I assume that the computer seemed to work well enough when you first put it
together and that you were able to go through the process of installing the
operating system before running into the problem with booting into windows.
Your mentioning a problem with memory timings and the description of using a
256 and a 512 MB memory module makes me think that you should make sure that
you are not trying to run these in dual channel mode.  If I'm reading the
manual right, this means using DIMM slots 1 and 2, but not 1 and 3 or 2 and
3.

The memory timings are adjusted through the BIOS under the Advanced Chipset
Settings.

You might want to go into the BIOS, under the PC Health Status section and
see that your processor temperature is not too high (< 130 deg F).  This is
a good way to confirm that you have the heatsink properly set on the
processor.

Since the first video card didn't work but the second one did (and I assume
that they were both AGP cards), this makes me wonder if there was a problem
with the first video card that you tried.  You could confirm this, if you
had another computer (with support for 8X AGP) that you could try this first
video card in.

John Sproule

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Buford" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 10:55 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Computer will not boot


> I just bought the MSI motherboard K7N2 Delta-L and I can not get it to
boot.  The cmos boots then the Window XP logo comes up, then it restarts-
will not boot in safe mode either.  I was reading a review that stated that
another person had this problem and it iwas because ram timings were set too
low- where is this adjusted?  I'm using 2400 AMD XP, 2100 DDR (1 stick 512,
1 stick 256)I aslo bought the APOLLO nVIDIA GeForce4 MX440-8X Video Card,
64MB DDR, 128-bit, TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "Bloody Monster Geforce4 MX440
64MB-AGP8X" -RETAIL - the computer does not recognize it the video card- the
monitor power light will not quit blicking- I went and bought a mad dog
video card and it works.

           The NOSPIN Group is now accepting donations to help
          defer the costs of providing PCBUILD and our website.
           Visit http://freepctech.com to donate using PAYPAL