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Immediate attention please!! I need help

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Rippedsocks

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Hey guys, i really need help.

A computer that I built about 2 years ago: a7v333, a250 (geforce 4 64mb), 768 mb ram, 40 gb maxtor hard drive. Was running hot and turning off when it ran games recently. Not having my trusty artic silver on me i just was bored so i got the new bios (bios 1017). I restarted and BAM i can get into windows, it wont boot anything. Not even a floppy. I got it to run my xp disc but im not gonna format it. Therefore WTF Do i do. It starts then after it just stays at that screen with all my computer stats and the IRQ's and stuff. Usually from there it would go into booting XP but its not. Ive tried changing a lot of things in the bios around, boot order and what not, still nothing. Im scared cuz id be in deep shit if this computer doesn't work. Can anyone gimme some suggestions.
 
so the board can post, but not get anywhere in windows? Does it even show the xp splash screen?
You can boot off the cdrom and go to the recovery console and at least copy your documents and things onto a floppy.
 
Have you tried to get some more airflow in the case and maybe clean the heatsink or even see if it is gummed up with dirt and dust?

If the system would shut off while playing games from heat issues, then I would be checking the cooling setup.

The reason it may not be wanting to boot into Windows now is because the new BIOS may be reporting temps higher than before and the system is shutting itself off to keep from frying the CPU.
 
if you cleared your cmos, check you clock settings for the cpu. should be auto, but perhaps not. just a thought.
 
ok i ordered a new heatsink, a volcano 11 +, BTW the CPU is an AXP 1900+. Just curious if the heat is the problem which i know it is for running games and shit, how come it turned on earlier today? and wont anymore after the new bios ? Could it be it just reached a limit? or the new bios just doesn't allow booting with such high temps, im getting like 64 degrees.
 
you did a bios update because you were bored? man, i've only done them because i had to(support for newer chip..etc), and even many manufacturers warn you as well not to if not need be.it wasn't broke,so don't fix it, you know?
 
anywho, i just re-applied some artic silver while i wait for the new Heatsink+fan to get here from newegg. Still wont start im getting temps of 57-64 off a cold boot so that's most likely the problem right ? it goes blank even booting off the windows xp cd? does that seem to be the problem ? i really dont wanna format this computer because its not mine, i was just the one who built it and have to fix it as part of my "warranty." Do you guys think having colder temps liek 30-45 under load will work ? I personally think its the new bios heat standards set by AMD that anything over 65+ is dangerous so the bios shuts her down or wont let it go any further in my boot process. What do you guys think
 
Well, what I would do is simply reinstall the copy of the old BIOS that you saved when you flashed the new BIOS.


Uhm, you did save a copy of the old BIOS, didn't you.;)

If not, all is not lost. Go to the manufacturers website and see if they have older versions of the BIOS available to DL.

Oh yea, it's won't boot to a floppy either. Ouch. Here is how you can turn a bootable floppy into a bootable CD. It's from Bootdisk.com.



Turn All Of Your Old Bootable Floppies Into Bootable Cd's [the easy way]

First Of All You Need A Cd-Burner, Nero Burning Rom v5.5 or higher
A Floppie Drive, A Blank CDR Disk
When You Have Everything:
Load Up Nero With Your Floppy In The Drive And Blank Cd In The Cd-Recorder
Close The Wizard
Hold Ctrl + N
Until A Box Appears
Scroll Down The List Until You Reach CDROM (Boot)
Click It
Bootable Logical Drive Must Be A:
Click The Burn TAB
Click New
Click File
Then Write Cd
Then Write
Done

Thanks to Chris Coombes for above. Nero is available here. Sure there are other applications that do it but Nero seems to have an edge up on drive compatibility. Back

Good luck.

Don
 
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