My CPU Fan was making way too much noise, so I shutdown my PC and cleaned it, put it back on and booted up. The computer wouldn't post. I rebooted numerous times and once got the bios to come up, with my XP 1800 showing the wrong settings. I changed it back to its normal settings, and it wouldn't post again. I replaced every single piece of hardware that affected the bootup (RAM, PSU, CPU) except for the motherboard. I'm using an Asus A7V266-E that had the same problem. I've tried resetting the CMOS, but that doesn't help. I have a crappy 400W PSU, and am only using about 200 of those watts. Still, could that be the problem? Hmmm... Any help would be greatly appreciated!
My specs are:
Asus A7V266-E
XP 1800+ (had an extra one of these chips layin around)
2 Crucial 256MB PC2100 DDR (tried one stick at a time)
GF3 TI 200 (replaced with nvidia tnt2 card)
P.O.S. CompUSA 400W (replaced with 250W P.O.S. but the 250W worked for my Celeron Board... maybe not enough power)
Another reason that leads me to believe I am having Power Woes: The system would reboot when I was OC'ed, or just shutdown programs like 3D Mark, and Counter-Strike. I never got a chance to check my PSU 5V and 12V lines, but I do remember tinkering with my mobo before I knew about them and I think they were low (.2v idle lower if i recall correctly!)
My specs are:
Asus A7V266-E
XP 1800+ (had an extra one of these chips layin around)
2 Crucial 256MB PC2100 DDR (tried one stick at a time)
GF3 TI 200 (replaced with nvidia tnt2 card)
P.O.S. CompUSA 400W (replaced with 250W P.O.S. but the 250W worked for my Celeron Board... maybe not enough power)
Another reason that leads me to believe I am having Power Woes: The system would reboot when I was OC'ed, or just shutdown programs like 3D Mark, and Counter-Strike. I never got a chance to check my PSU 5V and 12V lines, but I do remember tinkering with my mobo before I knew about them and I think they were low (.2v idle lower if i recall correctly!)