Boot problem on new PC

I suggest just trying another video card in the motherboard it sounds like the video card has a bad connection or the prosser on the video card is screwing up. give that a try and see how that goes. that would be the first thing i try. also a k7 takes a min power supply of 300w and if you are using peliter coolers its a good chance the power supply is not large enough if it were me i would be running a min of a 400 watt with a K7 and peliter coolers

Stop by AMD's web site. They have a comprehensive guide to configuration at:

http://www1.amd.com/athlon/config

Note thier comment: "To assure maximum performance from any processor, high-quality contemporary hardware is always recommended."
Beyond that, pull out the video card, make sure all those little retainers for the DIMMS are in the full upright position, and reseat the video card.

I am running an Athlon 650, with 3 fans, 2 hard disks, and 2 CD-ROMs on a 250 watt power supply. It is the most reliable system I have had in years.

In a case like yours though, I would try a different video card and see what happens.

Having built around 2000 pcs and seen similar instances, my suggestion would be to replace the motherboard or ram and try again. The reasoning being that, on power up the motherboard sends a signal to the power supply and requests both power and a "Power Good" signal in return. If it doesnt recieve both, then the machine just sits in a state of flux. Harddrives spin up but nothing else. It the power supply is new and the machine boots occasionally then it has to point to the other end of the chain(the motherboard). Also if the board is not good the memory will retain information on soft reboot.

Unfortunately problems like this never have any easy solution and invariable end if with a "Swap Fest" of components :-(

Good Luck!

Have you tried to re-seat your video card? Make sure that you have your latest video drivers.
Possibly a bad slot on the MB
Or the Memory is having some problems. (Try to re-seat first)

It's quite possible that one of your memory chips is bad. I am assuming that you only have one, but if you have more than one, move the chip that's in the first position to the second position. If the problem no longer happens, I suggest you get areplacement for your RAM chip. There is also a possibility that your HDD has a bad connection, possibly the power cable, or is bad itself. Most likely not the video card, also possibly the motherboard. If it's not the memory or the HDD, try removing or switching out all hardware components one at a time to see if system still boots on a reset.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

I'm not sure if your prob is solved, but I would check the motherboard, it seems that might be the problem, if you have already ensured the bios is 100% and it is not just a faulty slot... Try and replace just your motherboard...

Good luck.

Don't know about your board, but some Abit boards with ATA-66 disk controllers share interrupts and signals with one (or more) PCI slots. I saw this on a friend's PIII on an Abit board. It wouldn't work until the modem was moved to a different slot.

You've received lots of excellent answers and the only thought I have to add is rather trivial but I recently saw something similar in a computer and the problem was a defective Reset switch (one with an intermittment short).

It might be worth a quick trial of unplugging the reset switch from the motherboard and seeing if that makes any difference. It's one of those things I've only seen once and may never see again, but thought I would pass on for what it's worth.

paul