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met3460
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_ 		4. August 2005 @ 12:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have had an ongoing problem with my computer. When i first put it together it was fine nut then it started shuting down what i thought to be randomly. I had xp pro with service pack 2 on it so i thought it was a software conflict or something since other than this problem it was totally fine. I reformated it with a win. 98 startup disk and made a full fat partition. Now i am trying to load win xp pro again with a disc and it goes through the screen that says loading divers, cd rom, scsi, ect. But when it gets to the time where at the bottom it says setup will now start windows and once again it shuts down. I tried swaping the hard drive, ram, video card and power supply even and i am left with the same problem.Please help, and if you dont know could you recomend me someone who might be able to help. System specs are below, and the system was put together less thatn a year ago and have had problem for the last few months till i decieded to reformat but still the same problem.

Windoes xp pro
asus a7n8x e mobo
amd athalon xp 2500
xfx 256 mb graphics
512x2 corsair value select ram (tried running both single channel/dual, no difference)
western digital 120 gb hd
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ddp
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_ 		4. August 2005 @ 13:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
take a look at the can shaped objects on the motherboard as they are capacitors, are they flat topped or domed?? reseat all cards, ram & cables. take a pencil eraser to the gold contacts on the ram to remove any oxidation off them.
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met3460
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_ 		4. August 2005 @ 13:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
thanks man i tried that but still no luck. I read on another forum that some guy thinks it could be the mobo.
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ddp
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_ 		4. August 2005 @ 13:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
have you tried 1 stick at a time in each ram socket to see if bad ram socket??
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met3460
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_ 		4. August 2005 @ 19:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yeah. i just seem to be stuck on this one
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McBrat
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_ 		4. August 2005 @ 19:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I of all people hate to ask this question (as me takes off me eye patch and puts me parrot in it's cage) but is it an original XP Pro disc or a back up disc?
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Rotary
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_ 		5. August 2005 @ 08:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hi

sounds like overheating prob?

but use the xp discs from bootup to erase and format! then load to ntfs system not fat 32!
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met3460
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_ 		5. August 2005 @ 15:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The xp disc does not matter as it does it with windows 2000 and 98. I have used alltypes of partitioing before and never had a problem and in this case it still doesnt make a difference.
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ddp
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_ 		5. August 2005 @ 15:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
do you have a floppy drive & a win9x boot disk??
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Ragnarok2
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_ 		5. August 2005 @ 16:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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The xp disc does not matter as it does it with windows 2000 and 98. I have used alltypes of partitioing before and never had a problem and in this case it still doesnt make a difference.
Lol thats affirmitive met3460, and I would know.
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Rotary
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_ 		6. August 2005 @ 00:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hi

if i remeber rightly dont partitions if split 1 hard drive into say 3 parts, the partitions need to be removed via the app that made them, something to do with the onboard bios inside the hd?
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