[lukeflegg]

Hello,

Thank you for reading-

I've been having a nightmare with my self-built PC (Which has been reliable the last 4 years)
Basically I can't boot my PC fully into Windows (XP)...

First, I got graphic faults (including in the BIOS) and then lost my second monitor.
I tried a few things, including installing new drivers for chipset and graphics, asked around on some forums and people believed it was a dying graphics card. By this point I was just getting a black screen and not really loading Windows peroperly, though safe mode worked.

I replaced the 6800GT with my friend's 8500GT and it solved the computer worked for a while, though my other problem- the nVidia RAID0 is still split into to unaccessible drives.


Now, the computer will literally not boot. Even in safe mode.
It will start to load Windows but go black just before the Welcome screen.
In safe mode, I get the Logon screen but keyboard/mouse are unresponsive.

LATEST:
PC will not get past intial BIOS stage.
I get 5(?) beeps and a warning my chipset fan speed is too low (but I'm 99% sure this is because I replaced the rubbish original fan with a huge overkill incompatible one)
F1 to continue now doesn't get my past this...


Thanks : )
Luke

[redden137]

5 Short beeps normaly means your ram in which case try removing and reseating them
concerning the low speed warning, firstly check to see if the fan is working ok by taking off the side panel of the pc and having a look to see if its working ok and free from dust, if all seems well you can disable the low speed warning in bios