PC startup Problems...

[StoneyStude]

Hi all, I finished assembling my new system...

Asus K8N-E board
AMD Sempron
1 GB Ram
ATI video card (AGP)
Seagate 40Gb EIDE drive ( previously used)
Sony DVD/CD
WinXP pro in DVD drive
pre-booted and changed setup to 'boot from DVD'
boots from DVD - ok
Problem (initially) - loads drivers up to point where it says loading
NTFS file system, then black screen, system restarts... This repeats &
repeats.
On first check, I found the HDD cable wasn't seated ok, but even after
this was corrected, it still does the above consistantly...

Later, I changed to a WIN2K OS CD and now it loads to the point where
it asks if you want to install. Pressing ENTER returns "Please Wait"
and it just hangs there

I can boot to a DOS prompt and see the HDD contents. There was never
any OS on the HDD

any suggestions?

thx

 

[dino]

slow down the timings on the RAM..also check to make sure that it isn't auto
Overclocking.

 

[Jared Richardson]

Be sure you've got a good power supply.

Be sure your CPU has a good fan on it.

Reseat everything.

Try another video card.

I'd bet on the power supply though...

 

[David Stites]

Hi all, I finished assembling my new system...

Asus K8N-E board
AMD Sempron
1 GB Ram
ATI video card (AGP)
Seagate 40Gb EIDE drive ( previously used)
Sony DVD/CD
WinXP pro in DVD drive
pre-booted and changed setup to 'boot from DVD'
boots from DVD - ok
Problem (initially) - loads drivers up to point where it says loading NTFS
file system, then black screen, system restarts... This repeats &
repeats.
On first check, I found the HDD cable wasn't seated ok, but even after
this was corrected, it still does the above consistantly...

Later, I changed to a WIN2K OS CD and now it loads to the point where it
asks if you want to install. Pressing ENTER returns "Please Wait" and it
just hangs there

I can boot to a DOS prompt and see the HDD contents. There was never any
OS on the HDD

any suggestions?

thx

Make sure you have both power supply connections, the 24pin(20pin) and the
separate 4 pin, connected.
David