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Old 13th Dec 2007, 11:37
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hi guys,
well for the past month my bros 4 year old comp has been giving us problems, it stayed restarting everytime the windows xp logo comes on or takes long to boot,
well i changed his hard drive and installed windows..but sometimes it work and sometimes it just stays restarting, can it be with the cmos battery cos lately its been showing me cmos checksum error and i press F1 to continue and loads defult settings, also everytime i try inputing a usb device it restarts

tnx guys
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Old 13th Dec 2007, 11:42
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Clean or replace the CPU fan, sounds like it's overheating.
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Old 13th Dec 2007, 11:43
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cheers i will try that
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Old 13th Dec 2007, 12:43
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i cleaned the fan, put more termal paste on the cpu and check the fan's rpm which is 2700 , but it still restarting

any more suggestions plz
tnx a lot
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Old 13th Dec 2007, 12:44
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It could be the RAM, try replacing the RAM if cleaning the CPU fan doesn't work
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Old 13th Dec 2007, 12:46
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well i have 3X512mb rams i will try each one and see if it still restarts
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Old 13th Dec 2007, 13:19
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Please do not start another thread for the same problem, one is enough.
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Old 13th Dec 2007, 13:56
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oh sry tought different ppl will answer,

ok well i checked the ram, hear this
the MB has 3 slots and each have a 512mb ram, well i removed all of them and just put one of them, the computer started and then restarted, so then i tryed the 2nd one but this time the computer started and there was no signal on the screen, so i tryed the 3rd ram and the samething as the 2nd happend, tryed the other 2 slots with the 2nd and 3rd ram and still no signal on the screen,
then i tryed the 1st ram agian on each slot but then it showed me no signal on the screen.

do u think its the motherboard or ram??,
tnx a lot
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Old 13th Dec 2007, 15:06
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looks like motherboard problems. first of all check the RAM slots on your motherboard, remove any dust hanging about. then check the gold connectors on the ram for any scratches or dust. if that doesnt work then try the ram in a different pc if possible. finally, take out your CMOS battery, clean it then put it back in. its a bright silver little disk. Be careful with it. if that doesnt work try another computers battery. im not sure if there are problems with changing the battery so research it just incase.
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