i just put this pc together with some extra parts i have collected over the months and i got it all together. specs: amd sempron 2600 msi mainboard kt4a-v 512 pc 3200 512 pc 2100 ati 9250 video card 350 psu 60 gb seagate hd IDE Once i finally got xp installed everything was workin fine. Installed motherboard drivers and audio. Restarted and it said a file was corrupt and missing. I fixed that and now it gets to the xp boot screen it just restarts. I tried the xp recovery console and ran chkdsk and it had some errors. And it said it repaired them. But for some reason it still keeps restarting. Any ideas on what could be causing this? XP Pro Intel Core 2 Quad 6600 2.4Ghz @ 3.0Ghz Asus Striker Extreme 2GB PC 6400 3-3-3-8 500 Gb Hd 320 Gb Hd 2 8800GTS OC 320 in sli

Could you post more detailed specs on the psu ? Can you check the cpu temperature, preferably in the bios ? What is the FSB at ? The RAM you are using might not be compatible. See http://www.msicomputer.com/msiforms... However, it appears to perhaps be a software issue.

psu is actually 330watts, the ram is compatible ive been to the msi site plenty of times and checked. ive even taken one stick out to see if the ram was dead. Cpu temp is around 45C and the rated fsb is 200mhz. XP Pro Intel Core 2 Quad 6600 2.4Ghz @ 3.0Ghz Asus Striker Extreme 2GB PC 6400 3-3-3-8 500 Gb Hd 320 Gb Hd 2 8800GTS OC 320 in sli

According to the website I listed above, pc 3200 is not supported with a FSB of 200 mhz.

hmm ok well thanks i will take that stick out and just try it with the pc2100 and see if that works. XP Pro Intel Core 2 Quad 6600 2.4Ghz @ 3.0Ghz Asus Striker Extreme 2GB PC 6400 3-3-3-8 500 Gb Hd 320 Gb Hd 2 8800GTS OC 320 in sli

"Cpu temp is around 45C and the rated fsb is 200mhz" All socket A Semprons run at 166MHz (333MHz FSB). The 2600+ is *supposed* to run at 11 x 166MHz (1.83GHz). I'm not sure if you have the CPU frequency underclocked to 100MHz (200MHz FSB) or overclocked to 200MHz (400MHz FSB)? "512 pc 3200 512 pc 2100" You're forcing both sticks of RAM to run at 133MHz (DDR266). Ideally, they should both run at the same frequency as the CPU. "And that's the fishing line, because Sharkboy said so!"

yeah its underclocked right now it automatically did that when i checked it in the bios, after i get xp installed and working ill put the fsb to 166. Yeah i know that that ram will run at the same frequency. But i only have one stick of each. i would rather have 1 gig of ram than just one stick of 512 running at a faster speed. XP Pro Intel Core 2 Quad 6600 2.4Ghz @ 3.0Ghz Asus Striker Extreme 2GB PC 6400 3-3-3-8 500 Gb Hd 320 Gb Hd 2 8800GTS OC 320 in sli