I am at a loss ,my puter reboots constantly,I have d loaded the newest
drivers and software for all drives ,video,sound and printers but still no
luck tried newpower supplythat didnt help,have new main board flashed the
bios with newest drivers,no luck. main board xfx 680iltsli xfx 7300 gt's vid
cards , 2 gigs memory , pent d 3 gig prosessor skt 775 tried swapping memory
but still the same ,did clean install win xp pro to start any ideas ?? any
help or tips would greatly appreciated, Thanks in advance
You are shotgunning. Therefore you even destroyed useful
evidence. Wild speculation may have now added more problems. The
concept is made obvious even in CSI. Follow the evidence. Instead
you fixed things that once were not broken and were known good. Now
even they are unknown.
Where you should have started are facts such as system (event) logs
where hardware problems are recorded while computer works around the
problem and keeps working. But you destroyed this information (that
stored 'blue screen' reports) by 'fixing things'. Also important is
information from Device Manager. Is everything working?
You replaced a power supply without first analyzing the power supply
'system'. So the supply defect could still exist. You assumed no
such problem exists by doing what the naive so often and foolishly
recommend - wild speculation replaces a power supply.
At this point, your problem may be exponentially complicated. And
after all that labor, you have not accomplished anything. Start by
moving components or systems from 'unknown' to either 'definitively
good' or 'definitively bad'. Every item moved to a 'definitive'
category means something accomplished.
The one subsystem that can create all other failures is the power
supply 'system'. Again, we still have no idea if that system is
'definitively good'. The two minute procedure is posted in "When your
computer dies without warning....." starting 6 Feb 2007 in the
newsgroup alt.windows-xp at:
http://tinyurl.com/yvf9vh
A chart for where each wire is connection is located:
http://www.hardwarebook.net/connector/power/atxpower.html
In your case, most important are numbers from any orange, red, and
yellow wires when computer is multitasking - maximum loading. Post
those numbers here to obtain replied from the better informed. That
two minute procedure will result in your first accomplishment - the
supply 'system' moved from 'unknown' to 'definitively something'.
Better computer manufacturers provide comprehensive hardware
diagnostics for free - just for your problem. Execute those
diagnostics. But if your computer manufacturer is not so responsible,
then download diagnostics from component manufacturers. Since your OS
is pre-emptive multitasking, components that can cause your failure
are fewer: power supply 'system', CPU, memory, sound card, video
controller, and some motherboard functions. Notice devices not on
that list such as hard drive. Those define comprehensive hardware
diagnostics required - diagnostics that execute without Windows.
Next post can describe how to use diagnostics to move parts from
'unknown' to 'definitively something' - how to accomplish more.
