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System reboots after CPU upgrade
First of all, Im sorry if Im posting in the wrong section. It's hard to classify this problem of mine, so if it needs moving, please mods just make it so.
I have a desktop PC with an abit AW9D-Max mobo, 6 gigs of ram, and a couple of hard drives.
I was running a Core2Duo (e4400 I think?), and decided that I'd see what else fitted the mobo's socket (LGA 775), headed to eBay with my results and found a used QX6700 there, got it and it arrived here two days ago.
Installation went fairly smoothly, but when I booted into Windows 7, it restarted after showing me the desktop.
Further attempts to get things working spiraled downwards, safe mode worked, but no way to get normal mode to boot up.
Steps as follows:
- Tried to use a windows USB stick to repair start up, several times
- Updated the BIOS firmware from version 16 to 17
- Checked for temperature being an issue, doesn't seem that way (I even placed one of those portable A/Cs blasting cold air straight into the computer's open case).
*by this point, all of my USB devices except a mouse have been disconnected from the computer*
- Disabled the BIOS's safety features as far as temperature and voltage (re-enabled them after this was obviously not the problem)
- Reinstalled windows freshly: Installation went okay, but after the first reboot (before the prompts for Username and computer name, etc), it rebooted on its own again. Started fresh.
- Second attempt at clean install, went better, even got to Windows desktop. Opened IE8 to get Hardware Monitor to check my temperatures, as soon as IE opened up, automatic reboot (no BSOD or anything)
- Boot into safe mode. Safe mode works absolutely fine. Which makes me think there can't be something wrong with the new processor, otherwise Safe mode shouldn't work?
- Restart back into normal mode, random reboot again after getting to desktop.
So even a fresh install is not "holding up" before it automatically reboots
I have troubleshot this to the best of my knowledge, and now I need help.
My next few steps would be to remove the new processor and replace it with the (100% tested working) old one, and check if Windows works. I will be doing that soon. In the meantime, I'm leaving this thread up hoping for some more ideas.
Thanks
*update
Went into IE8 in Safe mode and got a random reboot. Safe mode is not working 100% either.