At 07:06 AM 01/09/2000 , Anant Kumar Hardikar wrote:
>Hi Listmembers,
>
>My PC when cold booted every day just refuses to boot until I leave it
>power-on for at least 2 hrs. When I switch on the PC I will see two first
>flash screens, a single beep, <searching boot record ID=0, OK> then a black
>screen and it stops there.The system will again reboot automatically the
>same way and keep recycling or freeze needing reset .It will not proceed
>beyond these three screens for at least 2 hrs or so irrespective of pressing
>any key like F8,Ctrl, or Esc. etc. After about 2 hrs. warm-up when F8 key or
>Esc key is pressed after the beep, the boot option screen with 7 option
>could be seen. The step-by-step option on the first attempt will never
>succeed and rather end up with <Windows protection error.You must re-start
>your computer> message. Next time I will be forced to select the Safe-mode
>by the windows to boot. There is 50% chance that it will boot in fist
>attempt in safe mode. After making something like 20 aborted  attempts,
>ultimately it will boot up using step-by-step method.
>
>It is 2yrs old PC with Intel MMX 200 processor, 16X2MB EDO
>RAM, and single 2.5 GB Fujitsu harddisk. In Nov 99 I added one
>8GB WD Caviar EIDE HD. The new HD is primary slave.The MB is
>TX-PRO with AMI BIOS ver 1.05. I had FDISK/Format and re-install on the
>machine and everything was ok for few days. I also tried to upgrade the RAM
>to 64MB  by adding two 16MB EDO sticks in the remaining two SIMM 4/5 slots
>but I
>had to abort it because the MB did not detect it. I had swapped the sticks
>in
>the SIMM slots swapped Bios but no improvement. Presently it is 32 MB  in
>row 4/5.
>
>  Is it time to replace MB or bios battery or memory is spoiled or,power
>supply module or, a
>reinstall or swap the HD ,...where do I start with? please help.


Typically, one, two or three beep codes during the post phase
signifies a memory error with an AMI bios.

I am concerned you memory is not in slot 1 & 2.  That is where
it should be located.  This problem is either the motherboard or
the ram memory.  You will probably need to have the ram memory
tested at a local PC repair shop.  If it tests fine, then you probably
should look seriously at a new motherboard.

Another thought here concerns the FSB and multiplier jumpers on
this motherboard.  Have you been overclocking this board?   Are
these settings correct according to the manual?  Is the power setting
for you CPU correct?  These issues can also create the impression
of other components going bad.  Veryify these settings.  Overclocking
kills as many motherboards as any other factor.

    Bob Wright
The NOSPIN Group

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