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| Thread ID: 68642 | 2006-05-06 05:09:00 | Windows not booting. | JimboJones (1680) | Press F1 |
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| 452613 | 2006-05-06 06:23:00 | Old motherboard, no idea. But its socket A. Computer was bought new in July 2001 New motherboard is a ASUS A7S8X-MX |
JimboJones (1680) | ||
| 452614 | 2006-05-06 06:28:00 | ill boot ur windows. | jamesyboi (6579) | ||
| 452615 | 2006-05-06 06:43:00 | I think the first thing to do is ensure you have good thermal contact between heatsink and cpu. If this is bad, then the system is likely to shut itself down anyway, or worse. Remove heatsink and cpu, clean surfaces thoroughly. Methylated spirits will do to start with, though being a bit pedantic people recommend Iso-propyl alcohol. You can get cpu thermal compounds from Dick Smith Electronics, or maybe you have a local computer shop that sells it. Only the very thinnest film is needed. You can try a 'repair install', so that XP re-detects the new motherboard components. Then you would install the motherboard drivers that should have come with it. I'd read the manual and see what it says about the BIOS and setting fsb and clockspeeds etc. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 452616 | 2006-05-09 07:57:00 | I've put on thermal contact between the CPU and heat sink. Unfortunately, there was no change. Any ideas? |
JimboJones (1680) | ||
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