problems with booting

[Guest phantom]

I am having promlems with my setup.....when i start my compute the windows xp comes up (where the blue bar is) and gets stuck.......i have to push reset then it comes up with windows failed to sart dues to recent hardware change start in BLah Blah......i say start normal and it starts up........occasionaly once it starts up it will lock up when im browsing the net or even not doing anything at all i thought iwas a power suply issue i had an old anted 300 and that the board wasnt getting enough power.......got a new antec neo power 480 and still have the same problem......but sometimes it works just fine and sometime have to resart like 4 time for it to behave itself

 

Thanks

Phantom

[{TCC}puTTs]

Have you installed any hardware recently? Is a fresh install of windows possible? Was the system working fine before or is it a new build?

 

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[Guest phantom]

i did a reformat when i instaled it and then another a while later..........did the same thing after both reformats

[Guest phantom]

the only thing i can think of is that it may be this board doesnt like my memory....when it locks it almost as if it runs out of ram......but i ran mem test for an hour and no errors ....or....when i hade the old power supply and it was giving the board enough power it toke something out on the board

[kitfit1]

phantom, i just did a search for your ram and on Centon's website it shows it as being rated at Cas3. The Infinity and Landparty mobo's do not like ram at Cas3. It could be worth going into the bios and changing Cas from 3 to 2.5 and puting the vdimm up one step. If that dose'nt work can you borrow some faster ram to try? Also the bios you'r using is old, a flash to a more up to date bios would help. Good kuck and keep us informed.

[Huey-San]

Have you checked your ACPI Mode? Sometimes this is the cause for instability.

I had the same problems like you but after I changed the ACPI to Standard PC everything is fine

Here you can read something about it: http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20000

I hope this will help you

[medianOCer]

Can you give a bit more info on your Centon RAM, as in part/model number(s) and etc.

 

Also, what slots are you using the sticks in (slot 1 closest to the CPU, 2 middle, 3 furthest

from the CPU)?

 

I agree with kitfit1, that RAM timings could be relating to what you've got going on. Also,

there could be other BIOS options which may need changing to alleviate what issue(s)

you're having.

 

You have a locked Barton CPU, eh? If so, then you may want to check the DDR

DRAM Clock option, and make sure that's set to 1:1.

 

Have you checked to see how hot the South Bridge (SB) heatsink is getting also? The SB

can often get hot on these mobos and either needs more cooling and/or might also need

some better material between the heatsink on it and the SB chip.