
this time to go into the bios, and enter the settings.. but still it hung.
With the XP Disk in the cdrom, I altered the bios to 1st boot cdrom, and
disabled the others.... the xp disk booted the machine, i started to load
windows and at the first reboot changed the boot order to HDD-0 then CDrom
then Floppy. Now I have a working machine! Touch wood all has gone
swimmingly!!

Very many thanks to all who replied offering suggestions. It is greatly
appreciated.

Matty
 
Congratulations.... Doesn't it feel good to lick a problem?

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