Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/72660/ 2009-01-09T02:51:07-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/72660/ http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/halogo.gif text/html 2008-10-11T18:38:45-05:00 Joshua Marius http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/72660/#546419 <br /> I'd start with several diagnostics first. Components can go bad after any time of use (days, months, years, etc.).<br /> <br /> - Start by clearing your BIOS/CMOS to make sure there are no incorrect settings that may have cause the problem.<br /> <br /> - Test out your memory with memtest86.<br /> <br /> - Check your voltages and make sure you power supply is stable. text/html 2008-10-09T16:37:36-05:00 Chris Mason http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/72660/#0 So i added a new asus EAH-3450 2 weeks ago. Everything has been running great, but the last 3 days I've had a difficult time booting up.<br /> <br /> Normally, on boot, my computer does 3-4 beeps, shows the ATI xpress 200 splash screen (the motherboard chipset), then just starts up.<br /> <br /> The past 3 days, It does not do this all the time. Each morning, I turn on the computer, the ATI screen shows up, but it never beeps, and just freezes. After I fiddle with things for a little while and turn it back on, it still takes a minute, but eventually the beeps start and it kicks into gear.<br /> <br /> However, in the afternoon, it seems to normally start up fine, beeps and everything.<br /> <br /> The computer is not sluggish, and the only thing changed in the past half year is the video card.<br /> <br /> I do not overclock, and the only component that looks to be running hot is one of the hard drives (it does not have any essential data on it).<br /> <br /> So far, I've detached each hard drive separately, but that did not change anything.<br /> <br /> Does anyone have any idea what might be happening? Specs are below for reference<br /> <br /> AMD 64 3200+ Socket 754<br /> TUL x-press 200 ati motherboard<br /> 2 gb 3200 geil ram<br /> ASUS EAH-3450 256 ram PCI express card<br /> Lite-on 8x DVD-RW<br /> Sony 16x DVD-Rom<br /> Hauppauge pvr 150<br /> Hauppauge PVR 150-mce<br /> Audigy 2 ZX Platinum<br /> 80 gb Maxtor HD (boot drive)<br /> 250 gb WD HD (2 partitions)