Random Boot Freeze

[Maleko]

Heres a new one for ya! lol

ok, since my new setup twice now i have had a boot freeze.

What happens:

Windows will load, the standard windows xp loadign screen, then after it flashes the usb keyboard and mouse off and back on just stops...the animation for the loading bar continues, but windows wont continue to load, i did leave it 3 hours the first time, lol.

Now, the first time it happened, i rebooted, turned off, disconnected etc, and nothing, still same.

I coudl however boot into safemode, and luckily XPize had made its restore point, an di coudl restore to that point, and it worked, once rebooted, windows loaded fine. Reinstalled XPize and all was good.

Now, the second time (10 misn ago), i rebooted, then wanted to go back to see post screen, so pressed Ctrl Alt Del to quick reboot, and then it booted fine....:S

Anyone have any ideas??

If you don't know already; specs:

AMD64 3700

Asus A8N SLi Premium

Crucial Ballistixs 2GB PC4000

nVIDIA 7600GT

x2 80GB WD SATA Drives in RAID0

x1 200GB WD SATA

500Watt Modular PSU

[ripken204]

what psu is that?

[Maleko]

Antec NeoHE 500W Modular ATX2.0 PSU

[Maleko]

any ideas?

[puntoMX]

Looks more software to me then hardware; Reinstall the drivers, if that doesn’t help reinstall windows again and don’t install so much crap until you tested your system a bit .

Edit, I just checked your picture and I saw that the connector underneath the CPU isn’t used. Try to use that one too and see if it helps. Cooling doesn´t look like it´s a problem with the systemfan in the back.

Edited March 28, 2006 by puntoMX

[Maleko]

Edit, I just checked your picture and I saw that the connector underneath the CPU isn’t used.

That plug is the EZ-plug, ony needed if im runnign SLi, as it requires mroe power.

But i agree with it being software, just gotta see what it is, and if needs be, i will re-install xp.

[puntoMX]

That plug is the EZ-plug, ony needed if im runnign SLi, as it requires more power.

I know it´s only for SLI, but I notished that somethimes, somehow the system runs "better". Don´t ask me why

[Maleko]

That plug is the EZ-plug, ony needed if im runnign SLi, as it requires more power.

I know it´s only for SLI, but I notished that somethimes, somehow the system runs "better". Don´t ask me why

oo, interesting, thnks for the info