Motherboard sugestions
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Motherboard sugestions
My resently bought Asus P4P800 Dlx is giving me problems so I am going to exchange it for another board.
Whichboard would u guys recommed ???
Whichboard would u guys recommed ???
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Re: Motherboard sugestions
What's wrong with it?pcgamer wrote:My resently bought Asus P4P800 Dlx is giving me problems so I am going to exchange it for another board.
Well this is the third one and if u go to this site I explained it with detail.
Please help Ralf (u have the same mobo and cpu)
http://forums.techguy.org/t229077.html
Please help Ralf (u have the same mobo and cpu)
http://forums.techguy.org/t229077.html
I read the responses at the provided link and think the advice given was valid. I also agree that it is very unlikely that you've gotten three identically malfunctioning motherboards in a row.
Start by connecting only video, CPU, RAM & power. Disconnect any USB devices headers, PCI cards etc. You should be able to boot to BIOS. If so, load & save default settings. Now, install your Hard drive, but use the onboard chipset EIDE controller. Do not use the pci EIDE controller. Performance will be the same or better using the chipset EIDE controller. See if your PC now boots. If so, start connecting other devices one at a time, checking for stable operation. If not, connect your optical drive and reinstall windows once again. May not be necessary, but I suggest deleting & recreating the primary partition & doing a full format of that partition. Good luck
Start by connecting only video, CPU, RAM & power. Disconnect any USB devices headers, PCI cards etc. You should be able to boot to BIOS. If so, load & save default settings. Now, install your Hard drive, but use the onboard chipset EIDE controller. Do not use the pci EIDE controller. Performance will be the same or better using the chipset EIDE controller. See if your PC now boots. If so, start connecting other devices one at a time, checking for stable operation. If not, connect your optical drive and reinstall windows once again. May not be necessary, but I suggest deleting & recreating the primary partition & doing a full format of that partition. Good luck
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I agree with the guy that was helping you at Techguy. 1) It's not the mobo. Three out of three "bad" ones with the exact same problem is nearly impossible. 2) Ditch the controller card and plug the HDD directly into the IDE port. 3) Using the OS install disk, blow out any and all partitions and reformat the drive, only after you have it hooked up directly to the mobo's IDE channel. 4) Do like bomba suggests and try the OS install with an absolutely minimal config, including only one stick of RAM. You may as well run Memtest86 on your memory before you try installing the OS again.pcgamer wrote:Well this is the third one and if u go to this site I explained it with detail.
Please help Ralf (u have the same mobo and cpu)
http://forums.techguy.org/t229077.html