Re: Serious Problems
From: Cari \(MS-MVP\) (Newsgroups1_at_coribright.com)
Date: 05/18/04
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Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 11:57:38 -0700
Did you install the motherboard drivers? Is there an updated BIOS for the
motherboard. Check for both at the motherboard manufacturer's website.
-- Cari MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware www.coribright.com "Tom" <tommamba@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:ec6b01c43cfb$760651c0$a001280a@phx.gbl... > Well, I posted everywhere else I could think of, so here > goes: > > Computer Specs: > > Asus A7N8X-Delxe > Athlon 2100 (not sure on the 2100....) > 430 W Power Supply > 1 Gig Crucial RAM > FX5900XT w/ 128 MB RAM Video Card > 80 Gig Western Digital HD > Windows XP Home w/ SP 1 > > If I missed any system specs, let me know. Here's my > story: > > Once upon a time (1.5 months ago) I had a 5700 Ultra Video > Card and 500 MB of RAM in this machine. I was getting BSOD > with various Page Fault and Not less then errors while > playing Mechwarrior, Battlefield Vietnam, or Call of Duty. > > Doing some research, all signs pointed me to either faulty > system memory or video memory. > > I ran memtest86 and got no errors. Then I ran Prime95 and > got errors right off the bat that pointed me to bad RAM. > So, seeing as I was in need for a RAM upgrade anyways, I > bought the Crucial Gig of RAM and swapped them out and > also did a complete new re-format and installation of XP. > > A day or two later, again, more BSOD. To check for Video > Card problems, I changed out to an old Ti4200(?) I had and > lo and behold had no problems. Thinking I'd narrowed down > the problem as being a faulty video card, I bought a new > 5900XT to "upgrade" from the 4200. > > Once putting the 5900XT in, it ran OK for a few days and > then again, I started getting random crashes and > BSOD....all with varying error messages, no consistency. > When I got a hard lock with no errors, I checked the > system log file and found I was getting W32 Time errors. > > Figuring I malfed up the driver install, I went to do a > complete format and reinstall yesterday morning. > > Now is where it gets REALLY weird: I couldn't get the > damned thing to format. I would get BSOD during format > with no "true" error defined OR it would complete the > format all the way to 100%, I would here the CD drive wind > as if starting the windows install, but no windows > install....it would just hang indefinitely @ 100% format. > > Cranked it up one more time and reformatted and left the > house for errands. Came back and windows was installing, > asking for my CD Key, etc. > > Windows loaded....then I started by installing my Mobo > drivers. Reboot. Downloaded nVidia Video Card drivers. > Half-way through the video card install the computer hung > up. > > Restarted and installed Vcard drivers. Reboot. Navigating > through windows I had an error screen pop up saying that > the computer had a problem and was re-starting in 60 > seconds or something like that. I couldn't write the error > message down fast enough. > > Computer shuts off, I start it back up again and > immediately get this same "shutting down" error. > > &*@#$ it. I go to reformat AGAIN and I'm back to not being > able to get past the format. So, I know the RAM is OK and > the Video Card is OK so I try a different spare hard drive > and it still won't get past the format screen and install > windows. > > I think I have ruled out: > > RAM > Video Card > Hard Drive > > Have not ruled out: > > Motherboard (It's the only thing I don't have a spare > of....) > > Thoughts? Suggestions? Help?!?!?!?!???? > > __________________________ >
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