Need some help getting my AMD 64 + Chaintech mobo to work.

[AncientPC]

Specs:
* AMD 64 3000+ (socket 939, 90nm)
* 2GB PC3200 Kingston HyperX Dual Channel DDR
* Chaintech NVF4 nForce 4 Ultra chipset
* Sapphire Radeon X300
* 2 x 120GB WD SATA hdds
* NEC 3520A 16x DVD+/-RW

http://xanga.ancientpc.net/ancientpc.jpg

I'm getting an idle temp of 21ºC! /images/graemlins/grin.gif I'm used to 60ºC - 72ºC.

I'm running into a lot of problems though.

1) My existing ATX power supply doesn't exactly fit:
http://xanga.ancientpc.net/mobo_power.jpg

2) Installing WinXP SP1 or SP2 gives me BSODs upon login. IE crashes when I go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/, and I can't open up that page with Firefox. /images/graemlins/mad.gif

3) I can't install WinXP 64-bit Professional, it gives me this error:
http://xanga.ancientpc.net/xp64_error.gif

4) I can't run certain random programs like Outlook which gives me this error:
http://xanga.ancientpc.net/outlook_error.gif

Anybody have any ideas? I'm kinda lost here. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Sponger15SB]

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Specs:
* AMD 64 3000+ (socket 939, 90nm)
* 2GB PC3200 Kingston HyperX Dual Channel DDR
* Chaintech NVF4 nForce 4 Ultra chipset
* Sapphire Radeon X300
* 2 x 120GB WD SATA hdds
* NEC 3520A 16x DVD+/-RW

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I hate you.

[AncientPC]

If anyone cares I found the answer to the PSU question.

I can use 20-pin + 4-pin connections or the 24-pin connection by itself.

[wacki]

How is that mobo with all 4 slots filled. Does it affect stability?

[AngryCola]

You have a lot of problems here.
I'm not sure where to start.

I think that I'm going to need a bit of history here.
Are you just now installing a new mobo into a previous setup, etc.?

Sometimes a complete wipe is the best thing to do when installing a new mobo. You don't always have to do it that way, but it will most likely save you a lot of trouble.

[The once and future king]

WHy hobble this system with an X300, or do you not play games?

[AncientPC]

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You have a lot of problems here.
I'm not sure where to start.

I think that I'm going to need a bit of history here.
Are you just now installing a new mobo into a previous setup, etc.?

Sometimes a complete wipe is the best thing to do when installing a new mobo. You don't always have to do it that way, but it will most likely save you a lot of trouble.

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My old board was an nForce2 board (Abit AN7). I Ghosted the OS to an SATA drive and then did an XP repair with the new mobo.

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WHy hobble this system with an X300, or do you not play games?

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I purposely got a POS vid card because I don't want to be playing games.

[Leo99]

I gotta agree with AngryCola. I think you've got some registry conflicts and/or memory allocation/IRQ type of errors. A clean reformat and reinstall of your O/S and apps would be best. You may, may, be able to get by with a reinstall of your O/S and then an uninstall and reinstall of all your apps. Since you have dual hard drives, you should be able to move all your documents, pics, mp3s and whatnots to one drive and reformat the other drive.

[AncientPC]

A second attempt at installing WinXP SP2 worked (all other problems were fixed too) after not changing anything, which only leads me to believe that I may have faulty RAM.

[AngryCola]

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which only leads me to believe that I may have faulty RAM

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Why?

Just curious.

[AncientPC]

I looked up the stop codes on MSKB.

[Terry]

http://www.memtest86.com/

[AngryCola]

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I looked up the stop codes on MSKB.

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Ah, carry on then. /images/graemlins/smile.gif