Strange XP boot!?

offspringy

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Hey guys

Built a pc other week and well, when the computer boots up (sometimes not allways)

I get confronted by this:
messedupboot.jpg

(image done in photoshop to represent what happens)

The computer will then reboot itself and try again, if that dosnt work i get the "start windows normaly" or last good config etc...

I try last good or normaly, and it (sometimes) loads without the messed up lines all over the screen, other times it dosnt work :confused:

Im dead confused,

Spec:
(totaly standard no oc)

core 2 duo 2.13 2mb
Leadtek geforce 7950GT 512MB
Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 775
250gb WD SATAII 16mb
Corsair 800mhz DDRII
Samsung Syncmaster 19" DVI+Dsub

I personaly i can only imagine it being the GFX card + mobo which might be arguing and creating the strange boot mess?

If anyone has any ideas i would be very graitful!!

Cheers
 
What PSU are you packing on that system?

Usually errors like that means the graphics card is borked. Usually the memory on it. Do you get any graphical corruption in the bios?

I would recomend, making sure the PSU is powerful enough, loading Fail safe defaults in the bios and a reformat.

Get the latest WHQL drivers, and run some games if you get that far.
 
Mekrel said:
What PSU are you packing on that system?

Usually errors like that means the graphics card is borked. Usually the memory on it. Do you get any graphical corruption in the bios?

I would recomend, making sure the PSU is powerful enough, loading Fail safe defaults in the bios and a reformat.

Get the latest WHQL drivers, and run some games if you get that far.
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Cheers

Is there any way of testing the card with some software to see if it is the GDDR?

I have tested it with games such as BF2 and oblivion, and everything looks fine, and works without a problem, it just seems to be the boot up (and not everytime)

At the start before bios or xp load, the GFX card reads the ram, counting up to -512 from 000.00

If that gives any clues?

Edit: PSU FSP Sparkle 500W

Thanks again peeps!!
 
Does it only do it at the windows loadup or also at the bios post. If i push mr cpu voltage too high i also get strange things coming up at the boot screen
 
well iv gone noware new oc'in.

1.ram check on gfx card (artifacts)
2.windows xp boot screen (artifacts - pictured above)
3.black screen (no artifacts) saying boot windows normaly/safe mode etc...

Thanks guys!
 
Well oblivion is a stressful game, so really if thats fine then I would think the graphics card is working.

I would image the PSU is enough for that system, being as FSP certainly aren't bad PSUs.

I'ld also look into updating the motherboards bios if there is one.

Try running OCCT, and install Speedfan. Get OCCT to get voltage values from speedfan and create graphs(will be a wizzard type thing to help you with that). Run the test and then post the graphs back here, it will show drops in the PSU rails.
 
Mekrel said:
Well oblivion is a stressful game, so really if thats fine then I would think the graphics card is working.

I would image the PSU is enough for that system, being as FSP certainly aren't bad PSUs.
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that was my point, faulty PSUs dont always mean they just stop working, you usually end up with messy problems like you have
 
Nah, all of his Components are working as they should.

You need to Download Windows XP Service Pack 2 mate and install that.
On the picture you have shown, it says
"Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
That is shown because you have Service Pack 1

When you have Service Pack 2, it says
"Microsoft Windows XP"

It doesn't show what type of XP you have :)
 
stevechapman said:
Nah, all of his Components are working as they should.

You need to Download Windows XP Service Pack 2 mate and install that.
On the picture you have shown, it says
"Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
That is shown because you have Service Pack 1

When you have Service Pack 2, it says
"Microsoft Windows XP"

It doesn't show what type of XP you have :)
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Sorry about that, its a photoshoped version (the screeni being taken from google)

We have service pack 2 installed and its xp pro...

So that hasnt fixed it, although i had lots, and lots of problems installing sp2 (took 3 seperate re-formats to get it to work)

it was just complaining about some files that had been writen over, so xp wouldnt get past boot.

any idea where i can get the program for the psu check?

Cheers!
 
OCCT as I mentioned, with graph mode on but you need speedfan or similar. Just install both and OCCT will do rest after you configure it, or you can get a multimeter and use it on spare molex's in the system whilst it is running. That is a more accurate way.
 
I used to get that problem on an old Gefore 4200 card.

It turned out that the card was just simply borked.

Test it in another box... it could be overheating.
 
Oh yeah - does it just happen when you cold boot, or when you restart your system after its been running a while?
 
I would say it does it random, although iv noticed if you hard-shutdown and then boot again it sometimes comes up then, rather than shutting down the pc through windows (but i still got the artifacts when i closed it down "correctly"

Thanks again every one for taken time out for this!
 
Yeah i'd say sounds like the card is failing.

Also, one other thing i'd notice is the blue boot progress line would go all pixelated and corrupt.
 
if i was to RMA the item, what do i do once i get the RMA number (the cd drive has got to go back too :mad: )

Today after a reboot (removed the dvddrive then booted up again) the screen when all fitzy, as in every colour under the sun and lots of rectangles (nothing was distinguishable as an image or logo or boot screen, nothing but random colours) shut down + boot later and it started as if nothing had happened :confused:

I dunno, probably send the thing back, and hope that the next int the same, then i am screwed :p
 
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