sudden big problems with HTPC

footman · 16 Oct 2006 at 20:00

sudden big problems with PC

suddenly the pc started with "bad bios checksum" so I loaded default and off we go. stops at "windows did not load properly" so I press any key and by pressing pause break key I see many lines with this as an example:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows\system32\ntoskrn.exe

I then get a BSOD with an "IRQ not less or equal" and then a reboot
is this a completely screwed windows or a hardware conflict that didnt exist before?

system:
Asus A8R32-MVP
AMD opty 146
2gb RAM (corsair I think)
Nvidia 7800GT
WinXP media edition.

thanks for looking.

footman · 16 Oct 2006 at 23:30

now decided to reinstall winxp mce. removed wireless network card and sound card and still getting BSOD. If I attempt to install on either of the hdd's I still get a BSOD.
which leaves the cpu the video card and the RAM. can any of these 3 cause IRQ conflicts?

Sir Random · 17 Oct 2006 at 13:41

It sounds like dodgy ram. Try booting with one stick at a time.

footman · 17 Oct 2006 at 21:19

Sir Random said:
It sounds like dodgy ram. Try booting with one stick at a time.

I removed 1 stick and it booted fine. Replaced the known good stick with the dodgy one...no boot, just errors. Ran with both in dual mode...no boot, so it must be that 1 stick has gone phut.
will try memtest with usb floppy just to make sure before requesting RMA.

cheers

Nacho Master · 17 Oct 2006 at 21:43

Up the Volts on the CPU

footman · 17 Oct 2006 at 22:17

Nacho Master said:
Up the Volts on the CPU

its not overclocked...its not the system in my sig.

Darg · 17 Oct 2006 at 22:32

Maybe Nacho just likes fire

Do you need more then 512mb RAM for a HTPC? See how it runs with just the one stick.

footman · 17 Oct 2006 at 22:45

yes it boots fine with just the 1 stick, its just when both are in that it dies. Ive previously used this RAM pair in another system (same mobo and cpu) and they performed OK

gib786 · 18 Oct 2006 at 00:31

i had the same prob and the culprit was the mismatched xms ram

footman · 18 Oct 2006 at 07:07

gib786 said:
i had the same prob and the culprit was the mismatched xms ram

did yours work OK at first or were they bad from the start?

Defcon5 · 18 Oct 2006 at 08:34

gib786 said:
i had the same prob and the culprit was the mismatched xms ram

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gib786 · 18 Oct 2006 at 12:16

footman said:
did yours work OK at first or were they bad from the start?

they worked ok at first, only decided to get pick later on