Won’t boot past Chip message.

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Lordfalco

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone could help me with the following issue.

First off...I recently purchased a 120 GB HD and installed it (may not
be a part of the problem, but should be mentioned I think).

So I was recently moving files from one HD to the new 120 GB HD I
bought when all of the sudden my computer shut down and started to
reboot. I have a temperature gauge on the front and my computer, the
computer was not running too hot (24.9 celsuis), it has been that hot
before. However when it rebooted, the BIOS booted with the first line
displaying the 800MHZ chip I have and then.....nothing....nothing
else.

My guess is that either something on the mainboard blew or my ram
crapped out. MY CPU was hot to the touch, so I’m not sure.

If anyone has any insight I would be more then greatful.

thank you
Lordfalco.
 
Lordfalco said:
Hello,

I was wondering if anyone could help me with the following issue.

First off...I recently purchased a 120 GB HD and installed it (may not
be a part of the problem, but should be mentioned I think).

So I was recently moving files from one HD to the new 120 GB HD I
bought when all of the sudden my computer shut down and started to
reboot. I have a temperature gauge on the front and my computer, the
computer was not running too hot (24.9 celsuis), it has been that hot
before. However when it rebooted, the BIOS booted with the first line
displaying the 800MHZ chip I have and then.....nothing....nothing
else.

My guess is that either something on the mainboard blew or my ram
crapped out. MY CPU was hot to the touch, so I’m not sure.

If anyone has any insight I would be more then greatful.

thank you
Lordfalco.
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I can tell you now that 24°C was *NOT* the CPU temperature - TTBOMK, there
is no CPU on the planet that runs that cool. You were, most probably,
looking at the *board* temperature (though it's a little on the cool side
for that).

Do you have adequate cooling? Were all the fans spinning? Is your system
adequately powered.

This group isn't really the best place to post as it was designed to answer
questions caused by hardware once the OS has loaded. As your system doesn't
get that far, you would be better off posting to a dedicated hardware group
(alt.comp.hardware for example, which may be carried by your ISP's
news-server).
 
Unless you can swap parts with another computer, it is really hard to
troubleshoot a dead computer. (:>{

Lordfalco said:
Hello,

I was wondering if anyone could help me with the following issue.

First off...I recently purchased a 120 GB HD and installed it (may not
be a part of the problem, but should be mentioned I think).

So I was recently moving files from one HD to the new 120 GB HD I
bought when all of the sudden my computer shut down and started to
reboot. I have a temperature gauge on the front and my computer, the
computer was not running too hot (24.9 celsuis), it has been that hot
before. However when it rebooted, the BIOS booted with the first line
displaying the 800MHZ chip I have and then.....nothing....nothing
else.

My guess is that either something on the mainboard blew or my ram
crapped out. MY CPU was hot to the touch, so I'm not sure.

If anyone has any insight I would be more then greatful.

thank you
Lordfalco.

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Lordfalco said:
Hello,

I was wondering if anyone could help me with the following issue.

First off...I recently purchased a 120 GB HD and installed it (may not
be a part of the problem, but should be mentioned I think).

So I was recently moving files from one HD to the new 120 GB HD I
bought when all of the sudden my computer shut down and started to
reboot. I have a temperature gauge on the front and my computer, the
computer was not running too hot (24.9 celsuis), it has been that hot
before. However when it rebooted, the BIOS booted with the first line
displaying the 800MHZ chip I have and then.....nothing....nothing
else.

My guess is that either something on the mainboard blew or my ram
crapped out. MY CPU was hot to the touch, so I’m not sure.
Click to expand...

You should not be able to touch the CPU, as it should be covered by a
heatsink and fan. If not, or if the fan is not spinning, that needs to
be fixed before proceeding.
If anyone has any insight I would be more then greatful.
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You have a hardware problem. You should disconnect everything from the
mainboard except CPU, RAM, and video card - that means removing all PCI
cards and disconnecting all drives.

Once all peripherals are disconnected, the system should boot to the
point where the BIOS complains it can't find an operating system (i.e.
"Boot Disk Failure" or similar message). If not, you should try a known
good power supply, video card, RAM, and CPU - in that order - until you
isolate the problem. If the system still doesn't boot, the mainboard has
failed.

If the system passes the above 'barebones' test - i.e. the BIOS
complains it can't find an operating system, you should re-install all
peripherals one at a time, starting with the PCI cards and moving on to
the drives, and check that the system still boots to the same point
after each reconnection.

The above procedure will determine which peripheral device is causing
the problem. It is also possible your system will work normally once you
have re-installed everything, in which case the original problem was
caused by a poor connection.

Sunny
 
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