Cannot boot PC

[Glen Saunders]

Hey there everybody,

I've had some troubles with my computer recently. It started off with me trying to get The Sims 3 to work, which I in the end didn't. While trying I downloaded SpeedFan just to check temperatures as I though my graphics card could have been overheating, while looking on there I noticed that two unnamed readings both read 127C which I couldnt quite belive, so I shut the PC down and opened it up, gave all of the fans a clean, cleaned the processor heatsink, and put it all carefully back together.

I pressed the button expecting everything to be as normal, but the PC just froze on the very first screen. I was puzzled and no buttons would work at all, so I opened the case back up and took of the heatsink and relocated it. Started it up again and the pc got past the first screen, everythnig seems fine, and then the "Start Windows Noramlly" screen pops up. From here on I cannot do anything, no options on this list will work, and opening up the page manually by repeatedly smashing F8 and nothing on there works either, the computer simply resets - and the process begins again.

And I'm not a 'computer noob' I have dealt with problems like this, blue screens ect.. numerous times, but this is the first time that my computer has been near enough non-responsive. So, being me I though to use the Recover Console - that being my lifeline, and has pulled me through so many things. I thought that it was maybe a bad Bootlog. Stuck the CD in and it's loading up as normal, then... an error message. something along the lines of -

An unexpected error (925852594) occured at line

1768 in D:\xpclient\base\boot\setup\arcdisp.c.

Press any key to continue.

I am sure that it isnt the disc, because I have tried two. I press space, and it resets. I have tried removing the CMOS battery and then replacing it a few minutes later. No luck. I have taken out most bits of hardware, but no luck.

I fear it is my harddisc, but anyway, anyone have any ideas? If you need any more info at all, then please ask.

Thanks guys, Glen

[allen2]

If you removed the cpu heatsink, i would ask if you replaced the thermal paste and put it back as it was ?

I would also try to separate all parts and then put them together one after an other (after cleaning them if needed) and try the computer each time.

Also you might try to go in bios and let it like that for ten min and check if the system is still responsive.

[fdv]

Mobo swap? Could it maybe be bad caps?