I upgraded from Duron 800 to Athlon 1400, and now I have a boot
problem. When I restart from Windows it does not boot anymore, hangs
before the BIOS screen, and LED are red red green red. I have a 235 W
power ATX supply, is that the problem?
When I boot after a few minutes the problem is gone. After being up
only one minute and then reboot the problem is there. System runs
stable as long as i do not boot, even when running a cpu intensive sim
as F1 CS 2000.
DOK
>I upgraded from Duron 800 to Athlon 1400, and now I have a boot
>problem. When I restart from Windows it does not boot anymore, hangs
>before the BIOS screen, and LED are red red green red. I have a 235 W
>power ATX supply, is that the problem?
"But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was
nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into
a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark
So what WE need is a a mechanical device that attaches to the PC, and
smashes a suitably expensive part of it each time we go off the track!
--
"Walk like a Syrian"
Per Thulin
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> > "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was
> > nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into
> > a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark
> So what WE need is a a mechanical device that attaches to the PC, and
> smashes a suitably expensive part of it each time we go off the track!
> --
> "Walk like a Syrian"
> Per Thulin
> Visit Jane The Hamster's web site at http://www.racesimcentral.net/~u54108168/
> Spamblock in operation - remove "_no" "spam_" to reply by mail.
I'd agree, the power supply is more than likely the culprit,
especially if the only change was to a 1.4ghz athlon. Most places
recommend going to a 350W or even a 400W with such high speed CPUs.
The current draw is pretty huge on them.
Maybe you could borrow a mates PSU to test this out?
Rafe Mc
>> Could be. I'm thinking of building/buying an Athlon machine and
>>the word is that you want a 300 watt PS for a typical PC (up to four
>>drives), even more for a server (more drives/devices). Booting/
>>rebooting is the time when you've got the biggest current draw. :(
>I'd agree, the power supply is more than likely the culprit,
>especially if the only change was to a 1.4ghz athlon. Most places
>recommend going to a 350W or even a 400W with such high speed CPUs.
>The current draw is pretty huge on them.
>Maybe you could borrow a mates PSU to test this out?
>Rafe Mc
Thanks for the help.
DOK
Didn't think of that! I must admit, my Logitech WingMan FF has taken some
punishment in similar fashion. Sturdy piece of equipment, though... <8)
>> > "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was
>> > nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into a
>> > motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark
>> So what WE need is a a mechanical device that attaches to the PC, and
>> smashes a suitably expensive part of it each time we go off the track!
>> --
>> "Walk like a Syrian"
>> Per Thulin
>> Visit Jane The Hamster's web site at
>> http://www.racesimcentral.net/~u54108168/
>> Spamblock in operation - remove "_no" "spam_" to reply by mail.
Per Thulin
Visit Jane The Hamster's web site at http://www.racesimcentral.net/~u54108168/
Spamblock in operation - remove "_no" "spam_" to reply by mail.
Go into BIOS and then
Advanced BIOS Settings --> scroll down until you find -
"Delay For IDE Initial (Secs) X" (Change X to something like 2 or 3.
Mine is set at 2)
Certainly worth a try.
I am running a GF2 GTS with an Athlon 1Ghz and a 250W power supply. This
cured my boot problems. If this doesn't work, try searching the comp
newsgroups using Google for an answer http://groups.google.com/
Cheers
Stewart
