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XP install failure

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n00b
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I'm trying to install XP on my 2000 system. Here's the problem: when the initial loading takes place, and the first screen [install XP, repair XP, etc] the system speaker makes the same noise it makes whenever there is a thermal shutdown.

I have a gigbyte 7vt600 1394 motherboard, XP 2500+, 256mb DDR, radeon 4500 (with a loud/faulty fan). Incidentally, before I even started working on the computer, I installed a modem and accidentally put a live phone line into the network card.

Frustrated.
 
You say thermal shutdown, what are your temps and have you tried reseating the heatsink?
 
tdg said:
You say thermal shutdown, what are your temps and have you tried reseating the heatsink?
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In BIOS, my cpu is 70c and system is 23c. I have moved my computer several times since I last ran it, so maybe the heatsink has come loose.

HOWEVER, when I run CS 1.6, the computer doesn't shut down under that load.

edit: my computer makes electrical scratching noises when off
 
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