Ok guys, my computer has been running pretty stable for the last month or so, until recently.
I had my computer turned off overnight, then I turned it on, went downstairs, came back up, and found it to have hung on the Windows loading bar during boot, so I hit the reset button, started up fine no issues.
I left my comp on for about 3 to 4 days and I was browsing the net and it hung up, so I restarted it, and it hung during Windows loading again. Hit restart, same issue.
OS was Vista nvidia edtion.
So I said **** it, Ill reformat, popped in windows Vista disk, loaded files, got to the Windows loading thing, froze.
So now I was like **** it, grabbed my XP cd, booted to it, loaded files and when it went to Starting windows setup, it frooze. Rebooted and managed to wipe the drive, but nothing else.
So I then tried Ubuntu, went to install, it took me to a screen where I could type stuff, but nothing else.
Ok guys, my computer has been running pretty stable for the last month or so, until recently.
I had my computer turned off overnight, then I turned it on, went downstairs, came back up, and found it to have hung on the Windows loading bar during boot, so I hit the reset button, started up fine no issues.
I left my comp on for about 3 to 4 days and I was browsing the net and it hung up, so I restarted it, and it hung during Windows loading again. Hit restart, same issue.
OS was Vista nvidia edtion.
So I said **** it, Ill reformat, popped in windows Vista disk, loaded files, got to the Windows loading thing, froze.
So now I was like **** it, grabbed my XP cd, booted to it, loaded files and when it went to Starting windows setup, it frooze. Rebooted and managed to wipe the drive, but nothing else.
So I then tried Ubuntu, went to install, it took me to a screen where I could type stuff, but nothing else.
If I were you I'd run the HD test for your brand HD (they have all kinds on there). After that just go down the list CPU test, mobo, then run a couple memtests again (they have three on that disc). For memtest's and CPU tests its good to run at least two cause you might pass one but fail another. So yeah, I'm an intern at a IT consulting firm and this is the disc we use to diagnose problems on our clients computers, so its good and reliable and FREE!
first off check seagate web page there are know firmware problem on those drives. (high doe rate). if you have three drives remove the one your using as c: and then try installing windows on one of the other to see if it the same problem. see if there are any mb firmware updates and check the ram voltage and timing. on some rams and clock speeds you have to up the voltage from stock or slow it down if your getting random hangs. or cpu/bus speed or volate or ram might be off. use a program that read ram vpd info for timing and voltage.
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mouse
keyboard
moniter
1 graphics card
1 hdd
1 rom drive
1 mem stick
1 cpu
boot and install your os. If everything works, try adding the next stick of ram and restart until you have all of your ram installed.
then when you find that the memory is fine, start adding your hdds following the install one/test pattern.
then connect your extra graphics cards using the install one test restart cycle( i think you only have one gpu but im covering the bases).'
you are bound to find the issue testing one part of hard ware at a time.
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Well at first I had drive #3 plugged in, installed windows first try, it locked up, rebooted, then wouldnt show in BIOS and slowed my bios **** wayyy down. So I unplugged it and did drive #1, works fine, drive #2 works fine.
Also, the hard drives were free, got 6GB of free drives.
