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timmy bosko
Hello,
I recently bought the Subject MB with a AMD 2200+ 266 ATHLON XP
processor and 512MB DDR PC2700 RAM as an upgrade to my existing system.
After installing everything, ensuring all was installed correctly (Pin 1
matched to Pin 1 on the controllers, ETC..), I turned it on and it detected
all the drives correctly and when it got past the POST and started to load
the OS, it just rebooted and kept rebooting. So I set it to boot from the
CDROM drive and put the WIN XP install CD into the drive like I alsways do
to reformat and reinstall XP.
I have done this install numerous times the exact same way i did it today.
The system asks me to press any key to boot from CD, I do. Then it starts
loading all the drivers as normal. AFter it is done and gets to the next
phase which appears to be where it asks you if you want to "Repair or
install a fresh load (Only actually saw this screen once as it usually would
just shout down just before it).
When it gets to this point it just turns off completely. I have to unplug
the power cord for 5 secs then put it back in then I can press the power
button and it comes back on only to shut down again. When I have it boot
from the Floppy or CDROM it boots fine but seems when it touches the hard
drive it shuts down. After booting from the floppy, i let it set for about
15 mins and it did not shut down. Only seems to happen when it get to the
hard drive. The Heatsink fan is working just fine and processor is not
overheating. Never gets above 107 degrees F. The system monitor senses the
fan and temps just fine.
I booted off a boot disk and fdisk'd the drive then formatted it manually.
Now when it gets to the drive, it says invalid drive briefly then shuts down
again. I can copy files from the CDROM and floppy to the Hard drive and
delete them via dos prompt no problem. I put a different drive in and same
thing. I replaced the IDE cable, cleared the CMOS, tried default settings.
When I put this MB in my other computer It would shutdown at different times
(Like in BIOS setup one time).
One thing i should mention, with the CPU Fan/Heat Sink, when i unpackaged
it, it had a plastic strip across the surface that sits ontop of the CPU. I
didnt see anything about it on the package. I removed it and it appeard to
be a protector to keep the lubricant intact. Should I have removed that? I
dont see why it should have stayed on. Just curious.
Anyone have any suggestions? Is it possible the CPU is bad? I did a ram test
it no errors were detected. It has one stick on 512MB in the blue slot of
bank 1 like the manual says.
Please Help..
Thanks in advance
I recently bought the Subject MB with a AMD 2200+ 266 ATHLON XP
processor and 512MB DDR PC2700 RAM as an upgrade to my existing system.
After installing everything, ensuring all was installed correctly (Pin 1
matched to Pin 1 on the controllers, ETC..), I turned it on and it detected
all the drives correctly and when it got past the POST and started to load
the OS, it just rebooted and kept rebooting. So I set it to boot from the
CDROM drive and put the WIN XP install CD into the drive like I alsways do
to reformat and reinstall XP.
I have done this install numerous times the exact same way i did it today.
The system asks me to press any key to boot from CD, I do. Then it starts
loading all the drivers as normal. AFter it is done and gets to the next
phase which appears to be where it asks you if you want to "Repair or
install a fresh load (Only actually saw this screen once as it usually would
just shout down just before it).
When it gets to this point it just turns off completely. I have to unplug
the power cord for 5 secs then put it back in then I can press the power
button and it comes back on only to shut down again. When I have it boot
from the Floppy or CDROM it boots fine but seems when it touches the hard
drive it shuts down. After booting from the floppy, i let it set for about
15 mins and it did not shut down. Only seems to happen when it get to the
hard drive. The Heatsink fan is working just fine and processor is not
overheating. Never gets above 107 degrees F. The system monitor senses the
fan and temps just fine.
I booted off a boot disk and fdisk'd the drive then formatted it manually.
Now when it gets to the drive, it says invalid drive briefly then shuts down
again. I can copy files from the CDROM and floppy to the Hard drive and
delete them via dos prompt no problem. I put a different drive in and same
thing. I replaced the IDE cable, cleared the CMOS, tried default settings.
When I put this MB in my other computer It would shutdown at different times
(Like in BIOS setup one time).
One thing i should mention, with the CPU Fan/Heat Sink, when i unpackaged
it, it had a plastic strip across the surface that sits ontop of the CPU. I
didnt see anything about it on the package. I removed it and it appeard to
be a protector to keep the lubricant intact. Should I have removed that? I
dont see why it should have stayed on. Just curious.
Anyone have any suggestions? Is it possible the CPU is bad? I did a ram test
it no errors were detected. It has one stick on 512MB in the blue slot of
bank 1 like the manual says.
Please Help..
Thanks in advance