Yesterday, my Mom's computer booted up and Windows XP locked up and we had to reboot, then it didn't lock up until we started IE8, then rebooted and no video at all. A week or so ago, it seemed like the keyboard and mouse plugs were loose and we fixed that and rebooted and it was fine for a while even with more reboots. Now it does one of 3 things when it's rebooted:
1) reboots with no video and give one long continuous extremely irritating beep and I just turn the damn thing off at the PSU (40% of the time),
2) reboots with no video and just hangs there (40% of the time), or
3) reboots with no video and automatically reboots over and over again about every 15-30 seconds (20% of the time).
Although, I did get video once where it indicated in DOS that there was a BIOS checksum error and it wanted a floppy system disk, so I decided to clear the CMOS at that point but that didn't work either. I don't think it's the PSU because it's an Antec 500W and I tried unplugging components and the computer still didn't boot up and it seems like everything is getting power. No changes after moving RAM around and no RAM, so I don't think it's the RAM either; this is relatively new RAM anyway. I don't think it's the OS or the hard drive either as the hard drive makes the same sounds and lights upon bootup as it always has. After doing google searches online yesterday from my android phone, I figure it's either the video card, CPU or motherboard.
Let me know what you guys think. The system is around 7 years old with some newer parts (RAM, DVD burner) and is running WinXP SP3 and here's the rest of the specs as I know them:
P4 3.0GHz processor
Soyo Dragon I875 MB
Corsair RAM (2GB)
ATI 9600Pro video card (with DVI small LCD monitor hooked up)
Soundblaster LIVE! sound card
Antec 500W PSU
Lite-On DVD burner
Lite-On CD ROM
2 WD PATA hard drives
floppy disk
1) reboots with no video and give one long continuous extremely irritating beep and I just turn the damn thing off at the PSU (40% of the time),
2) reboots with no video and just hangs there (40% of the time), or
3) reboots with no video and automatically reboots over and over again about every 15-30 seconds (20% of the time).
Although, I did get video once where it indicated in DOS that there was a BIOS checksum error and it wanted a floppy system disk, so I decided to clear the CMOS at that point but that didn't work either. I don't think it's the PSU because it's an Antec 500W and I tried unplugging components and the computer still didn't boot up and it seems like everything is getting power. No changes after moving RAM around and no RAM, so I don't think it's the RAM either; this is relatively new RAM anyway. I don't think it's the OS or the hard drive either as the hard drive makes the same sounds and lights upon bootup as it always has. After doing google searches online yesterday from my android phone, I figure it's either the video card, CPU or motherboard.
Let me know what you guys think. The system is around 7 years old with some newer parts (RAM, DVD burner) and is running WinXP SP3 and here's the rest of the specs as I know them:
P4 3.0GHz processor
Soyo Dragon I875 MB
Corsair RAM (2GB)
ATI 9600Pro video card (with DVI small LCD monitor hooked up)
Soundblaster LIVE! sound card
Antec 500W PSU
Lite-On DVD burner
Lite-On CD ROM
2 WD PATA hard drives
floppy disk
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