computer will only boot into windows if i unplug everything. HELP

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Tuesday night while loading into a cod4 server my computer froze up. I restarted but all I got was the graphic for the mobo(Bloodiron P35 series) so I restarted again and it did the same thing. This led me to believe that my hd had died(it is over 3 years old) why else would windows(XP) not load? So I went out, bought a new hd, installed it and got the same mobo graphic. I even put the utitlities cd that came with the Western Digital hd i'd just bought into the cd-rom to boot off of.

After talkin with my clan mate on the phone, I started to believe that it wasn't the hd that was the problem but the mobo instead. Because even if my hd was the problem I still should've been able to get into bios but i couldn't; only thing that would ever show on the screen was the mobo graphic that i've always seen on startup.

After giving up I put the old hd back into the case and decide to take it to a shop. Before I leave i decide to try it one more time, so I hook everything back up to see what it does and voila! Boots into windows like a charm. Windows reported some serious error but I can't be sure if this is a result of a hardware problem. Here's a screenie:



I'm not sure why the blue window popped up but i expanded the error windows reported so you guys could see.

This all went down thursday morning and i decided to watch and see if it happend again. Sure enough around 6 this morning I went to my system and it had apparently died in the night. Repeated restarts gave me nothing but the mobo grapic screen. So once again I prepared to take it to a shop. But before I left I decided to try it once more..........voila! Windows loads in and i get the same report of a serious error.

Unplugging everything from the back and plugging it back in appears to temporarily fix the problem. So what do you guys think? My guess is that it's really just the power cord that has to be unplugged and plugged back in. But whats causing any of it? Shool starts next thursday so I really wanna get this resolved.


Here's a small run down of my system:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Processor
8800 GTS 512 MB PCI Express Graphics Card
Infinity BloodIron P35-T2RL LGA775 ATX Intel Processor Motherboard
Corsair 750 Watt TX Series Power Supply
250gig sata hd
2gigs of ram rated at 533(minimum for mobo is 667)
 
1. See if something is overheating.
2. Try resetting the CMOS
Come back and tell us the results.
 
You can also try memtest to see if the memory is bad.

Edit: let it run for a while, sometimes the errors don't pop up for a bit. Some people say to run it for 24 hours. I don't usually do that, but a few hours can't hurt.
 
it's been runnin for about 30 hours now. I had the system turned off while I was away this weekend. I still can't start up unless i unplug a few of the things from my usb ports. After I start the system and XP begins to load I plub them back in.
 
Do you have "boot other devices" enabled in BIOS? It may be trying to boot from one of your USB devices. Happen to have a digital camera plugged in?
 
aha, my moms computer can't boot with her ipod plugged in even if all external boot options are turned off. drives her crazy cause she almost never remembers to unplug the device from the PC.
 
bigddybn said:
Do you have "boot other devices" enabled in BIOS? It may be trying to boot from one of your USB devices. Happen to have a digital camera plugged in?
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nope, my usb devices consist of my printer, modem, keyboard, and mouse. I haven't changed anything in bios.
 
Unplug all the USB devices and start plugging them in one at a time and start up. See if there is one certain device that is giving you problems on bootup. That way you can narrow it down to one of those devices. If you are able to do this, then start trying to plug that device into different USB ports to see if that makes a difference.

 
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