Steve,
After building 40 computers, I'm in total shock that you have never
invested in a PCI post diagnostics test card. They are very inexpensive
and will save you hours troubleshooting these niggly little problems.
There are enough variations here that you will certainly receive the
gamut of reasons why your 'puter is having a nervous breakdown. Using
the diagnostics card, you will at least be able to pinpoint, or rule
out, a potential hardware problem.
Regards,
Steve Collins
AlternateRealities - Computers, Networks and E-Commerce
Phone: (819)669-8885
Fax: (819)669-8887
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
URL: http://www.AlternateRealities.ca
-----Original Message-----
From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve @ Steve's
P.C.'s
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 4:14 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCBUILD] Newly built throws tantrum
Importance: High
Greetings listers,
I have just put together a machine ( my 40th
over seven years ) that is doing things that are puzzling to me. I know
I'm having a hardware failure somewhere but cannot pin point this one. I
asembled board, processor, and cooler. I set the jumpers and switches as
per the manual. This was installed in the case along with the floppy,
hard drive, and video card. I then booted using a Me start up disk and
partitioned and formated the hard drive. All was well at this point. I
then installed the CD-RW and DVD units and rebooted with CD rom
support.Still all well. I then began the Windows install. Here the first
gremlin appeared. I had no mouse. I shut the machine down and rechecked
all connections. I then restarted the machine and started the install of
Windows over. This time I had a mouse.The install went fine and the
first boot showed a normal desktop with Windows recognizing all drives
and components. At this point I installed the board software and then
the video software. Rebooted and all looked normal. At this point I
noticed an oscillation of a fan motor. When it would slow down, I was
sitting away from the cabinet and by the time leaned toward the pc to
determine location it would speed back up. I shut the system down
normally and rechecked the connections. I installed the modem. On the
initial boot after adding this component, I had a spontaneous reboot
during the Me splash screen. I let the machine come all the way up this
time by itself and thought all was well. I was wrong. It recognized the
modem but the mouse pointer sat mid screen with me having no control. I
shut it down using the keyboard and thought it may have been a conflict
with that slot. It would not auto shut down, instead stopping at the "It
is ok to turn off your computer " screen. I held the switch and allowed
it to power down, and I pulled the modem. Started back up and all was ok
again. Shut it down and it went all the way down as it should. I
reinstalled the modem in a different slot and restarted. Once again it
saw the modem, but the mouse wouldnt work and it would not shut down.
Keyboarded it down and had to use power switch. Pulled the modem and
this time it stays in the same mode. No mouse and it will not auto power
down. I hope this is enough info on the build to get some help. Any and
all answers will be graciously considered for implimentation. The PC
component list: 1st Mainboard AD 11 - KQ11A02867, AMD Althon XP 1800+,
Rated cooler for cpu, 256 Mb.PNY pc2100 ddr, PC Chips SIS 315 64Mb Video
card with TV Out, Maxtor 40 Gb. 7200/ata133, Mitsumi floppy, Artec 48x
12x 48x CD-RW, DVS 16x DVD, all in a "Super Power" case with a 350 watt
CodeGen PS. Still to be installed is a USR 5699B PCI modem and a
GigaFast 10/100 nic. Thanks for any help you guys (and gals) can give.
Respectfully, Stephen Hager [log in to unmask]
Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to
Digest mode - visit our web site:
http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml
The NOSPIN Group provides a monthly newsletter with great
tips, information and ideas: NOSPIN-L, The NOSPIN Magazine
Visit our web site to signup: http://freepctech.com
|
