Ahoy,
My friend got himself a new computer, and my brother put it together for him and installed Windows. From the get go there was something wrong with it so I agreed to have a look at it and sort it out today.
Fired up the computer and it hung on the desktop, unphased by this I reinstalled Windows, and went to install the chipset drivers, where it proceeded to hang after the reboot. After several failed attempts to install more drivers I decided to reinstall Windows again where I was getting much the same behaviour, so it left me thinking it was a hardware problem.
As I couldn't get on the internet, I couldn't test the memory or anything to see if it was the problem. I'm going back tomorrow armed to the teeth to try and suss out the problem (I feel it is clearly a hardware issue) and this is where you guys come in - what should I look out for, and what should I take with me to run tests with (memtest etc).
Spec below:
A64 3800+ (AM2)
2 x 512MB Corsair Select DDR2 (533 I think)
Asus M2NPV-VM Motherboard
Aopen Impression Silver super tower 400W SATA ATX2 USB/audio/firewire
Can't remember brand 300GB SATA HDD
So chaps and chapesses, give me advice on what to look out for pleeeeease, I don't want to be defeated by this
My friend got himself a new computer, and my brother put it together for him and installed Windows. From the get go there was something wrong with it so I agreed to have a look at it and sort it out today.
Fired up the computer and it hung on the desktop, unphased by this I reinstalled Windows, and went to install the chipset drivers, where it proceeded to hang after the reboot. After several failed attempts to install more drivers I decided to reinstall Windows again where I was getting much the same behaviour, so it left me thinking it was a hardware problem.
As I couldn't get on the internet, I couldn't test the memory or anything to see if it was the problem. I'm going back tomorrow armed to the teeth to try and suss out the problem (I feel it is clearly a hardware issue) and this is where you guys come in - what should I look out for, and what should I take with me to run tests with (memtest etc).
Spec below:
A64 3800+ (AM2)
2 x 512MB Corsair Select DDR2 (533 I think)
Asus M2NPV-VM Motherboard
Aopen Impression Silver super tower 400W SATA ATX2 USB/audio/firewire
Can't remember brand 300GB SATA HDD
So chaps and chapesses, give me advice on what to look out for pleeeeease, I don't want to be defeated by this
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