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response99

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I was wondering if someone could tell me what my problem is. Yesterday i took out my Ultra X-Finity power supply cuz i had to RMA it, and i installed my old power supply that came with my case. raidmax 450w power supply. The problem is that my computer will start.. the windows xp load thing will start, go three times across and then it will freeze and restart. Is this because the power is not enough, or is there a problem with windows. I was wondering if it might be the boot screen i installed yesterday with style xp. I tried to boot into safe mode, but it again restarts.
 
Its quite possible you dont have enough power.
Try declocking everything and reducing voltages.
If it then works, you need a more powerful PSU.
 
Considering it worked fine with a more powerful PSU and then it doesnt work so well with a lower power one, theres not much left to the imagination.

If you try what I asked and unplug anything you dont need to test the PC works you will have an idea.
ie unplug all cards not needed to boot and any drives and USB devices etc.

This is just a test by the way so you have some idea why it doesnt work.
 
I unpluged all my case fans, tried to boot, same thing; got a little farther but still restarted. I unpluged my Zalman 9500, and still restarted
 
well i threw my hard drive into my dell, and it wouldn't boot either.. so it looks like i had a virus that whiped out my windows.. stupid anti virus programs don't even work worth a damn. I'll see what happens when i reformat..
 
Did you forget to plug something in when you reinstalled your old PSU? Maybe the CPU fan? Try unplugging everything and starting from scratch just to be sure.

Otherwise - try unplugging all USB slots you dont need and any extra HD's.
 
Did you forget to plug something in when you reinstalled your old PSU? Maybe the CPU fan? Try unplugging everything and starting from scratch just to be sure.
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ya i did that andru.. i got fed up and just threw it into my dell to see what was up.. and it did the same thing.. so now i'm just formating the HDD, we'll see what happens.
 
response99 said:
well i threw my hard drive into my dell, and it wouldn't boot either.. so it looks like i had a virus that whiped out my windows.. stupid anti virus programs don't even work worth a damn. I'll see what happens when i reformat..
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Dont expect Windows to boot if you stick the hard drive on another motherboard thats not the same as the old one.
Often you can get into windows and it will redetect the new hardware but also it can try to load Windows and fail as you have experienced.
 
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