Re: Help! P4 upgrade problem

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From: philimor (personne_at_microsoft.com)
Date: 11/05/04 

Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 22:39:53 +0100

Hi,
I had the same problem with a mobo MSI (with a Prescott). To solve it : go
to the Bios and disable the HyperThreading option.

Phil

"ElJerid" <s.vanderhaeghen.nospam@pandora.be> a écrit dans le message de
news:joQid.12715$yG3.684152@phobos.telenet-ops.be...
>
> "Bobby" <bobby@europe.com> wrote in message
> news:2v200qF2cn0e7U1@uni-berlin.de...
> > I've had hardware problems on-and-off for some time now. So I took the
> > plunge today and replaced my Athlon 2000 system with a new Pentium
> (Prescot)
> > system.
> >
> > I bought a new motherboard (Abit), processor (Prescot P4 at 3GHz) and
> memory
> > (512Mb of DDR3200).
> >
> > I managed to install the new mobo, CPU and memory without problems (I've
> > done a few). But I have problems...
> >
> > My PC reaches the POST OK and everything checks OK (I can also access
the
> > BIOS) but then nothing.
> >
> > Windows XP (SP2) tries to boot but the system resets when I reach the
> > Windows logo.
> >
> > I tried to boot from CD (to re-install Windows) but the PC hangs when I
> get
> > the message: "Boot from CD:".
> >
> > One strange thing. The first message I get is: "Verifying DMI pool
> data..."
> > and some times I get "success" and other times I get nothing before it
> tries
> > to boot from CD (and fails). Is this normal?
> >
> > Help! I've tried everything including resetting the BIOS. I've checked
all
> > of the cables too. Everything seems to be fine - but the damn thing will
> not
> > boot.
> >
> > BTW I have two lights on the mobo - a green one when a power cable is
> > connected and a red one (according to the manual this simply means that
my
> > system is switched on). Should this LED be red or green?
> >
> > Thanks in anticipation.
> >
> > Bobby
> >
> >
> First things I would check is the PSU and the CPU cooling.
> Is the PSU powerful enough? It should be at least 350 W. Better is 450 W
> from known brand. Dis you apply thermal paste on the cooler? Is it well
> fixed? Is the fan spinning?
>
>

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