Problem with newly built computer

Question

I just built a computer (first time ever) and here are my specs:
350 watt PSU that came with Enermax case (28A@+3.3V, 35A@+5V, 16A@+12V)
MSI K8N Neo Platinum
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
2x512 MB Kingston DDR400
ATI Radeon 9700 pro
When I turn it on, everthing works great...... it runs perfectly. Unfortunately, when I tried to install Windows XP pro, after it formatted my HD and tried to auto-reboot, the screen just went blank. The fans kept running, the DVD drive still looked active, everything looked fine except that nothing showed up on the monitor. In fact, because of this, I thought the monitor might be the problem so I swapped monitors but same thing happened.
I soon discovered that everytime I restart, the screen just goes blank. If I turn off the PSU and then back on and start the computer back up, it works fine again - it's only when I reboot.
BTW, my D-bracket stays at CPU initialization when I try to restart.
Over at http://www.techimo.com a guy suggested that the PSU probably was too weak. Is that the problem, or is my mobo screwed up or something else?
Thanks,
-Robert

Answer 1

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Originally posted by vlovich
As far as I remember, you can't install WinXP on one computer and then put the hard drive into another computer if the motherboards are different.
As for the error, does it occur on the new computer or the old computer.  If it's on the old computer, could it be that the hard drive is beyond the 137GB limit of old BIOSs?
Also, I've come across this when I overclocked to much.  I solved it by resetting the CMOS with the jumper.  You can look in the manual but its the jumper to the right of your CMOS batter (which is to the right of the 4th PCI slots).
It kind of looks like this:
Pin Pin Pin 3
Pin Pin Pin 2 --->Jumpered (little cap)
                      |
Pin Pin Pin 1 ---
To reset, physically unplug your power supply and wait a bit (like 5 seconds).  Then move the jumper so that it connects pin 2 and 3.  Wait 30 seconds.  Then put it back to connect pin 1 and 2 (important or your motherboard may break).  Voila, CMOS reset.
I was lucky, I just toke my HD from my old computer, putted it n my new config. And yes it worked after installing the additional drivers.