intel help

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11. January 2007 @ 13:03

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i have an intel d945psn mother board and it wont load windows off the xp cd it says "windows is configuring your systems hardware" or something like that but normally it goes to the blue screen and starts to install the essentials but it just goes to a black screen and the cd drive stops spinning and so does the hdd any help it appreciated

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11. January 2007 @ 19:27

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I've seen several of these failed installs lately...each one, a bad motherboard. Same symptoms...though most just quit at the "setup is copying files" percentage screen.

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12. January 2007 @ 11:48

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thank you very much do u know y they die?? do they just burn out or wat??

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12. January 2007 @ 13:19

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Anything created by the hand of a human is bound to fail...it's all a matter of how and when.

But yeah....sometimes they just give up the ghost..could have been from a manufacturing fault in the process, bad silicon, or a board that seemed to pass the quality checklist but may not have if checked again.

It could have been a number of things.

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13. January 2007 @ 10:00

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o ok. wat would be another good gaming board?? prefrable one that can use more than 1 hdd (2 ide slots) cuz it only has one

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13. January 2007 @ 10:00

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o ok. wat would be another good gaming board?? prefrable one that can use more than 1 hdd (2 ide slots) cuz it only has one

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14. January 2007 @ 16:45

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What socket type Intel processor are you using? There are several really good LGA775 boards...but if you've never removed/replaced an LGA775 it's not like other processors and has it's own unique way of having to be placed in the socket to prevent damage to the motherboard.

ASUS, Gigabyte, DFI make some really good boards for gaming.

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15. January 2007 @ 02:33

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i dont know how to i tell what socket type i have?? and thanks for the other suggestions