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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: sltanahmad on July 13, 2010, 08:29:16 pm

Title: boot problem
Post by: sltanahmad on July 13, 2010, 08:29:16 pm: hello i am new to the gigabyte forums and i have a boot broblen with Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphics Motherboard
it starts but when it goes to the loading screen it automatically restarts..PLZ HELP ME

my specs are:

Intel Pentium 4 3GHz with Hyperthreading
1GB PC2-4200 DDR2 (2x 512MB)
nVIDIA geforce gt220 1 gb PCI-E Video Card
Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphics Motherboard
Zalman CU7700 Heatsink
Title: Re: boot problem
Post by: Dark Mantis on July 13, 2010, 08:54:02 pm: Right the first question I need answering is what PSU are you using?
Secondly what revision board is it?
Title: Re: boot problem
Post by: sltanahmad on July 13, 2010, 08:58:24 pm: i am using a dxynex 500 watt psu
Title: Re: boot problem
Post by: Dark Mantis on July 13, 2010, 09:06:45 pm: And the second question? Secondly what revision board is it?
Title: Re: boot problem
Post by: sltanahmad on July 13, 2010, 09:16:28 pm: what does that mean?
Title: Re: boot problem
Post by: Dark Mantis on July 13, 2010, 09:20:28 pm: On the bottom left of the board it will have "Rev:1.0" or similar printed on it. Near the PCI slots.
Title: Re: boot problem
Post by: sltanahmad on July 13, 2010, 09:28:40 pm: rev 1:0
Title: Re: boot problem
Post by: Dark Mantis on July 13, 2010, 09:30:23 pm: Thanks.
It could well be the PSU is going downhill fast. It would give the type of symptom that you are experiencing. The second thing that it could be is the memory. Try testing the RAM with Memtest86 just one stick at a time. Let it run for at least half a dozen loops.
Title: Re: boot problem
Post by: sltanahmad on July 13, 2010, 10:04:25 pm: the computer starts but when it reaches(http://newverhost.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/windows7_beta_boot_screen.png) it restarts.

BTW i just hooked up a random hard drive from my friends computer
Title: Re: boot problem
Post by: Dark Mantis on July 13, 2010, 10:12:03 pm: That is probably your problem. It most likely has an old setup of Windows on it that is conflicting with your present Windows installation. Remove the drive and see if your problem disappears. Please post back and let me know.
Title: Re: boot problem
Post by: sltanahmad on July 14, 2010, 12:51:38 am: i took off the hard drive and it says disk boot fail enter disk and press enter
Title: Re: boot problem
Post by: Fatman on July 14, 2010, 03:04:12 am: You need more RAM. When you get more, format that drive and reload your OS and drivers and see how you go.
Title: Re: boot problem
Post by: Dark Mantis on July 14, 2010, 06:39:22 am: Quote from: sltanahmad on July 13, 2010, 08:29:16 pm
hello i am new to the gigabyte forums and i have a boot broblen with Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphics Motherboard
it starts but when it goes to the loading screen it automatically restarts..PLZ HELP ME

Intel Pentium 4 3GHz with Hyperthreading
1GB PC2-4200 DDR2 (2x 512MB)
nVIDIA geforce gt220 1 gb PCI-E Video Card
Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphics Motherboard
Zalman CU7700 Heatsink
I think we need a little more information here. You have given your specs but not what you hvae been up to prior to the problem, a bit of history might be helpfull. Also what version of Windows are you trying to run? Is it a fresh installation? etc
Title: Re: boot problem
Post by: sltanahmad on July 14, 2010, 04:26:26 pm: no i am trying to run a pre-installed version

it was already installed on the hard drive
windows 7
Title: Re: boot problem
Post by: Dark Mantis on July 14, 2010, 04:28:25 pm: Yes but which hard drive are we talking about. You just said about installing one from a friends machine.
Title: Re: boot problem
Post by: sltanahmad on July 14, 2010, 04:39:45 pm: yea i tried instaling it
do i have to format the hard drive for the computer to be able to work?
Title: Re: boot problem
Post by: Dark Mantis on July 14, 2010, 04:41:49 pm: You can only use a hard drive that is clean and formatted if it has come from another computer. So format the drive and then do a fresh install of Windows on it.
Title: Re: boot problem
Post by: sltanahmad on July 14, 2010, 04:45:37 pm: thanks...another thing...is my motherboard compatable with windows 7?
Title: Re: boot problem
Post by: Dark Mantis on July 14, 2010, 05:01:51 pm: I am not sure but I notice that it's compatible with Vista so I think that it probably is. The only thing is you would want more than 1Gb of RAM to run it properly. If you go on the Micro$oft website there is a tool on there for checking system compatibility for Windows 7.
Title: Re: boot problem
Post by: sltanahmad on July 14, 2010, 05:16:13 pm: yea i kno i will buy a hard drive from memory express but which one?
Title: Re: boot problem
Post by: Dark Mantis on July 14, 2010, 05:40:28 pm: Depends on your system and your requirements apart from how much you want to spend. I would get a SATA2 drive, size depending on your budget.