One boot in 10...

slipd

slipd

slipd

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Hi guys,

I've got a vista machine that's having problems booting. I basically manage it one time in ten! The machine turns on fine and I can stay in the bios all day long but I can't get any further, the machine simply shuts down :(

First I thought power but changing that didn't help nor did changing/swapping the ram. I've tried using live CDs but they don't want to know either...

Any ideas? After 10 attempts of trying to boot normally I get to windows but obviously I can't go on like this :)
 
If it were me i would have a hissy fit. After this I would remove the CMOS battery, reseat the RAM for the billionth time then remove the GPU ad try a live CD again.

If its still not paying you have narrowed it down to two dead ram sticks the CPU the mobo or the PSU. still not a good list but if you have a friend you could swap out the RAM and PSU. still no joy then its time to flip a coin for CPU and Mobo
 
Check your connections from the hard-drive are secure, have you checked the bios boot order if it's picking it up there?

Might just be corrupt install of vista or some broken driver causing it to not boot properly.
 
Thanks for the replies people!

I've changed the CMOS battery and swapped the ram out/tried different configurations but no joy. I'm starting to suspect the CPU/mobo now myself :(

The psu I took out was a 400w 'icute' (yes I know - rubbish to start with but it came with the case :D), I replaced that with a 300w tried and tested HP psu from a working p4 system. The system I'm trying to sort atm has an amd x2 on it.

I've got another psu in the loft (a 450w seasonic) which I'm going to try out tomorrow?

@Chris-.- I've tried the machine with no drives connected and it still falls over. The bios can see all my drives and I can leave the machine in the bios for as long as I like - I need the machine for a bit more than that though ;)
 
When you finally boot into windows have you tried monitoring your CPU via task manager to see if its constantly above like 60% while sitting idle?
 
Right, had a good long play last night and I'm not prepared to spend anymore time on it...

I've tried everything bar changing the motherboard and case! I tried a couple of different cpu's, different ram and onboard/external graphics. Still the problem remains. At least its consistent :D

Thanks for your suggestions.
 
Idleman said:
What`s` the spec for this Vista machine, assuming it`s not the one in your sig.
And have you tried a bios update.
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From memory its an amd athlon 64 x2 4200 (2005), 2gb ram, and an ecs motherboard. All fairly old kit :)
 
i would suspect mboard now... it has to be a hardware issue due to you unhooking drive and trying to load live cd. you've tested every other little piece of hardware inside the machine and still having issues.

only suggestion now is idlemans last comment. have you updated the bios?
 
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