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meth
01-16-01, 12:28 PM
Greetings.

Im new to AMD, and I recently bought a Tbird 900mhz, with a K7TPro2-A. I was running windows2000, and right of the bat I couldn't boot into windows.. I decided it must be a software conflict, so I formatted, and re-installed Win2K.. everything was running great, so I decided to run my scanner to test the speed.

well, the system locked up. I tried to use the power button in the front of my case, but the power was still active, the reset feature did work, so I had to turn off the power by the powersupply in the rear. Now, Windows 2000 wont even load. It get's halfway, and then locks up.

I pray that this is a software problem, and can easily be fixed with a clean install of Win9x.


How can I verify if this is a hardware or software problem...?


Thanks for the help.
Tachyon
01-16-01, 12:53 PM
Are you overclocked?
meth
01-16-01, 12:57 PM
not yet.

I did test it at 945mhz though. I changed it back until I could add all of my hardware.
Tachyon
01-16-01, 01:00 PM
If you have a copy and are game to try, you may want to load Win 98 and see how things work.
meth
01-16-01, 01:33 PM
Yeah im game. I was going to try that tonight.

Is there any way to determine if this is a hardware/software conflict though?
Tachyon
01-16-01, 02:09 PM
If you want to research the software issue first I'd look to see if there are any drivers you are using that Win2k doesn't like.
meth
01-16-01, 03:06 PM
Well in your experience is "locking up" more likely to be cuased by software or hardware?
locust
01-16-01, 05:17 PM
it sounds like a device conflict. Pull everything except the video card, go into safe mode, and see what you have listed in the device manager.

If I were you, I'd reformat, put in the nic card and the video card, make sure you have all the proper drivers (the via 4 in 1s, etc). My guess is that it's the scanner.

locust
meth
01-16-01, 05:47 PM
locust,

Thanks man.. I was looking for consitency and you said basically what the majority said.. Boot into safe mode, clear out device manager, and unplug that damn scanner.. hahaha. Man, I hope it's not the mobo/cpu.


I'll keep you guys updated*