P4T-E lockup w/ 1.8 Ghz P4

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I'm running a P4T-E w/ P4 1.8Ghz, XP Pro, latest BIOS. Lately, the system
will lock up and not restart. When power is applied, everything powers up,
but the m/b doesn't post. Sometimes it takes 2 days of powing on and off
before it restarts, but then the motherboard reports a clock speed issue
with the processor and says it's in safe mode. When I first received the
system, it did this and I though it was defective. However, after several
minutes of it being turned on, it finally startup and I didn't have any more
trouble like that until recently. I've been through several BIOS upgrades
as they came out in hopes of trying to keep it stable, but it still happens.
Could it be a bad processor? Or is it a motherboard issue? The temperature
never reports very high. I've even tried pulling the memory and all other
cards to see if it would post any alarms, but nothing.
Any suggestions?

 

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The symptoms sound like a motherboard with an intermitent fault.

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"Jeffery Partridge" <jpartridge@merrymech.com> wrote in message
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> I'm running a P4T-E w/ P4 1.8Ghz, XP Pro, latest BIOS. Lately, the system
> will lock up and not restart. When power is applied, everything powers
> up,
> but the m/b doesn't post. Sometimes it takes 2 days of powing on and off
> before it restarts, but then the motherboard reports a clock speed issue
> with the processor and says it's in safe mode. When I first received the
> system, it did this and I though it was defective. However, after several
> minutes of it being turned on, it finally startup and I didn't have any
> more
> trouble like that until recently. I've been through several BIOS upgrades
> as they came out in hopes of trying to keep it stable, but it still
> happens.
> Could it be a bad processor? Or is it a motherboard issue? The
> temperature
> never reports very high. I've even tried pulling the memory and all other
> cards to see if it would post any alarms, but nothing.
> Any suggestions?
>
>

 

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Jeffery Partridge schrieb:

> I'm running a P4T-E w/ P4 1.8Ghz, XP Pro, latest BIOS. Lately, the system
> will lock up and not restart. When power is applied, everything powers up,
> but the m/b doesn't post. Sometimes it takes 2 days of powing on and off
> before it restarts, but then the motherboard reports a clock speed issue
> with the processor and says it's in safe mode. When I first received the
> system, it did this and I though it was defective. However, after several
> minutes of it being turned on, it finally startup and I didn't have any more
> trouble like that until recently. I've been through several BIOS upgrades
> as they came out in hopes of trying to keep it stable, but it still happens.
> Could it be a bad processor? Or is it a motherboard issue? The temperature
> never reports very high. I've even tried pulling the memory and all other
> cards to see if it would post any alarms, but nothing.
> Any suggestions?

Check for mounting issues like shorts due to standoffs in the wrong
places under the board.
Give the capacitors of the voltage regulator a close look - none of them
swollen or even showing signs of electrolyte on zop?
Try another (known good) power supply.

Stephan
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PC#6: i440BX, 2xP3-500E, 704 MiB, 18+80 GB, R9k AGP 64 MiB, 110W

 

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Thanks. I had pulled the processor last night when it happened again, and
it never beeped to complain about it. I know it's time for a new
motherboard.

"Stephan Grossklass" <sgrokla-nospam04q2@yahoo.de> wrote in message
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> Jeffery Partridge schrieb:
>
> > I'm running a P4T-E w/ P4 1.8Ghz, XP Pro, latest BIOS. Lately, the
system
> > will lock up and not restart. When power is applied, everything powers
up,
> > but the m/b doesn't post. Sometimes it takes 2 days of powing on and
off
> > before it restarts, but then the motherboard reports a clock speed issue
> > with the processor and says it's in safe mode. When I first received
the
> > system, it did this and I though it was defective. However, after
several
> > minutes of it being turned on, it finally startup and I didn't have any
more
> > trouble like that until recently. I've been through several BIOS
upgrades
> > as they came out in hopes of trying to keep it stable, but it still
happens.
> > Could it be a bad processor? Or is it a motherboard issue? The
temperature
> > never reports very high. I've even tried pulling the memory and all
other
> > cards to see if it would post any alarms, but nothing.
> > Any suggestions?
>
> Check for mounting issues like shorts due to standoffs in the wrong
> places under the board.
> Give the capacitors of the voltage regulator a close look - none of them
> swollen or even showing signs of electrolyte on zop?
> Try another (known good) power supply.
>
> Stephan
> --
> Home: http://stephan.win31.de/
> PC#6: i440BX, 2xP3-500E, 704 MiB, 18+80 GB, R9k AGP 64 MiB, 110W

 

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That's what I was thinking too.

"DaveW" <none@zero.org> wrote in message
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> The symptoms sound like a motherboard with an intermitent fault.
>
> --
> DaveW
>
>
>
> "Jeffery Partridge" <jpartridge@merrymech.com> wrote in message
> news:421e3d39$1_2@newsfeed.slurp.net...
> > I'm running a P4T-E w/ P4 1.8Ghz, XP Pro, latest BIOS. Lately, the
system
> > will lock up and not restart. When power is applied, everything powers
> > up,
> > but the m/b doesn't post. Sometimes it takes 2 days of powing on and
off
> > before it restarts, but then the motherboard reports a clock speed issue
> > with the processor and says it's in safe mode. When I first received
the
> > system, it did this and I though it was defective. However, after
several
> > minutes of it being turned on, it finally startup and I didn't have any
> > more
> > trouble like that until recently. I've been through several BIOS
upgrades
> > as they came out in hopes of trying to keep it stable, but it still
> > happens.
> > Could it be a bad processor? Or is it a motherboard issue? The
> > temperature
> > never reports very high. I've even tried pulling the memory and all
other
> > cards to see if it would post any alarms, but nothing.
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> >
>
>