Re: Boot problems

From: Plato (|_at_|.|)
Date: 06/04/04


Date: 3 Jun 2004 23:34:06 -0500

Brennan Burns wrote:
>

Rick posted good advice. But I wonder if you really have a heat thing
going on. I _always_ recommend buying the retail version of AMD cpus
that way you get a fansink that's properly designed for the cpu.

A cpu can heat up to unbearable temps in just a few seconds if you dont
have proper cooling in place.

> I recently installed a new motherboard (Abit NF7-S) and an
> AMD Athalon XP 3000+. Before I had an ECS L7VMM2 and an
> AMD Athalon 2000+. The original mother board was the L7VMM
> and the same processor when I purchased it from eMachines.
> I exchanged the mother board to a L7VMM2 with no problems.
> Now when I put in the new motherboard and processor, the
> machine randomly reboots during start up. So I am under
> the impression that Windows XP Home registers with the CPU
> but I am not sure. I have tried booting up with the
> original system restore disks I recieved with the original
> computer, the driver disk for the L7VMM2 and the new
> driver disk that came with my mother board. However, it
> still won't fully boot. If you know how I can fix this
> situation besides buying a full version of Windows XP Home
> (original copy came with my machine) please let me know.
> Thanks.

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