System freeze even at BIOS level - bad MB?

[Guest]

Hi,

I added a floppy drive to my system tonight, and now the whole thing
freezes after 1-3 minutes of being powered on. I even brought up the
BIOS setup and sure enough it froze there too! I've already tried
switching RAM and that didn't do it. Tried another video card, and
same thing. I've already disconnected the floppy drive in question.
Not sure where else to go since there's really nothing else to switch
out. Any ideas?

MB - DFI LanParty UT 250GB.

Thanks!

John

[Charles Howse]

Previously birdsnack@gmail.com wrote: Hi,
I added a floppy drive to my system tonight, and now the whole thing freezes after 1-3 minutes of being powered on. I even brought up the BIOS setup and sure enough it froze there too! I've already tried switching RAM and that didn't do it. Tried another video card, and same thing. I've already disconnected the floppy drive in question. Not sure where else to go since there's really nothing else to switch out. Any ideas?

First, a freeze at the BIOS level is only possible during BIOS calls.
What you more likely have is a hardware problem. Maybe you
disconnected the CPU fan or misaligned the CPU cooler accidentally?
1-3 minutes sounds like the typical time to crash on an insufficiently
cooled CPU. One fast way to find out is to go into the BIOS
and select the "system health" or "hardware monitoring" there.
This usually includes a CPU temperature monitor. Don't do this
too often. A CPU hot enough to crash is already taking permanent
damage.

Arno

[Michael Hawes]

<birdsnack@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1112335651.757415.210430@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... Hi, I added a floppy drive to my system tonight, and now the whole thing freezes after 1-3 minutes of being powered on. I even brought up the BIOS setup and sure enough it froze there too! I've already tried switching RAM and that didn't do it. Tried another video card, and same thing. I've already disconnected the floppy drive in question. Not sure where else to go since there's really nothing else to switch out. Any ideas? MB - DFI LanParty UT 250GB. Thanks! John
Remove cover and check CPU fan is running. Check in BIOS monitor section
that fan is at correct speed and what CPU temp is reported. Reseat cables to
motherboard. Clean and reseat RAM modules. How about some specs?
Mike.

[Sandesh Rai]

make sure that cable's are connected properly . and check the cpu fan
and make sure that cpu fan is seated properly on the cpu .