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Restart and Start Problems

Nov 18, 2003 9:07AM PST

I don't know if this is an XP or Hardware problem but if I attempt to restart, like after installing an XP update, the machine goes thru the shutdown process but does not restart. It just sits there until I do a hard shutdown, wait a few minutes then start. Also, about half the time when I start in the morning it goes thru the checking of the floppy and CD drive and again stalls until I press the restart button.

The machine is an AMD Athlon 1900+, 512 PC2700 RAM,
500W PSU, 16X DVD, and Plextor 708A DVD burner.

I also have 4 fans in the case so I don,t think heat is the problem.

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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Re:Restart and Start Problems
Nov 18, 2003 9:16AM PST

Try one stick of RAM at a time. Pull the FSB setting from 266 to 200 or 133 to 100 MHz and check the onboard Motherboard Capacitors for bulges and leaks.

The hard start in the morning is typically solved by changing 1 to all of the power supply, motherboard or ram. There doesn't appear to be any tests to find which one, but the motherboard capacitor issue is haunting too many.

Bob