New system is acting up! won't boot!

[jmoore2001]

I just installed my new motherboard, processor, heatsink, etc. (check on sig) and my system is acting up quite a bit.

At first my graphics card wouldn't even work so the computer woudln't start (brand new GF4 Ti4600) so I'm using my roommate's right now (FX 5200). Then it wouldn't recognize my hard drives, but i played around and eventually got those to work. It still however won't recognize my floppy (used several cables, etc. but still nothing).
The worst part is that it will start Windows XP and then after a split second it just restarts. ????? I don't know what else to do, so if anyone can help me that would be great!


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Thermaltake Xaser III V1000A case
Asus A7N8X Deluxe pcb 2.0
(2) 512mb Kingmax pc3200
Athlon XP 2500+
-Thermalright SLK-900A
-Vantec Tornado 92mm
-Arctic Silver III
Enermax EG465p 431w Whisper p/s
GeForce4 Ti4600 128mb
(2) IBM 40gb 7200rpm HDD's

[DallasDon]

I would start by clearing the CMOS, put in the parts you want to use, and reboot.
start by using just the basics,, cpu,Vid card, and ram. Go the the setup screen, and find the system health page. Watch the CPU temp for about 10 minutes, and see if it levels off between 40 and 50 centigrade.

Then add the cd, and hard drive, one at a time. see of they are recognized correctly in the CMOS. Should be able to get to Installing Windows, Make sure the CD is clean and free of fingerprints.

If a drive is not recognized,, probably jumbered wrong. Some WD have , master, slave, and SINGLE.

hope that helps,,keep posting your progress

[jmoore2001]

thanks. i'll probaby try that. i was also thinking about formatting because the last time i was booted up, my hard drives were configured for a different mobo and cpu. i'll report back later.

edit: also my temp in the BIOS is 25 C, so i doubt that's the problem! (i'm also not o'cing.)

[jmoore2001]

ok new problem. when i boot to the cdrom to try and install windows, it just randomly restarts itself! sometimes when its loading, other times i get as far as formatting or copying files, but it just randomly restarts itself.

any ideas??

[barginhunter]

Random restarts are usually a memory or power supply problem .

Good luck .

[jmoore2001]

found it was the memory. thanks!