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auzorann   09-07-2008 at 09:33:14 PM

i've got an a8n32 sli that has worked perfectly until recently. i used automatic update and after installing it wanted me to reboot. so i reboot the pc and when it got back to the windows xp logo i got a bsod.

after a while i finally figured out that if i use a PS2 mouse instead of a USB mouse it boots perfectly. as soon as i plug a USB mouse in i get the same bsod (something about the motherboard not being ACPI compliant).

strange thing is that i'm using a USB keyboard and a USB wireless internet drive and both of those work just fine.

this pc is running Windows XP SP2.

any help is greatly appreciated.

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auscanzukus   09-08-2008 at 02:48:12 PM
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Load bios default.

Update your mouse driver.

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auzorann   09-08-2008 at 06:51:43 PM
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i've tried that. i've even reinstalled the chipset drivers.

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grid212   07-26-2009 at 12:34:56 PM
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auzorann wrote :

i've got an a8n32 sli that has worked perfectly until recently. i used automatic update and after installing it wanted me to reboot. so i reboot the pc and when it got back to the windows xp logo i got a bsod.

after a while i finally figured out that if i use a PS2 mouse instead of a USB mouse it boots perfectly. as soon as i plug a USB mouse in i get the same bsod (something about the motherboard not being ACPI compliant).

strange thing is that i'm using a USB keyboard and a USB wireless internet drive and both of those work just fine.

this pc is running Windows XP SP2.

any help is greatly appreciated.




Unfortunately this is a known issue with the ASUS A8N32 and Windows XP SP3. ASUS have released a firmware update for the A8N motherboard (1409) however this didn't make any difference on the machine I upgraded. There are several workarounds however, see my reply on this thread for a cure:

http://social.technet.microsoft.co [...] e7f0fc3381

I hope that helps.

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smackdab   07-27-2009 at 02:34:31 AM
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Hi Auzorann,

I too have encountered this issue with my A8N32. I started getting the same BSOD when I added a 3rd SATA hard drive. I found a fix on-line but I have no idea why it works. It works for me though.

My rig boots Windows XP pro, Vista ultimate, or Windows 7. I only encounter the BSOD problem when booting into XP. I use a USB mouse and a USB keyboaard.

The fix I found was plugging a large USB flash drive into one of my USB ports. When I say large I mean larger than 2GB. I use an 8GB drive I had spare. I tried a 512MB drive and it did not work. Try booting with the USB flash drive plugged in. I just leave mine in a spare USB port in the back of my computer.

Why this works? Beats me.

By the way, I am running the very latest BIOS for my board. The release notes indicated that it would fix this (or a similar sounding problem) but the BIOS did not fix the problem I had.

Give it a try and let us know if it works for you.

smackdab

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