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Boot loop after switching around a few things
My computer goes into a boot loop whenever I try to start it. This began after I got a few 'new' parts (they were new to me) from an older computer I received, namely a graphics card and a power supply.
I installed said parts to a working computer I have, and started it up. Now, this is what is currently happening; I press the power button on the case, lights and fans start up, everything sounds okay. One beep sounds (IIRC that means everything's a-okay) and it gets to the mobo manufacturer's custom Press X to POST Press X to Run BIOS Setup splash screen/graphic. On the Starting Windows screen, and this is where it happens. Normally in Windows 7 there is a sort of animation on that screen that looks something like small bubbles (we'll call it that) spiraling and eventually creating the iconic Windows logo. I don't get that animation. I see two parallel bubbles and the computer immediately restarts. Cue the same exact process, over and over and over. I get no option for safe mode, startup repair doesn't help. It's endless.
I just got a new Motherboard, CPU and RAM from newegg that I ordered a few days ago. I thought this would fix the problem. It didn't, it's still happening. I thought, oh, since the mobo, CPU and RAM are brand new it might be a hard drive problem. So, I switched out a hard drive with one I have from a prebuilt computer, same endless reboot process.
I would also like to point out that a 500GB hard drive I got from the older computer I wrote about in the first sentences, turned out to be identical to the one I have in my prebuilt, so I switched it out to see what I could find. I found Windows Vista and it was password protected, so I figured I wouldn't bother with trying to crack it. I proceeded to install Windows 7 Ultimate on it and wanted to give it to a friend since I had no use for it and he only had a 160GB laptop hard drive. I loaded up games and programs on the hard drive, and went to his place. Hooked it up, and whaddaya know; same boot loop problem. Don't know if this detail might help.
I've tried searching around on forums and here and on google, but the boot loop posts I find are mostly old and don't have any relation to my specific problem.
Help would be very much appreciated, and I can provide any other info, just ask.
Thanks