Re: Compy will not restart.

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From: WTC (bcrawfordjr(remove)_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/08/05 

Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 22:01:01 -0800

Have you ever check your ratings on your PSU??
Like the amps on the 5V, 3.3V, and 12V rails and of course your wattage. 

-- 
William
"Zeretul1" <Zeretul1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:81FFEBF1-E14B-410E-B076-0591F63A03D4@microsoft.com...
> Noticed my XP Pro compy was getting sluggish, with some progs taking a 
> while
> to start, so I decided to restart my compy.
>
> It didn't restart. It hung up on the bios loading page, showing all my
> hardware masters and slaves. This screen has a few options for loading
> different bios features, but it doesnt respond either.
>
> This isn't the first time it's done this. It is the second, and both only
> occured recently. The other time, I just left it turned off for a few 
> hours
> then it restarted with no problems. I'm still letting it sit this time.
>
> I know its not a heating issue. I have alot of fans, and its only a athlon
> 2100+. I have a pretty big fan on the cpu anyway, and the last time i
> checked, my system has an average temp of ~37 C, cpu at ~48 C.
>
> I recently put some new hardware inside and the timeframe is right for 
> that
> being the cause. I installed a generic pci ide controller card, a 3.5 inch
> "Dash kit" which plugs into my front audio pinset and my front usb pinset,
> and a 200gb Western Digital HDD. The new HDD is plugged into the new card. 
> My
> motherboard is a msi k74v 6712.
>
> As you can imagine, i need to esolve this asap. I will unplug the 
> controller
> card to see if that helps, and report back.
>
> As always, any help is appreciated.
>
> Much love!

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