Computer won't boot

Cameron203 · Post by **Cameron203** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 3:27 am

Having a problem with one of my computers. Most of the time it will post go to starting windows (windows 2000 pro) then right when it gets ready to boot, it shuts down, hard drive winds down, monitor goes to no signal, etc.

Computer specs are:
Foxconn Case w/400watt PS AMD XP 1800+ Leadtek K7NCR18D Mobo nForce2 w/onboard sound Chaintech Nvidia G4 64MB DDR MX440 8x 512MB Cosair Platinum XMS Series PC2700 C2 Lite-On 52x CD-RW 80G WD SE HD Windows XP Pro/Office XP Pro Lite-On DVD Burner.

System is not overclocked, I have tried the following swapped out the hard drive, video card, memory, unplugged everything except a working hard drive. Only things I have not done is try another power supply or motherboard/cpu. ANy thoughts? Guess its probably one of the two.

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:11 am

I had a bad mobo that did about the same thing......

Shinobi · Post by **Shinobi** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:39 am

Cameron203 wrote:Having a problem with one of my computers. Most of the time it will post go to starting windows (windows 2000 pro) then right when it gets ready to boot, it shuts down, hard drive winds down, monitor goes to no signal, etc.

Computer specs are:
Foxconn Case w/400watt PS AMD XP 1800+ Leadtek K7NCR18D Mobo nForce2 w/onboard sound Chaintech Nvidia G4 64MB DDR MX440 8x 512MB Cosair Platinum XMS Series PC2700 C2 Lite-On 52x CD-RW 80G WD SE HD Windows XP Pro/Office XP Pro Lite-On DVD Burner.

System is not overclocked, I have tried the following swapped out the hard drive, video card, memory, unplugged everything except a working hard drive. Only things I have not done is try another power supply or motherboard/cpu. ANy thoughts? Guess its probably one of the two.

Have you tried to go into safe mode? Just wondering.
One thing it could be.. if the Registry is corrupted... Win XP / 2000 might be shutting itself down,,

Cameron203 · Post by **Cameron203** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:49 am

Shinobi wrote:Have you tried to go into safe mode? Just wondering.

Yep. Won't let me go to any option in the safe mode selection screen except safe mode with command prompt. I know its not the hard drive though because I tried it in another computer, boots fine no errors. Only thing I haven't tried is the power supply, cpu, cmos battery and mobo. Kind of leaning towards the mobo myself. I mean I checked the rails in the bios, and they are all within .05 weird I don't see a 12v rail, in the bios. If it was the cpu it would usually not post same with the battery. Funny thing is it always cuts off in the same place, right after windows loads before it goes into the windows logon screen. Let me clarify the computer does not shut down, I mean the hard drive winds down all lights everything still on, it freezes the light on my burner, but it looses total video to the monitor, it doesn't say video cable disconnected though. THanks guys.

BTW can't be the registry, because I booted from the cd deleted the old os and clean installed a new one. Did the entire format, and when it went to load windows bam same thing.

Cameron203 · Post by **Cameron203** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:34 pm

so confused now. I took a hard drive from a working computer and it will not boot in the machine, and then I took the hard from the machine that was not working and tried to put it into a machine that was working and it gives a stop error. *When trying to boot from it, I put above that it boot fine, not true don't know why I wrote that I hooked it up as a secondary and i could access it, but never boot.

So now looks like the hard drive is bad and there is something wrong with the mobo or cpu.

Tailgunner9 · Post by **Tailgunner9** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:34 pm

Had to put another Motherboard in my P4 Northwood. Had trouble finding a board online that would use my same memory as well as the Northwood.
Mine would boot but would just shut down for no reason. Doing great now. Good luck

mmione · Post by **mmione** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:44 pm

Cameron203 wrote:so confused now. I took a hard drive from a working computer and it will not boot in the machine, and then I took the hard from the machine that was not working and tried to put it into a machine that was working and it gives a stop error. *When trying to boot from it, I put above that it boot fine, not true don't know why I wrote that I hooked it up as a secondary and i could access it, but never boot.

So now looks like the hard drive is bad and there is something wrong with the mobo or cpu.

you cant just take a hard drive with windows already on it from a working computer and stick it in yours and expect it to work. The windows has the info about the processor, mobo etc from the other computer, it will not boot in yours, even if all your parts were working.

Cameron203 · Post by **Cameron203** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:22 pm

mmione wrote:you cant just take a hard drive with windows already on it from a working computer and stick it in yours and expect it to work. The windows has the info about the processor, mobo etc from the other computer, it will not boot in yours, even if all your parts were working.

It will still boot. Trust me.