comp freezes when installing OS

ji1831 · Post by **ji1831** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 3:22 pm

system spec:
giga byte 7va8p-ultra
512 cosair xms
60 gig maxtor
barton 2500+
radeon 9600 pro
sound blaster audigy 2 platinum

ok..... i just ordered all those parts and put them together and it took me a whole day to figure out why it wasnt detecting my 2500+ as a 2500+ it kept reading it as a 1100mhz chip... anywya got passed that and now im installing windows xp and it goes through the normal sequence of wutever it does and then when it says "press enter to install windows, f3 to quit" it just freezes i dont know why? ummm any help is good.
Thanx

Absolut Talent · Post by **Absolut Talent** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 4:00 pm

have you tried installing it without the SB2 for now?

and you have the latest bios for that mobo to detect the CPU correctly?

dadx2mj · Post by **dadx2mj** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 4:32 pm

Yeah like Absolute suggest strip it down to just the bare minimum or parts. You will need the mobo, cpu with heatsink, ram, vid card, hdd, and CD drive. Try to get the OS installed with just that and then add you other things like sound card, nic, etc one by one

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 5:22 pm

Pull everything except the video card.

DO NOT overclock for now!

Use the conservative settings in BIOS for now.

Is your PSU certified for Athlons? If it truly is it should have two fans on it not just one.

Test the ram using DocMemory to make sure it's working properly: http://simmtester.com/page/products/doc/docinfo.asp

Check the PSU voltages either with a digital multimeter (preferably) or the PC Health menu in BIOS. Check the +12, +5, and +3.3v buses and make sure they're within 5% of the expected voltage.

Hope this helps.

zandor · Post by **zandor** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 7:58 pm

Originally posted by FlyingPenguin
Is your PSU certified for Athlons? If it truly is it should have two fans on it not just one.

Eh? That doesn't really matter as long as you have enough case fans.
Of course you'll certainly need some serious PSU fans if you don't have case fans like some crazy setups I've seen.
I'll second (er... third or whatever) pulling everything but the bare essentials though.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 9:06 pm

Has nothing to do with fans, although that's part of the certification.

My point is that there is NO AMD certified PSU that has one fan. If it doesn't meet that spec, then it probably fails in another department as well.

Anyone tries to sell you a PSU with one fan and claims it's AMD certified is lying. It MIGHT be AMD "recommended" but not certified. BIG DIFFERENCE.

Modern Athlon & P4 mobos require heavier than normal 12 volt buses. (ATX 2.1 spec). A non certified PSU may seem to work properly but you'll get random crashes under load.

I constantly see people spend a LOT of money on a good mobo and premium memory and vid card, and then skimp on the PSU.