July 23, 200817 yr I have a strange issue in the computer that I built for my wife, and am anxious to fix it before she takes over mine :)The PC is an AMD Athlon single core in an A8N32-SLI Delux, with 2X 1GB sticks of RAM. I have 2 SATA HD's in RAID0, and one stand-alone (non-RAID) SATA drive for backup. It ASEL, Instrument. KBJC, Colorado.
July 28, 200817 yr Hi Bruce,Aren't computers fun!!!Have you booted into safe mode since you were able to load XP? Have you tried to restore to an earlier date (prior to the non-boot date) to see if the problem resolves itself?I just rebuilt the motion base computer on Air Orlando's flight simulator www.flyairorlando.com because of some power supply issues.Also started working on my Commercial ticket.W. Sieffert Bill Sieffert
July 28, 200817 yr Author Hi Bill, good to hear from you.Good luck on the commercial ticket. I have never gone beyond the instrument rating- but one day I might. We were down in your neck of the woods in June briefly for a conference (FLL- I ASEL, Instrument. KBJC, Colorado.
July 28, 200817 yr Author Past the editing period of my reply Bill :)You ask if I could boot to Safe Mode, and yes, as long as the USB mouse is not connected when I reboot then I could. Is there anything to do in Safe Mode that could help me out here?Thanks, Bruce. ASEL, Instrument. KBJC, Colorado.
August 3, 200817 yr None that I can suggest. I wonder if the USB interface chip to a power hit and is causing the problem. It does seem to be a hardware problem at this point.W. Sieffert Bill Sieffert
August 3, 200817 yr Author Thanks for your reply,After replacing everything esle including the PSU, I replace the motherboard yesterday and now all is well. I've never had one fo those go before.Thanks for your help in this,Bruce. ASEL, Instrument. KBJC, Colorado.
August 18, 200817 yr Hi Bruce,Hopefully, you had some warrenty on the MOBO!! It is amazing that more hardware doesn't fail, with all the digital chips running around on the MOBOs. We always want to blame the software.W. Sieffert Bill Sieffert
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