This PC is really getting on my nerves...

[Syri]

OK, i've got my P4 working with the new motherboard, and now i'm getting blue screen crashes! exactly like i did with my old XP2100!

so, i'm going to post the full spec of the pc, in the hope someone has some ideas that can help me fix it...

Current spec:

Pentium 4 2.4ghz hyperthreading
Abit IS7-E motherboard
1gb PC2700 ram (2 x 512)
GeForce 4 Ti4600 128mb
Creative SB Audigy
Samsung 80gb hdd
Western Dig 50gb hdd
generic dvd rom
memorex cd writer
enermax dual fan 350w psu
Casetex aluminium case with 5 case fans

first setup

AMD XP2100
ASUS A7V333
512mb PC2700
rest as above

When it worked
AMD Athlon tbird 1.4
rest as xp2100 setup

Does anyone have any ideas???

[Arcturus]

Dodgy RAM? Try taking one out or something?

How hot's the CPU running? That might be a cause too. :)

PS. Scratch that last part, just realised how many fans you've got.

[Fluid]

I second the RAM thing, that's a common cause of crashes. If you're running Windows 2000 or XP, what does the STOP message say?

[PhrozeN]

5 Fans, 2 HDDs, 2 CD Roms, P4 seems like quite a load for a 350w PSupply. Could that be a possible cause? I heard not enough power makes stuff go wonky

[Fluid]

I think we just isolated the problem in IRC down to devices with uninstalled drivers hogging IRQ's. I think that once the devices have been properly installed and set at their correct interrupt, the problem will be solved.

[W0RF]

This may not be relevant to this exact situation, but cruddy gfx driver info can often lead to such crashes. I get them often at work with my crappy Rage 128 card.

[Warm Pudgy]

some thing else that might be a problem is, when you installed the new mobo and p4, did you do a clean install or did you just do a repair?

and it wouldnt be the power supply ive got my p4 2.4ghz running on a 200w

[ZenPirate]

Sell the parts, buy a Mac.


:D

[phatcat]

Sell the parts, buy a Mac.


:D
you mean sell parts and buy a mac keyboard :rolleyes:

:D


anyways...

what kind of BSOD? have you tried a recovery install. XP is bad about largescale hardware changes. install over with a Repair option (to save your files)

[Warm Pudgy]

xp shouldnt work at all if you change the mobo and cpu unless you do a repair

if you did a repair i would recomend making a partition and backing everything up, that is if you dont have another hdd, and doing a clean install of xp

[ZenPirate]

Try removing the DVD drive and see if you get BSODs.