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Purplehaze
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Hey guys, i'm trying to get at least one of my old systems back up to use as a server or HTPC.
One of them is a pentium 4 1.8a on a TH7II-Raid motherboard. I have about 512megs of ram installed, but approximately a gig available once I root out the problem. This system has given me trouble almost since day one with random lockups and resets, and after trying to replace the memory a few times I'm thinking it may be a motherboard problem. Right now, I can't even get the machine to boot into windows. It'll post, but then flash a quick blue screen (so fast I can't see the stop error) and reboot before showing the xp startup screen. It used to put up the c05 error, which is what led me to believe it was a memory problem.
The other machine is a little older, a 566 celeron (coppermine core I believe?). I remember having this overclocked at near a gig a few years ago without too much trouble. This system is on a BF6 mobo. Right now when I turn it on, I can hear it starting up but it doesn't send out a video signal to the monitor. I've tried both an agp and pci video card that I know to work, so I know that isn't the problem.
Any leads on what I can do to start diagnosing either of these systems would be great. As things stand, I have no way of figuring out what is causing the problem or what parts I can salvage from each system. Let me know if I can answer any questions that'll help narrow things down.
Thanks!
One of them is a pentium 4 1.8a on a TH7II-Raid motherboard. I have about 512megs of ram installed, but approximately a gig available once I root out the problem. This system has given me trouble almost since day one with random lockups and resets, and after trying to replace the memory a few times I'm thinking it may be a motherboard problem. Right now, I can't even get the machine to boot into windows. It'll post, but then flash a quick blue screen (so fast I can't see the stop error) and reboot before showing the xp startup screen. It used to put up the c05 error, which is what led me to believe it was a memory problem.
The other machine is a little older, a 566 celeron (coppermine core I believe?). I remember having this overclocked at near a gig a few years ago without too much trouble. This system is on a BF6 mobo. Right now when I turn it on, I can hear it starting up but it doesn't send out a video signal to the monitor. I've tried both an agp and pci video card that I know to work, so I know that isn't the problem.
Any leads on what I can do to start diagnosing either of these systems would be great. As things stand, I have no way of figuring out what is causing the problem or what parts I can salvage from each system. Let me know if I can answer any questions that'll help narrow things down.
Thanks!