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sivart7555 · 12-09-2007, 01:55 PM

I have a homebuilt computer that my friend was building. I am not new to building computers/troubleshooting them, I am just stuck here...

The system specs are:
Intel D850GB Motherboard
Intel Pentium 4 1.7ghz
128mb PC800 (x2 for a total of 256)
Western Digital 80GB HDD
Basic cd-Rom
Basic 128mb video card.

The problems i am having are that the computer hangs on the install of any os. I put the windows cd in, it says press enter to install windows, you press enter and it goes to a blinking cursor and that is it. On the install of any linux, it hangs right after the cd boots. I can get win 98 to install but right after the first restart it hangs with the blinking cursor.

I have replaced everything except for the motherboard, the RAm, and the CPU.

Which of those three could it be?

12-09-2007, 01:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
sivart7555 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 7 OS: Win xp MCE 2005	Stumped. Freezing Os's I have a homebuilt computer that my friend was building. I am not new to building computers/troubleshooting them, I am just stuck here... The system specs are: Intel D850GB Motherboard Intel Pentium 4 1.7ghz 128mb PC800 (x2 for a total of 256) Western Digital 80GB HDD Basic cd-Rom Basic 128mb video card. The problems i am having are that the computer hangs on the install of any os. I put the windows cd in, it says press enter to install windows, you press enter and it goes to a blinking cursor and that is it. On the install of any linux, it hangs right after the cd boots. I can get win 98 to install but right after the first restart it hangs with the blinking cursor. I have replaced everything except for the motherboard, the RAm, and the CPU. Which of those three could it be?