sometimes boot, sometimes not - weird!

[pc_dude]

hey folks, this one's pretty weird, to me at least.

first the specs:
1.33 athlon, 266fsb
a7m-266 +512mb crucial ddr
western digital 20gb
ibm 20gb
audigy platinum
elsa gladiac gts2
pioneer dvd slot drive
ricoh mp7060a cd burner
pinnacle studio tv
win98se

alright, after i put this machine together, it worked fine for a while. then, sporadically, the boot up would just hang with a black screen and a blinking underscore line in the upper left. HOWEVER, after ctrl alt deleting, the windows menu comes up as usual, and then if i select #2 "logged (bootlog.txt)" the computer boots fine. if i had selected "normal", then it hangs again with the blinking underscore.
you see, i am a+ certified and have troubleshooted a number of computers for about 2 years now, and yet i do not see anything obviously wrong with the software, os, or the hardware. and it's not like it hangs on every boot, sometimes it just boots fine. what bugs me the most is that there's no pattern to it, it just seems random.
anybody ever see this before? what did you do? any help out there, please?

[mjc]

Are there random, unexplainable crashes and/or reboots that go along with these random start hangs?

If so I'd seriously consider a new larger capacity power supply...heck with what you have listed there, not counting any coolers or case fans I would want at least a 350W...boot-up is the most power intensive time for a machine (everything is using power at once...well maybe not everything...but you get the idea), maybe even 365W, and that is to start.


Also try going through the step-by-step option to see if it is a particular driver causing it...

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[ranchdog]

Ease on over to the Asus website and check on a BIOS update.

Luck.



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