About DaZ FiZzle Expertise I can assist you with common problems and over-looks when assembling your pc. I can also assist with basic and advanced OS errors (XP & XP Pro Corporate are my specialty). My main weakness is Mac, and any other non-windows based operating systems. I'm also really rusty on anything prior to 98SE. I can offer advice on a range of software, codec, and driver needs. If you need help finding the right software for a job chances are I can point you toward it.
Experience 18 years total experience. About 2 years of that is from formal training in a classroom setting, the rest is through my own trial and error and of course from the very helpful tutorials found on the internet.
Organizations TCDE Tech Office
Education/Credentials 2 years at college and am currently working as a technician for the local department of education
Awards and Honors T.A.G. (Talented And Gifted),
Century 21 sponsored office award for exceeding 100WPM typing speed
Question QUESTION: i have an hp pavilion a450n pentium 4, 3.00E ghz,512 mb, 160gm, NVIDIA Geoforce FX5200 that quit working. I replaced the mobo with a new ASUS P4SD-LA (Oxford) and also upgraded the HD with a Western Digital 500gb, sata/16mg caviar blue and also upgraded to 1 g RAM. I cleared CMOS but still can't get machine to boot. Windows XP setup loads, but then I get the blue screen with session 3 error. Do I need to upgrade the atx (have 250W) to accommodate the other upgrades? Any help is appreciated to get my machine up and running. Thanks
ANSWER: hey llb,
250W is a very low capacity psu. an fx5200 isn't the most power hungry card out there but coupled with the sata drive and p4 it might be sucking too much juice for the psu to perform well. with that said i've heard of that error being caused by a corrupt HD before. can you verify that your new caviar wasn't doa in the first place? did it ever work, or can you try it in another pc? also if you have a spare hd around you should try it in your system. let me know if you don't figure it out.
good luck,
-DaZ
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QUESTION: HD works now that I replaced the 250W with an Antec Earthwatts 430W and now I need to re-install original Windows XP for my Windows XP upgrade to be acknowledged since new HD & mobo don't recognize XP ever being there. Waiting on ebay to find an original copy of XP--not easy since Vista is all that's out there & I want XP--thanks for your reply.
Answer yeah that's a bummer with getting a new mobo. even if you hadn't replaced the HDD and kept the one with the older XP installation you'd probably still be reinstalling as mobo replacements often require windows reinstallation (like 99%) of the time.
i've gotten away with not reinstalling before, but that was only when i bought a new mobo with the same BIOS type as the previous one i had installed.
take care yo,
-DaZ
