Problems with new rig [Long] [Archive]

Precept

04-11-2004, 10:11 PM

Cliff's notes at the end for those with short attention spans.

Specs:

DFI Lanparty NFII Ultra B
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Mobile
1 Gig Geil PC3200 Dual Channel
Asus GeForce FX 5900
Maxtor 120 GB 8MB Cache
Maxtor 60 GB 2MB Cache

Alright, I put this rig together about 2 weeks ago and had some small problems which I will run through and now one very large problem that I cannot figure out for the life of me.

Things ran alright at first, as in the first boot. After that, I started getting scanlines at the BIOS and Windows splash screens. The computer would boot the desktop with no lines. I figured this could possibly be a driver issue but I couldn't install the drivers. Both the nVidia reference drivers and the Asus drivers would lock up at 62%. They would lock for a couple seconds, then reboot.

So I figured it might be a physical problem, either with the card or with the AGP Slot on the mobo, so I tried to wiggle it, this caused the scanlines to change position, but not go away completely. So, I attributed it to some sort of physical problem. To narrow the problem down I plugged in my old PNY GF4 Ti4200, and it worked, so it was the card.

Well one night, just for the hell of it I plugged the card back in, and low and behold it worked GREAT. Games were flying was stable, everything was good. So I figured it was alright, and that I had misseated it(even though I reseated the card a hundred times) so I went in there and started working on the wiring. On the next boot up, sure enough, the lines were back. And now it wasn't even booting to the desktop; I could hear it, but not see it. So I put the old card back in and said fuck it.

Now, I took a week and went to Florida to see some old friends.

So I come back and I think, "What the hell, why not try it one more time." I put in the new card and it doesn't work, Fuck. I put the old one back in the shit hits the fan, I mean the shit REALLY hits the fucking fan. It won't post, I look at the diagnostic LEDs and it says something about the CMOS battery. So just push down on it, I don't think I really did anything, and it gets past that point. But now I see a message telling me there was a CMOS Checksum Error, to I want to go to setup, or Continue. I go to setup and make sure there is nothing wrong and there isn't so I reboot again.

Sure enough, it's there again. So, I tried pressing continue, and it tells me, error loading operating system, Fuck. At this point it was getting late and I was tired, so I thing to myself, I'll just reset the CMOS. I move the shunt to were the mobo manual says to move it to reset it and I do so. On that boot up it tells me something about new processor and to check my settings, so I go through and put them back where they belong. And now it says "error loading operating system."

Now I have all of my important data backed up on both drives, so I decided I was going to format the Primary(120 GB) and reinstall the OS. I booted from the CD, formatted, then began the installation, it got as far as it could, then needed to reboot. On that boot it came back again, "Error loading operating system."

That's where I am now, fucking clueless.

Any help would be appreciated.
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Cliff's Notes

- Built new rig.
- Had some vid card problems.
- CMOS Battery error.
- CMOS Checksum error.
- "Error Loading Operating System."
- Reset CMOS.
- "Error Loading Operating System."
- Format and Reinstall OS
- "Error Loading Operating System."
- Clueless.

Thanks in advance.

ep!c

04-12-2004, 02:03 PM

Possibly get a new battery? idk
Sorta sounds like the mobo is a bit hoopty from what you are saying, but again idk. Whats the bios version number? Did you flash the bios to the most current version when you installed the components? What model of power supply is it? I'm sorta wonderin if the 5900 was getting enough power (It requires the extra molex, and peeps often have problems trying to supply enough stable power to it and all the accessories), and if the board needs a bios revision. I have a very similar rig myself but with an Asus board, I had 1231321 driver problems and conflicts with it especially with the probe software. Nvidias drivers didn't work properly until I got the latest version installed (The chipset, and vid card). Need more info, also don't forget to google for the error(s) with the mobo model number included in the search.


	TribalWar Forums > TribalWar Community > TW Tech > Problems with new rig [Long] PDA Problems with new rig [Long] Precept 04-11-2004, 10:11 PM Cliff's notes at the end for those with short attention spans. Specs: DFI Lanparty NFII Ultra B AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Mobile 1 Gig Geil PC3200 Dual Channel Asus GeForce FX 5900 Maxtor 120 GB 8MB Cache Maxtor 60 GB 2MB Cache Alright, I put this rig together about 2 weeks ago and had some small problems which I will run through and now one very large problem that I cannot figure out for the life of me. Things ran alright at first, as in the first boot. After that, I started getting scanlines at the BIOS and Windows splash screens. The computer would boot the desktop with no lines. I figured this could possibly be a driver issue but I couldn't install the drivers. Both the nVidia reference drivers and the Asus drivers would lock up at 62%. They would lock for a couple seconds, then reboot. So I figured it might be a physical problem, either with the card or with the AGP Slot on the mobo, so I tried to wiggle it, this caused the scanlines to change position, but not go away completely. So, I attributed it to some sort of physical problem. To narrow the problem down I plugged in my old PNY GF4 Ti4200, and it worked, so it was the card. Well one night, just for the hell of it I plugged the card back in, and low and behold it worked GREAT. Games were flying was stable, everything was good. So I figured it was alright, and that I had misseated it(even though I reseated the card a hundred times) so I went in there and started working on the wiring. On the next boot up, sure enough, the lines were back. And now it wasn't even booting to the desktop; I could hear it, but not see it. So I put the old card back in and said fuck it. Now, I took a week and went to Florida to see some old friends. So I come back and I think, "What the hell, why not try it one more time." I put in the new card and it doesn't work, Fuck. I put the old one back in the shit hits the fan, I mean the shit REALLY hits the fucking fan. It won't post, I look at the diagnostic LEDs and it says something about the CMOS battery. So just push down on it, I don't think I really did anything, and it gets past that point. But now I see a message telling me there was a CMOS Checksum Error, to I want to go to setup, or Continue. I go to setup and make sure there is nothing wrong and there isn't so I reboot again. Sure enough, it's there again. So, I tried pressing continue, and it tells me, error loading operating system, Fuck. At this point it was getting late and I was tired, so I thing to myself, I'll just reset the CMOS. I move the shunt to were the mobo manual says to move it to reset it and I do so. On that boot up it tells me something about new processor and to check my settings, so I go through and put them back where they belong. And now it says "error loading operating system." Now I have all of my important data backed up on both drives, so I decided I was going to format the Primary(120 GB) and reinstall the OS. I booted from the CD, formatted, then began the installation, it got as far as it could, then needed to reboot. On that boot it came back again, "Error loading operating system." That's where I am now, fucking clueless. Any help would be appreciated. -------- Cliff's Notes - Built new rig. - Had some vid card problems. - CMOS Battery error. - CMOS Checksum error. - "Error Loading Operating System." - Reset CMOS. - "Error Loading Operating System." - Format and Reinstall OS - "Error Loading Operating System." - Clueless. Thanks in advance. ep!c 04-12-2004, 02:03 PM Possibly get a new battery? idk Sorta sounds like the mobo is a bit hoopty from what you are saying, but again idk. Whats the bios version number? Did you flash the bios to the most current version when you installed the components? What model of power supply is it? I'm sorta wonderin if the 5900 was getting enough power (It requires the extra molex, and peeps often have problems trying to supply enough stable power to it and all the accessories), and if the board needs a bios revision. I have a very similar rig myself but with an Asus board, I had 1231321 driver problems and conflicts with it especially with the probe software. Nvidias drivers didn't work properly until I got the latest version installed (The chipset, and vid card). Need more info, also don't forget to google for the error(s) with the mobo model number included in the search. Precept 04-13-2004, 09:07 PM Thanks for the response ep!c. I don't think it is the battery, but yes the mobo does seem a little hoopty. BIOS Info: Phoenix Award BIOS v 6.00PG PSU: Antec True380 My biggest fear is the fact that I can't get it to Windows. I know how to deal with driver conflicts there but not when I can't even load the operating system. Any other help would be greatly appreciated.