Problem booting up

iviv · 21 Apr 2008 at 09:58

A friend's been having problems with his main computer. I pointed him to this forum, but he only has a hotmail addy, so he gave me the post instead. So, here it is :3

Probs with rig not being able to boot into windows.

Specs:
Intel C2D E4500
MSI P35 Neo
2xOCZ vista upgrade rams ddr2 2gb 667
Asus 8600gt
FSP 450w
Hitachi 150gb

Accoring to what i know. my rig wont boot up. after powering it down. took out the gfx and booted it.
it manage to boot and gave about 5 beeps. the powered it down, slotted the gfx in and booted it again.
it managed to boot, but did not go far and stopped before the loading of vista.

If you need any more info then I'll ask him. Thanks

ALienBC · 21 Apr 2008 at 10:19

The beeps are the key.

I don't know that board, but a quick Google revealed 5 beeps=bad processor. Either the CPU's dead or (hopefully) the heatsink has shifted so its overheating. That'd be what I'd look at first, remove the heatsink, check the CPU's slotted in properly, check thermal interface and reseat the heatsink.

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PhoenixUK · 21 Apr 2008 at 11:27

If you got it loaded just before Vista, then the CPU is definitely fine and so must be GPU and memory, if any of them were dead you won't see anything starting up.

Go to the BIOS and check your temps for CPU/mobo/ram. Looks to me like an overheating issue. Check that everything is fitter properly and has the cooling working right. You might also try to check with different PSU.

iviv · 21 Apr 2008 at 12:32

Apparently, after I made the first post, he tried turning it on again, and its now working fine :x
Should I tell him to restart it a couple of times, see if the problem happens again? Or are there a couple of tests he could run in windows while its up and running?

PhoenixUK · 21 Apr 2008 at 12:45

Get Core temp and speedfan and check the temperatures for cpu/mobo chips and all the voltages.
Also check the GPU temps both load and idle ( not sure which software to use for it, if you got ATI card then it's ati tools, not sure if it works with nvidia cards ).

If everything is fine then I guess it was just GPU/ram not fitted properly or something.