Just finished my first build and getting some problems (components listed under My System). Without the case sides and top on, I powered up and had a look through the bios. Restarted a couple of times, only change was in SATA Config to change 'Configure SATA As' to AHCI. Not quite sure why I did this, but I did. I have SATA disk, SATA DVD writer and IDE DVD ROM installed. So, with case not together I didn't get any problems and bios reported CPU temp as 64F.
I put the case together then powered up and inserted the XP cd. It started booting and loading various drivers. Then it blue screened (I recall it mentioning something about running chkdsk). I restarted. At this point the machine just kept power-cycling. It would let me into BIOS but as soon as I came out I got 'Checking NVRAM' message then it would restart itself with no attemps to start loading XP. Repeat ad nauseum. I've changed the Configure SATA As back to IDE as well.
If I go into the bios, it reports seeing the 2GB memory and my CPU correctly. With case assembled bios shows a cpu temp of 71.5. Does that seem high?
I get one short beep at power up, presumably because I'm using a USB keyboard. Rest of POST msgs go past to quickly to see.
Thanks for any help,
Dave