Re: PC Died :( Booooooo
 

Make sure that the bios is updated. and that the bios is defaulted and then set to the right cpu and memory speed (auto should do it but sometimes it doesn't).. Also make sure that all the cards have been seated correctly especially the graphics

Re: PC Died :( Booooooo
 

Tried running the BIOS in default mode but still same issue. Have the CPU and Mem speed set to auto. Will try changing that now and see if it makes any difference.

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Can't seem to make any progress at all. Tried to boot with just the Win 7 Drive connected and it comes up "system boot failure insert system disc and click enter". I insert the Win 7 Disc and it loads windows files then reboots. Did this several times before eventually loading the disc. Tried repairing but still same fault.

Machine powers up, runs through startup procedure. starts loading windows and just before it comes up with the Logon screen - Reboot. Same with safe mode. Has me stummped. Can only access safe mofe in Win XP.

Gonna give up before I spend the whole weekend pulling my hair out trying to firgure it out. Will wait for the new CPU next week then investigate further. Thanks for all the helpful surgestions so far and if anyone has any ideas feel free to post on. Thank you.

Re: PC Died :( Booooooo
 

Access to safe mode is normally a sig of a driver that's crashing the system, as it also does it with the set-up disk I'd suggest you recheck all devices that have hardware memory in them (gfx, cpu and dimms)

Which mobo and cpu is it? and again have you updated the bios (replacement boards might only have a low end bios so might have problems with some CPU's/Mem

Re: PC Died :( Booooooo
 

Thanks for your ongoing help Kymmy. The Bios is already on the latest version. Been no new ver since 09. The MB is a gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 and the CPU is an AMD 9600 Phenom X4.

I also tried Booting with each stick of RAM alone to eliminate that. Same issue. The GFX should be fine as I have a spare of the same model 8800GTS an made no diffrence again.

Gonna leave it over the weekend now as I've wasted the day gettin nowhere. Thanks again Kymmy.

Re: PC Died :( Booooooo
 

Only a sugestion but.... It couldn't be a failing hard drive could it?

Re: PC Died :( Booooooo
 

Not unless two hard drives are failing at the same time.

Re: PC Died :( Booooooo
 

Can you boot and work from a live CD? The fact you can boot into XP Safe Mode only....have you tried sfc /scannow from safe mode?

Just thinking out loud here :erm: What about the boot order for the hard drives, are they the same as they where on the old motherboard.

Re: PC Died :( Booooooo
 

Haven't tried to boot a Live CD. I am currently downloading the latest Ubuntu to try that out and will report back after I've tried it.

The boot order is still the same as it was before any changes. Tried nfsc/ scannow and it would not run. Can't remember the exact message but said something about access to a server. Will check again later after trying the Live CD and report the full message.

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Ok so can't even boot a Live cd. The OS goes to load then the exact same issue. Reboots.

In XP safe mode I cant run sfc /scannow I get the following message -
"Windows file portection could not innitiate a scan of protected files systems"

"The specific error code is 0X000006ba (The RPC server is unavalible)"

Re: PC Died :( Booooooo
 

this may sound strange, but if you have spare thermal paste, clean the top of the CPU and post a picture of it. as high a quality as you can. I just want to test a hypothesis that there will most likely be a matt surface on the CPU with an area that looks like it has been polished surrounding the center of the chip.