Freezing during WinXP boot - I'm lost

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Meeho

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I'm trying to remotely troubleshoot this, so I don't have the exact configuration details yet. It is an older board with AthlonXP, Windows XP and two SATA drives.

What has been happening is that it started to freeze during WinXP boot logo. It would just get stuck and stand there. Usually, a reboot attempt or two would get it past this point and all would be ok from then on. Even subsequent reboots during the day would go through normally. It is the first start of the day that is the most problematic. The problem is getting more severe, today it took many, many tries.

Event log doesn't show anything. There were a couple of HDD page faults noted, but during different hours. SMART shows one sector reallocation event, but that is weeks/months old and doesn't increase. Chkdsk shows no errors, stability and memory testing don't show any problems either.

I'm lost for ideas. Any clue as to what may be the problem or what to try?
 
Sounds more like a dirty power issue that gets better as the system gets warmed up. Check the caps on the motherboard to see if they're bloated, popped or leaking. And check the power supply voltages to make sure they're within spec (+12v should be within 11.4-12.6v, +5v: 4.75v-5.25v, 3.3v: 3.135v - 3.465v).
 
OK, I've checked the caps on the motherboard. Everything looks good. PSU (Corsair CX400) voltages are also ok.

More system info:

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Using the software on the system being tested for volts is not accurate.

This for sure sounds like bad power. Double check all the caps and make dang sure none of them are bad. That PSU is a descent unit, so it should be okay... but even it can fail. If you have a second PSU to try, try it.
 
Skillz said:
Using the software on the system being tested for volts is not accurate.

This for sure sounds like bad power. Double check all the caps and make dang sure none of them are bad. That PSU is a descent unit, so it should be okay... but even it can fail. If you have a second PSU to try, try it.
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This.. don't really trust the onboard sensors. I keep a cheap chinese multimeter around for when I need to test a PSU. (likely not reference grade but it's good enough)
 
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