Boot up problems

[easymoney]

I have an AMD XP 1900+ CPU with a GIGA-BYTE GA-7VTXE+ MB. When I power-up the system, it will get up to a certain point in the start up and will just hang. I am using WIN98. I installed all the compontents, including the hard drive as is, into another system and it booted fine, so I have reduced the problem to the chip or the motherboard. I tried to install win98 onto a different hard drive, and it wouldn't even boot from the floppy. I am thinking the CPU got overheated or a virus in the bios. Does anyone have any thoughts on what the problem would be? Thanks.

 

[Scout]

How far does it get? Does it freeze at the same point every time?

Scout
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[easymoney]

Yes, it hangs at the same place each time. It only gets as far as the blue windows 98 screen with the scrolling bar on the bottom, after a few seconds it just stops.

 

[TheTrueBaracuda]

You need to get the F5 bios update from Giga-byte.

http://ftp.gigabyte.com.tw/support/temp/7vtxe+_f5.zip

Carefull when you upgrade your bios if you have never done it before.

 

[Scout]

Since it get's past the BIOS, if you go into the BIOS can you check the CPU temp? ... or does it freeze after a few seconds when you're in the BIOS as well?

As far as guessing at the problem, you're right, it sort of acts like a overheated CPU. The fix would be to remove your HSF and check for good contact between that and the CPU. Hopefully, you're using heat paste which will show instantly how good your contact is.

Sorry I'm not being of much help!

Scout
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[starwrs3]

this might sound stupid but disconnect your cd-rom and see what happens i had the same problem with another computer and swapping the drive fixed it