Boot up freeze

Professor · 11-19-2005, 06:16 AM

I've built my parents a computer and the first time I started it up, it was fine and asked for the Windows Cd and so I put it in. Windows began it's hardware checking, then didn't recognize my HD. I realized that I forgot to plug power into my HD. So I turned off my computer and plugged my HD in.

Then I started up the computer once again, but this time it freezes while it is on the PCI Listing. I don't know why, I've tried everything to get it to work.

Can anyone help?

Here are the specs:

ASPIRE X-Dreamer ATXB3KL-BK/420 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower w/ 420W PS
GIGABYTE GA-K8U-939 Socket 939 ULi M1689 ATX AMD Motherboard
SAPPHIRE 566-BLK Radeon 9800SE 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor
GeIL Value 512MB (2 x 256MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)
Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 HD
Microsoft Windows XP HOME Edition With Service Pack 2

**Praetor** · 11-19-2005, 06:19 AM

Does Memtest or Memtest86+ work?

Professor · 11-19-2005, 06:35 AM

Nevermind, sorry, it was so easy that I didn't even think of it. I don't have a floppy drive and my boot order has the floppy as the first drive to check so my mobo just freezes and forever searches for the floppy. So I put the cd/dvd drive as first priority and it worked. Thanks though. Hope this helps someone else in the future.

11-19-2005, 06:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
Professor Silver Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Nevada Age: 22 Posts: 182	Boot up freeze I've built my parents a computer and the first time I started it up, it was fine and asked for the Windows Cd and so I put it in. Windows began it's hardware checking, then didn't recognize my HD. I realized that I forgot to plug power into my HD. So I turned off my computer and plugged my HD in. Then I started up the computer once again, but this time it freezes while it is on the PCI Listing. I don't know why, I've tried everything to get it to work. Can anyone help? Here are the specs: ASPIRE X-Dreamer ATXB3KL-BK/420 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower w/ 420W PS GIGABYTE GA-K8U-939 Socket 939 ULi M1689 ATX AMD Motherboard SAPPHIRE 566-BLK Radeon 9800SE 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor GeIL Value 512MB (2 x 256MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 HD Microsoft Windows XP HOME Edition With Service Pack 2 __________________ AMD Athlon 64 4000+ ClawHammer \| ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard BFG Geforce 8800GT 512MB PCI-E Video Card \| Thermaltake Xaser III V1000A Black Case CORSAIR XMS 3GB (2 x 512MB / 2 x 1GB) DDR SDRAM System Memory \| ENERMAX ATX 550W Power Supply Hyundai L90D+ 8ms 19" LCD Monitor \| Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000 RPM Hard Drive CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS 8 (7.1) Sound Card \| Logitech THX Z-5300e 280 Watts RMS 5.1 Speakers BenQ Black DVD-RW \| Windows XP Home SP2

11-19-2005, 06:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
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11-19-2005, 06:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
Professor Silver Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Nevada Age: 22 Posts: 182	Nevermind, sorry, it was so easy that I didn't even think of it. I don't have a floppy drive and my boot order has the floppy as the first drive to check so my mobo just freezes and forever searches for the floppy. So I put the cd/dvd drive as first priority and it worked. Thanks though. Hope this helps someone else in the future. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 4000+ ClawHammer \| ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard BFG Geforce 8800GT 512MB PCI-E Video Card \| Thermaltake Xaser III V1000A Black Case CORSAIR XMS 3GB (2 x 512MB / 2 x 1GB) DDR SDRAM System Memory \| ENERMAX ATX 550W Power Supply Hyundai L90D+ 8ms 19" LCD Monitor \| Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000 RPM Hard Drive CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS 8 (7.1) Sound Card \| Logitech THX Z-5300e 280 Watts RMS 5.1 Speakers BenQ Black DVD-RW \| Windows XP Home SP2

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