Clean residue from CPU & heat sink. apply rice grain more but not less of paste and smear w/razor bld.

The only thing that comes to mind is dust/lint inside case. MIGHT also be a loose fan connection some where.

How long does it run before restart?

The OS has no idea who you are neither does it care. No correct password and you're out. Yellow lite is insufficient and/or intermittent power. New PSU at least or new AC adapt. and/or batt. ...

I'd go with nothing less than 3k for speed. For some, even that's a bit slow.

The contacts on mobo are of dirt and/or rust, if not that one module is DOA (extremely rare, give yourself benefit of doubt) Only place that I know of that actually checks modules is MicroCenter...

Did you actually REMOVE the modules or just poke at'em?
Seems to me that you were already at the prob. source then!

CHIPS is funny about drivers. Go to their site. They're gonna want specific info off of your specific board. Model #, and ver. to begin with, and maybe ser.# as well. BIOS strng. off of 1st boot...

no, ram is mute. power off, it's dead.

good as any. you gotta prob. or just fishing?

whether I should go with AMD or Pentium Both are good, however, you'll pay through the nose for a IBM chip.
faster FSB is better or faster processor speed is better FSB speed is fixed. Speed is...

Getting one from the manuf. is gonna be a pain. Best bet is to yank one out of one that is otherwise a gonner.

LOL. Server manuf.'s don't usualy give out that info unless you're a service tech, and THEY have to buy it. You get it, you'll end up doing the same. A lot more than the chip is a gonner. Lot...

Installed ram and page file (ram) is apples and oranges. Try letting the OS govern the page file size.
How the system board sees ram and how the OS sees ram is two different views. The system...

Duh, pardon! Are we talking apples or oranges here?
That's unknown system info, doesn't say anything as to any game's min/max requirements.

Apparently $$$ isn't much of an issue.
Games are CPU intense. Check your fav. games for min. CPU requirements, plan ahead 6-8 months for increased requirements. System ram min/max is dictated by...

For that kind of dough you could get a fairly decent bare bones system.
As for a mobo $200-300 would be far enough. That, of course doesn't include anything else.

How deep is your pocket?

General rule here. DON'T do someone else's homework.
Try your fav. search engine.

Fdisk then format, then try your install.

Beauty, as it were, is in the eye of the beholder.

Your sound device(s) aren't installed. The cause is referred to above in Normal's post. It's mostly a hardware issue presently. Until you get that part straightened out the software install will...

this may not help but be patient, have to start somewhere.

START > CONTROL PANEL > SOUNDS AND AUDIO DEVICES > AUDIO (TAB)

Is anything there greyed out?

You can get a decent board for $70-80 or so. The difference is gonna be the CPU & RAM which can be pricey. For gaming the faster the better, say something 2gh or better, the amount of ram is...

Assuming everything else is "THERE", settings in sound properties, etc. may need to be re-established. Can't guide you further, no idea what OS you're using.

Some machines came out with a feature such as dual bios. If that's the case then help is only a few steps away. If not then the bios chip will have to be replaced with one that has a useable bios...

This sort of prob. was evident in w98, it's ram threshhold was around 600mb and the BSOD was a common occurance. Anything more and you might actually get to desktop but the OS was unstable.
Such is...

Just HOW deep did you say your pocket is?

Annnnnnd this prob. continues when you change batt. and AC adapter?
If one of the above noted doesn't help it's a trip to the shop.

To start with just because your system board accepts the ram doesn't necessarily mean that the OS will. Ram overloads confuses windows which was exemplified in win98. That OS decided that anything...

What VC you use is a matter of individual choice.
If you use a VC with a different chipset then it rules, the onboard has no effect.
Basic rule is, if YOU like the way it delivers your video, then...

Semper Fi.
This may seem like Gen. Halftrack or at least Lt. Fuzz but this seems to be a hdwr. error, non-related to sftwr. you're apparently trying to solve it with.
PSU failing/failed?

er, is there a query here or are U musing?

Device drivers that aren't in the OS package either come from the addon card's manuf. (VIA?) or ASUS. It's possible but unlikely that you'll be successful w/MS.
If you aren't successful at one of...

error in(at this point): BIOS, board, CPU. generally in that order.
warranty?
most new hardware is usually quite stable, that said, there's always the possibility of a bad apple or combo thereof....

a little clarification needed.
at this point you are a) not getting anything b) a series of beeps.
if (a) then you might try removing/disconnecting everything and try another PSU that is known to...

2 beeps in board lingo usually indicates a VGA problem. try a different VGA card.

the problem with updates is that they aren't going to be compatable with any given application. which may or may not be the cause of your issue.
if the last line that you pasted is all you get then...

got 2nd hand the xcel named board a yr. or so ago. at the time there was about zip info on it. searching "Xcel2000" eventually led me to PCCHIPS, unfortunately the bios info "M741-LMRT-H" is a...

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...otherboard.jpg (http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...otherboard.jpg)
used to be that the same bios chip was used on a variety of boards. more recently tho...