Hi, My HDD froze on me after the machine was up and running for some time, i had to hit reset to restart the machine. That worked ok for about 24 hours and then froze again. so i hit reset. after doing that the machine would not boot so i suspected that it was a hard drive failure and took the drive out and switched it on again. nothing!! so do you reckon it is a duff motherboard?? any help would be great cherrs phill

My guess would be a bad power supply Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 8 x 210MHz 768MB PC3200 Asus A9550 128MB/128-bit Gamer Edition WinME/WinXP Pro

Is the drive new or old? Have you run any drive diagnostic programs on it? Check the manufacturer's website...they may have a diagnostic prog. to use. A bit more info is needed to look further into your problem such as: motherboard type (model), hard drive type, OS and any other useful info such as hardware/software changes prior to the harddrive problems. Also, check your drive cables to make sure they are fit snugly and correctly. Try to run the drive on it's own cable w/no other drive attached and see if you have the same problem. Hope this helps...post back w/more details. **FYI....bad ram and also a bad power supply can cause the same symptoms; a bad motherboard has many symptoms but it is usually the last thing you should look to replace after checking all other peripherals. Sempron 2400+ OCed to 2.2GHZ Abit NF7-S2 1 GB PC3200 Ram Thermaltake T2-M4 HSF rmackie@microtailors.com www.microtailors.com

Hey thanks for the suggestions so far. Ok, here goes, further testing has confirmed that the HDD does work and is ok. When you switch the machine on it does not even start to boot which makes me think either MB or psu. Sys specs FIC AN11 VIA KT266? Athlon Thunderbird 1200Mhz 768 MB PC2100 DDR 30GB Segate 100MB Lan Matrox G450 ETV 32MB Creative Live Platinum 5.1 Phoenix ?? Bios Rev ??? (original settings) Windows XP SP2 No reasent hardware or software changes, system has been stable for over two years. Any help would be appreicated. Cheers Phill

When you power on, do you get the drives spinning and/or any type of memory check/post information? Can you enter the BIOS setup? Have you cleared CMOS ? If you have, try clearing it again but this time removing the CMOS battery for about 20 minutes, unplugging your power the supply/wall and then after 20 minutes or so, re-install the battery, reposition your jumper back to normal and try to boot again. If it still doesn't boot you may have a bad BIOS chip (first guess) or possibly bad capacitors. Those are just a few guesses so post back with what you find and hopefully you can get up and running again soon. I had a board die on me (brand new Abit NF7-S2) and I removed the BIOS chip, ordered a new one and within a week i received it and woila...it worked. Sempron 2400+ OCed to 2.2GHZ Abit NF7-S2 1 GB PC3200 Ram Thermaltake T2-M4 HSF rmackie@microtailors.com www.microtailors.com