System Wont Post After XP instillation

[kg3]

Hi everyone having a problem with my system the specs are as follows.


939- asrock dual sata II mothboard
amd 64 3700+
ati x800xt aiw
nec dvd-/+ rw
1gb of cosair vaule ram (2/512) in dual channel
im installing on an 80gb western digital ide hard drive
antec 420w psu

ok... so heres the problem i went to reformat windows as i do every six months or so... i start to reinstall... formated and did everything till windows went to reboot... rebooted and then same up with an os invaild or somthing to that affect, this happening after post. I then went and reformat again, and again same problem. So i then went to burn off another disc of winxp sp2 reformated it copied the files it needed rebooted and now it wont post. This is the exact screen that it hangs on without the happy beep that I ussually get.

AMIBIOS (C) 2005 American Megatrends, Inc.
939Dual-SATA2 BIOS P1.40
CPU : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3700+ (64bit supported)
Speed : 2.20 GHz

Press F11 for Boot Menu (does nothing when F11 is pressed)
Dual-Channel Memory Mode
1024mb OK
Auto-Dectecting Pri Master.. IDE Hard Disk
Auto-Dectecting Sec Master.. ATAPI CDROM
Pri Master : WDC WD800JB-00JJA0 05.01C05
Ultra DMA Mode-5, S.M.A.R.T. Capable but Disabled





0078 (in bottom right corner)


This all happend after trying out the new vista beta 2 which installed without any problems.
I've already cleared the CMOS by removing the battery for about an hour.

Thanxs for any suggestions
-kg3

[GaryRouth]

Seems like your first steps would be to test
1) hard drive (use the DataLifeGuard diagnostics for the Western Digital)
2) memory (you can try MemTest86+ http://www.memtest.org )
3) CD & CD-drive (try different disks and drives)

No post usually indicates hardware or Bios configuration trouble.

Best of luck
. . . Gary

( P.S. if the system can't make it through POST even when booted to a floppy diskette - try Hal's basic troubleshooter http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=12753 )

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late note: just saw another instance of that bios error at another forum - http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7488&

I noticed that you mention having taken out the battery & placing it in again - try either going through the Bios settings with your motherboard manual in hand - step-by-step - checking each one. If no time for that - try the "Save Defaults & Exit" method. That link to the Wimbios forum suggests an IDE misconfiguration as the problem.

If you CMOS battery is the 3v 2032 coin-type battery, it should only cost about $1.50 for a new one = it could be that the old one is kaput.

[kg3]

hey thanks for responding! I did the Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRTC1) as mentioned on the other board! guess taking the battery out dosent work on this board like it did on my old one! win xp is now installing thank you soo much for the help!

pcmech like always the most freindly place on the web for this type of stuff! thanx again and keep up the good work!