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Old 3rd Jan 2005, 11:17
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Toxteth O'Grady
 
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As mentioned above sounds like a memory or possibly power problem.

Install Speedfan amd check stability of Vcore, +3.3, +5 and +12 voltages in the readings tab. If any are dropping significantly below nominal values you may have too weak or failing PSU.

What PSU do you have? Post the +3.3, +5 and +12 Amp ratings (see label on side of PSU). Have you added extra h/w or USB devices recently that would increase power consumption required?

Alternatively try disconnecting/removing all components except graphics card, 1 hard disk, 1 stick of memory and CPU of course.

Try booting from there. If that works add components one at a time (in order of importance to you) until you reach a config that won't boot.

Have you looked in System Information and Device Manager for problem devices?

To check whether it's your memory that's the problem, download Memtest86 . Install it onto a floppy and then boot from the floppy. The tests will run automatically on boot. Don't be daunted by the GUI, it's very easy to use.

HTH
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