Didnt put it in CPU forum as im not sure anymore the cpu is causing the problem...but its what started it
anyway, specs are
asus a8n-sli
2gb corsair cl2
x1800xt
3 SATA hd
Ok so firstly i had my winnie 3200 running in there, everything was fine. I sold this cpu, so thought it would be a good idea to put the X2 3800 in my system that i had bought couple months ago, but never got round to installing.
I put it in but just hear a few beeps at the start and pc wont start. Luckily i have a spare opteron 146, stick that in there, and everything works fine.
Update the BIOS to the latest one as the 1 i had didnt have support for the x2. I put the X2 back in, and yay Bios screen, i go into bios and it says x2, so i try to start to windows, but it freezes on the black windows screen with the bar thing running at the bottom.
restart a few times, clear a few CMOS but still same problem. Unplug all HD's apart from the windows 1, take out a stick of RAM but still same thing. i go into boot menu and select safe mode, and it loads FINE.
so im thinking theres something up with the cpu...i put the opteron back in...and i get the same problem with that ! wont load past windows boot screen... but safe mode is fine. I go into boot menu and select last known configuration, and here i am.....
Will try sticking the x2 back in later.
anyone got any idea what could be causing this problem?
anyway, specs are
asus a8n-sli
2gb corsair cl2
x1800xt
3 SATA hd
Ok so firstly i had my winnie 3200 running in there, everything was fine. I sold this cpu, so thought it would be a good idea to put the X2 3800 in my system that i had bought couple months ago, but never got round to installing.
I put it in but just hear a few beeps at the start and pc wont start. Luckily i have a spare opteron 146, stick that in there, and everything works fine.
Update the BIOS to the latest one as the 1 i had didnt have support for the x2. I put the X2 back in, and yay Bios screen, i go into bios and it says x2, so i try to start to windows, but it freezes on the black windows screen with the bar thing running at the bottom.
restart a few times, clear a few CMOS but still same problem. Unplug all HD's apart from the windows 1, take out a stick of RAM but still same thing. i go into boot menu and select safe mode, and it loads FINE.
so im thinking theres something up with the cpu...i put the opteron back in...and i get the same problem with that ! wont load past windows boot screen... but safe mode is fine. I go into boot menu and select last known configuration, and here i am.....
Will try sticking the x2 back in later.
anyone got any idea what could be causing this problem?