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Failure to fully boot into WinXP

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System used to work fine. I just rearranged my office, and when I hooked up my rig (AMD 940X4, MSI DKA790GX mobo, dual HD 5770, Corsair 650W PSU, 4GB RAM running WinXP Pro SP3), the system gives me a warning that system did not shutdown correctly - do I want to start windows normally or safemode (blah,blah,blah).

When I boot the system from the warning screen, it hangs on the first screen showing WinXP logo. When I view the setup, it appears the processor is not being recognized....can anyone give some advice on this one...can I do a restore with the WinXP CD, or do I have to flash the mobo BIOS?
 

Namslas90

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First, check to ensure CPU(and heatsink), Memory, GPU, etc is seated properly, then check all cables, both power and data. Check all this with hands not eyes. Then attempt reboot. If nothing-then reset cmos, check BIOS settings and try again. If nothing then insert XP CD and try Recovery. Should solve issue unless something got damaged.
 

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Boot Safe Mode, get up and running, then quit. Reboot into normal mode.
If all is well, your done.
If not then do a Windows Restore to a previous time.
If that doesn't work, then re-load from the Windows CD and try a Repair.
 
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If none of the above works, I strongly suggest clearing your CMOS like namslas90 suggested.
 
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Storage Vertex 2 60GB SSD, WD 250GB Cavair
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thanks to all who posted...I reset BIOS to reference values and system booted up fine...
 
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