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onodrim · 10-14-2004, 08:28 PM

Well, I'm still having some computer problems and thought I'd get all of your advice.

After putting in a new motherboard (ASROCK K7V88) and new CPU (AMD Athlon XP 2100) my computer would start up and load windows just fine. But every time I would try to run any kind of program like AIM, Winamp, Ad-Aware, etc., the whole system would just shut off and restart itself. Every once and a while it would only start up in safe mode.

Since I was having trouble with the system in general and I had just done some major hardware changes I figured I might as well reinstall windows. So I go through the whole formatting process fine, but everytime it trys to laod windows to finish the install process it shuts down like it was doing before. Now I can't do anything because I can't get past the initial boot process before it shuts down.

Does this sound like a hard drive issue? It's not really making any strange noises, but I can't imagine what else could be wrong. About a month ago, SecretMethod70 put my hard drive in his computer and it seemed to be working fine, but I suppose some damage could have occured to it since then.

So, any ideas would be great! And if it is the hard drive, what is a good hard drive to buy? Thanks!

10-14-2004, 08:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
onodrim Cosmically Curious Location: Chicago, IL	Hard Drive Problem? Well, I'm still having some computer problems and thought I'd get all of your advice. After putting in a new motherboard (ASROCK K7V88) and new CPU (AMD Athlon XP 2100) my computer would start up and load windows just fine. But every time I would try to run any kind of program like AIM, Winamp, Ad-Aware, etc., the whole system would just shut off and restart itself. Every once and a while it would only start up in safe mode. Since I was having trouble with the system in general and I had just done some major hardware changes I figured I might as well reinstall windows. So I go through the whole formatting process fine, but everytime it trys to laod windows to finish the install process it shuts down like it was doing before. Now I can't do anything because I can't get past the initial boot process before it shuts down. Does this sound like a hard drive issue? It's not really making any strange noises, but I can't imagine what else could be wrong. About a month ago, SecretMethod70 put my hard drive in his computer and it seemed to be working fine, but I suppose some damage could have occured to it since then. So, any ideas would be great! And if it is the hard drive, what is a good hard drive to buy? Thanks! __________________ "The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides" -Carl Sagan