Thread: Freezing during boot, VIA EPIA ML-8000

I'm having an issue with my system. When I turn it on it gets to the VIA Bios splash screen that appears when it first boots up then just freezes there. Won't do anything else or advance any further. If I reset my CMOS settings with the jumper it'll boot up to where it tells me my settings have been reset and ask me to set them up.

I set them up, I've tried preformance and fail-safe optimizations. I'll save and exit and it will boot into windows. When it gets to the windows loading screen with the moving bar at the bottom it freezes at some point during that. If I reboot it from there I might get it to boot back to that windows screen again and freeze, but more often then not it freezes at the VIA splash screen.

The bad part is, is that this computer has basically been sitting in a drawer for a year now. It was a project I was starting and it got pushed to the back burner by a lot of other stuff. I finally got around to building the custom box for it and all and figured that before I did the final install of it all I'd pull it inside, update my music lists and copy of windows. And now the damned thing won't boot. I've had this thing running for a total of maybe 6 hours in its entire life.

I've tried swapping power outlets and power supplies. I've connected a 250W and a 300W desktop PSU to it with the same results. And I know both PSUs are good as they came out of working computers for the tests.

I'm at a loss and I think I'm going to have to accept that I need a new mobo. But I really don't have the money for a new one so I'm trying to maintain that small sliver of hope that it's salvagable.

Any suggestions, ideas, comments or help? Please?