Have tried everything and it still freezes.
Discussion
Rexently did some maintainence on my fathers computer.
Athlon Thunderbird 850 on VIA KT133A chipset with GeForce 2 MX in it.
Was running really slow, so I formatted, put a Geforce 2 Pro in it and a Thunderbird 1200. But the computer did not start. All lights came on but no joy. After much prodding it started, but became tempremental and required multiple turning on and off to get it to start. Eventually switched the processor back to the old one and it starts.
But then it started freezing for no reason. Everything is the same. I reinstalled the old drivers that worked and put the MX back in it. Formatted again but still it dies. Sometimes right after windows starting. I have changed the fan on the processor.
Could the previous processor (the 1200 which doesn't work any more) have damaged the motherboard??
I have tried all I know, swapped RAM, taken out all PCI cards systematically and still no joy. But now I have gone back up North and am not sure what to do!!
This is the first time taht I have not been able to fix a computer. I am going to get him to try the fail safe defaults in the BIOS, but that is my last resort.
Anybody got any ideas??
Athlon Thunderbird 850 on VIA KT133A chipset with GeForce 2 MX in it.
Was running really slow, so I formatted, put a Geforce 2 Pro in it and a Thunderbird 1200. But the computer did not start. All lights came on but no joy. After much prodding it started, but became tempremental and required multiple turning on and off to get it to start. Eventually switched the processor back to the old one and it starts.
But then it started freezing for no reason. Everything is the same. I reinstalled the old drivers that worked and put the MX back in it. Formatted again but still it dies. Sometimes right after windows starting. I have changed the fan on the processor.
Could the previous processor (the 1200 which doesn't work any more) have damaged the motherboard??
I have tried all I know, swapped RAM, taken out all PCI cards systematically and still no joy. But now I have gone back up North and am not sure what to do!!
This is the first time taht I have not been able to fix a computer. I am going to get him to try the fail safe defaults in the BIOS, but that is my last resort.
Anybody got any ideas??
WildfireS3 said:
All lights came on but no joy. After much prodding it started, but became tempremental and required multiple turning on and off to get it to start.
That sounds like a power supply issue, maybe the power supply is pretty close to the limit even with the original hardware in it. Can cause random lockups like you describe and you've checked pretty much everything else. I suppose the cpu could have damaged the motherboard, but it sounds unlikely.
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