Computer Issues - help!

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Limp Gawd
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Hey, I built a new system about a month ago, and have had nothing wrong with it from the get-go.
All of the sudden the other day I get a blue screen of death and so I figure ok I'll just hard boot and it will be fine. But, no luck. Heres how the problem looks...
I boot the computer and most of the time it will beep like it cleared bios, and is about to load the screen after the foxconn splash one. However, most of the time my monitor says no video signal for like 5-10 seconds, then it passes bios again, beeping once. Then, it just sits on the foxconn splash screen, where I can hit tab, del, or esc for boot menu, bios, etc. My keyboard and mouse do nothing, although my mouse turns on, and its red optical light stays on.

One time I booted it went all the way to windows, but had the hourglass sign and the keyboard/mouse were not responsize, so I hardbooted and it did the same thing as above.

On more time, it got to the Windows loading screen then went back to the splash screen, making the beeping noise once, then freezing on it.

My specs are:
Foxxconn 975xab mobo
C2D e6000 oem
arctic cooling freezer pro 7
2gb corsair 800mhz 5-5-512
ati radeon x1900xt
320gb sata hd
dvd burner

I'm at college now, and it would be very very helpful to have this pc up and running, thanks for any help you can give. Please help!
 
Are you running everything at default (no overclocking)? Make sure your ram is seatted correctly, and also recheck your videocard. Some MB have sucky retention clips. I would also reset your HSF, sometimes heatsinks do not get great contacts with the cpu heat spreader. Might want to make sure your PSU is not flaky...
 
if all else fails, take the system apart. put it back together on top of a cardboard box on your desk, just the mobo/cpu+hsf/ram/vidcard/psu. reset the bios and see if it POSTs. If not, try it with one stick of ram, and try each dimm slot until you can POST. Once it posts, run memtest to test the ram. then plug in the hdd and run some diagnostic tools on it. if it passes, try to boot into windows. if it fails, try repairing the installation with the xp cd. you didn't happen to catch the blue screen stop error code, did you?
 
Sounds like RAM or mobo problem. I would attempt a fresh windows install before messing w/ hardware, tho.
 
Thanks for suggestions, I'll try that later today. I guess it has to be some hardware issue, because I can't even get past the splash screen. It makes the sound (beep) like it posts, but it won't go past the screen.

Earlier I took the ram out and put it back in and jiggled the vid card a little, and that is when it got to windows but didn't stay there long lol.

No, I didn't catch the blue screen code, I thought it was just something stupid and I would reboot and it'd be gone... but no.

BTW, everything is running stock speeds.
 
I had the same problem with a Foxconn mobo. I ended up having to RMA it, hopefully its a different story for you. When i was troubleshooting it i would move the HD's, dvd rom, ram to different ports just to see if it was a bad plug/port. It worked for one bootup then it died again lol. Ive dealt with 2 foxconn boards in my little career and both were a little flaky. I suggest RMAing that babeh.
 
I did all the hardware checks and stuff, and its doing the same thing. Theres a place on campus that helps with computer issues, I dropped it off with them to see if they can figure it out. I don't have any extra hardware so I can't do much, hopefully they can. Thanks for the responses, I'll update it with what was wrong if I find out.
 
Turns out ram is bad... apparently Foxconn's bios doesn't beep twice like most bios's. Oh well, I think I'll order a cheap 512 stick for backup and return this set.
 
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