stryker_37
Limp Gawd
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2000
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I came back from break to a freezing room, literally...33F and checked for condensation. None was apparent so I booted my computer, especially since it would help to heat the room. It booted fine and all my data seemed fine, but as I installed GTA3 (I had purchased the game over the break for fun) I ran into some errors, something about a possibility of the disc having corrupt files, which seemed ludicrous as I had installed and played the game on two other computers. So I forced the install and upon completion the computer seemed fine, but it soon locked up bit by bit over a period of a couple minutes: it would stutter playing MP3s and then come back and then stutter again, until it fully locked up. I rebooted and then I came across the problem I have not been able to solve...
When I boot, the computer goes thru the standard routine until Windows XP kicks in and the screen goes blank. Then a solitary progress bar appears on the bottom of the screen, a DOS type, not the standard Windows XP bar. That fills and the computer begins the Win XP Pro boot process, I get a few seconds into that and the computer just reboots itself back to the BIOS.
I wonder if it's a PSU problem...it would seem not to be CPU, RAM, Motherboard or Video card as the computer boots thru the BIOS and there is a display. So I am left wondering if it's a PSU problem (I have an Enermax 350W whisper PSU, only a couple years old) or a HDD problem resulting from the GTA3 install, which would be weird...but possible.
Also, the computer's fan make a strangely loud noise that they had never made before. They turn but make a grinding sound...I wonder if the temps got to the bearings?
Can anyone help me in diagnosing the problem with my PC? Unfortunately it would be very difficult to swap components, so any other methods would be preferable...I know there arent many others, but any ideas are very appreciated...TIA
I came back from break to a freezing room, literally...33F and checked for condensation. None was apparent so I booted my computer, especially since it would help to heat the room. It booted fine and all my data seemed fine, but as I installed GTA3 (I had purchased the game over the break for fun) I ran into some errors, something about a possibility of the disc having corrupt files, which seemed ludicrous as I had installed and played the game on two other computers. So I forced the install and upon completion the computer seemed fine, but it soon locked up bit by bit over a period of a couple minutes: it would stutter playing MP3s and then come back and then stutter again, until it fully locked up. I rebooted and then I came across the problem I have not been able to solve...
When I boot, the computer goes thru the standard routine until Windows XP kicks in and the screen goes blank. Then a solitary progress bar appears on the bottom of the screen, a DOS type, not the standard Windows XP bar. That fills and the computer begins the Win XP Pro boot process, I get a few seconds into that and the computer just reboots itself back to the BIOS.
I wonder if it's a PSU problem...it would seem not to be CPU, RAM, Motherboard or Video card as the computer boots thru the BIOS and there is a display. So I am left wondering if it's a PSU problem (I have an Enermax 350W whisper PSU, only a couple years old) or a HDD problem resulting from the GTA3 install, which would be weird...but possible.
Also, the computer's fan make a strangely loud noise that they had never made before. They turn but make a grinding sound...I wonder if the temps got to the bearings?
Can anyone help me in diagnosing the problem with my PC? Unfortunately it would be very difficult to swap components, so any other methods would be preferable...I know there arent many others, but any ideas are very appreciated...TIA