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geostuff · 11-10-2008, 06:54 AM

I know the IE7 thing may be circumstantial but here is what happened: I set up a RAID 0/1 array using Intel Matrix Storage Technology, using 2 Seagate 500GB hard drives. Next I installed Windows XP (my disk only has the plain jane version with no service packs), the mobo drivers, SP2 and the graphics card. Once that was all working fine I installed IE7, restarted the computer and - poof - all of a sudden now I cannot get into BIOS or windows without the computer switching itself off. The only thing I can do is use the ASUS Express Gate, which seems to work just fine until I try to exit and start windows or BIOS.

This is the first rig I have built in about 7 years, so I had a bit of catching up to do to get the install to go smoothly; I had to re-install windows a second time because I didn't set up the RAID array properly, and the graphics card wouldn't work unless I installed SP2 first, etc. Damn MS for requiring a floppy to get XP to work using a RAID array!

All seemed to be fine, now I am beside myself! Any ideas before I start diagnosing a hardware problem?

11-10-2008, 06:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
geostuff Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4 OS: winXP SP2	Won't go into BIOS or start windows(XP SP2) right after installing IE7 I know the IE7 thing may be circumstantial but here is what happened: I set up a RAID 0/1 array using Intel Matrix Storage Technology, using 2 Seagate 500GB hard drives. Next I installed Windows XP (my disk only has the plain jane version with no service packs), the mobo drivers, SP2 and the graphics card. Once that was all working fine I installed IE7, restarted the computer and - poof - all of a sudden now I cannot get into BIOS or windows without the computer switching itself off. The only thing I can do is use the ASUS Express Gate, which seems to work just fine until I try to exit and start windows or BIOS. This is the first rig I have built in about 7 years, so I had a bit of catching up to do to get the install to go smoothly; I had to re-install windows a second time because I didn't set up the RAID array properly, and the graphics card wouldn't work unless I installed SP2 first, etc. Damn MS for requiring a floppy to get XP to work using a RAID array! All seemed to be fine, now I am beside myself! Any ideas before I start diagnosing a hardware problem? __________________ My Rig: ASUS P5E3 Deluxe WiFi@n/Intel Q9550@2.83GHz/1333MHz FSB/2x2GB DDR3 Corsair XMS3/eVGA GeForce9800GTX+ Superclocked/2x500GB Seagates in RAID 0 and 1 array/Thermaltake Armor+/running winXP SP2