It's a kinda long story, but here it goes:
I had an old motherboard that I gave to my uncle 3 years ago, it had an AMD Athlon XP processor and other junk I wasn't going to use anymore. Destiny acted itself and I've got that old motherboard again (only this time it's WAY older and I don't quite remember the technical specs anymore, heh! <!-- s;) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt=";)" title="Wink" /><!-- s;) -->).
I decided to get to work this old junk on my vacations and I'm having a very strange problem with it, I've installed the processor and fans correctly, but once the computer starts and makes the post tests it sometimes won't start after that, I thought it could be the CMOS battery, so I bought a new one and installed it, I deleted the old CMOS config and started it from scratch, it now starts normally, but still stops after the post tests sometimes it passes that screen and enters Winblows, but it hangs on the starting screen. Another strange thing is that sometimes it shows garbage on screen when entering BIOS (strange characters, flashing stuff, etc.), I thought it could be the video card, I've tested another one, but it makes the same stuff. I'm lost here, I'm just posting this to tell my strange story and who knows, maybe someone here can give me a clue on what the damn problem could be! I'm stressed out! <!-- s:x --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_mad.gif" alt=":x" title="Mad" /><!-- s:x --> <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: -->
Any help you can provide will be appreciated, thanks!