Which one is it, the Mainboard or the CPU?
I have a system I built a while ago back in my shop, I got complaints about freezing and slow performance since I had updated the OS from Win98 to Win XP. I took the system back and determined to Put Win98 Back on to see if that was indeed the problem or just "User Error" I noticed freezes when attempting to back up data from it across my network and after 3 or 4 restarts the screen would go "black" after the XP Logo but before the desktop. I thought that strange - kind of like a Overheating issue, but figured maybe once I wiped the drive the problem would clear up. Last night I did a Fdisk and format, but at the completion of the format the system froze:confused:
I pulled out all cards but Video and tried again.
No luck, I noticed the sound of a "power dip" when the problem would arise so I swapped power supplies,
No luck, Finally pulled all drives off the Mainbord and now all it does is Post till the Memory counts and then hangs. :rolleyes:
I'm leaning toward the Processor, becuase of the random freezes and Hang at post. But I'm not sure if the Mainboard is not the problem.
Here are the specs:
AMD Thunder Bird SLOT A (not socket).
MSI MAINBOARD (Don't remeber the model - among the first available for this CPU)
128mb SDRAM
20 GIG MAxtor HD
I would normally swap CPUs but due to its age I don't have one available, I can pick one up cheep but I'll be stuck with it if it is the mainboard. What do you guys think?