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> On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 22:28:45 GMT, "ICee" <> wrote:
>
> >MELT wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> It seems the AGP slot of my motherboard has gone wrong...I hope it's
> >> not that, but I can't think of much else.
> >>
> >> Last week, all of a sudden, the computer refused to boot up. I hadn't
> >> recently installed any new hardware or software. The computer went
> >> through the BIOS setup and to the point where Windows XP startup tries
> >> to kick into action with the basic flash screen (with the scrolling
> >> blue bar). But as soon as it reached that bit, the screen would go
> >> blank and nothing would work except for the reset button.
> >>
> >> I could load Windows in Safe Mode and it was reporting the 'Infinite
> >> Loop' problem with my GeForce 4 card. I messed about with the BIOS to
> >> see if something was amiss, but nothing made a difference. I tried a
> >> huge number of things to remedy the problem and ended up trying a new
> >> memory module and even formatting the harddisk and reinstalling
> >> Windows XP afresh...but even during the fresh install process, it kept
> >> crashing out again.
> >>
> >> I installed another AGP graphics card (ATI Radeon 9600), but it still
> >> crashed out and I couldn't even load Safe Mode with this one. As soon
> >> as I put in an old PCI graphics card, everything worked perfectly,
> >> albeit a lot slower on the graphics front!
> >>
> >> Since I've gone through a system refresh, a different AGP card, and
> >> all sorts of BIOS changes, is it fairly likely that the motherboard's
> >> AGP has stopped working? If this is the case, might other parts of
> >> the motherboard go wrong as a result? Any other ideas?
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help or assistance you can give me with this!
> >>
> >> cheers,
> >> MELT
> >
> >What system do you have? What motherboard? What size power supply?
> >Need more info onthe sysytem. It does not sound like a "AGP" slot
> >problem.
> >
>
> Here's the setup:
>
> 2.53Ghz P4
> MSI 655 Max Motherboard (SiS 655 Chipset)
> 300W Power Supply
> 512Mb DDR333
> 80Gb Maxtor HD
> 20Gb IBM HD (backup only, no progs or dependencies)
> Soundblaster Audigy
> CD-RW - ASUS CRW-5224A
> DVD-RW - Sony DW-U10A
> USB Logitech Mouse & USB Cable Modem (if that makes a difference)
>
> This has been the setup for months without change. I was using a
> GeForce 4 MX440 128Mb until the problem arose and have now also tried
> using an ATI Radeon 9600 128Mb with no success.
>
> I hope this helps!
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