Hi, all!
My System:
GA-P35-DS3L v 2.0 (BIOS F6)
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz, 3200 MHz (+Scythe Katana 2)
Kingston 1GB 800MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 DIMM (KVR800D2N5/1G) x1
Seasonic 380W
Gigabyte Radeon X600 Pro (+Passive Cooling)
Silicon Image SiI 0680 Ultra-ATA/133 Medley RAID Controller
Hitachi Deskstar 80 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133 (HDS728080PLAT20)
Seagate Barracuda 160 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100 (ST3160021A)
TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H552B
Floppy Drive
USB 2.0 Multi-Card Drive
Windows 2000 Professional SP4
NOT Overclocking
All components are supposed to be compatible
RAM has been mostly on the 3rd slot for space issues.
My problem:
I had this mobo (and setup) working since early september with no problems at all until about a couple of weeks ago.
The first weird thing that happened was my cpu fan not starting. I thought nothing of it at the time. The fan was fairly new, but stuff happens. I replaced it.
Some days later I turn on the PC and - nothing. Fans turned but no boot, no beep, no post, no drives powering on. A few hours later it was working again and then it was dead again.
I tried taking out the battery and clearing the cmos.
It worked for another couple of days, then went back to being dead.
I took everything out of the case and proceed to test it. I thought it was either the mobo or the RAM.
Out of the case it was running again. None of the components seemed to have a problem. I ran memtest for 20 passes and the RAM showed no probs. And that old fan turned out to be working just fine.
I checked if there was any chance of something being shorting out with the case (saw nothing) and even went as far as insulating all the screws with paper!
I put everything back into the case.
It worked fine for another 12 days. And then it died again...
I took it out again, tested everything again (except for running memtest), cleared de cmos with a screwdriver for some 10 seconds (didn't reset the BIOS). When I turned the PC back on it worked again and it's now working on the floor and under the desk as I type.
My Question:
So I'm now thinking something in my BIOS settings is probably not getting along with the system.
It occurred to me that for the first 6 months I used the PC for little more than surfing the web and writing, but this last week I went back to working with Photoshop and 3D, and having a lot of stuff running at the same time and putting a stress on the hardware.
I don't usually mess with the BIOS except for basic config, don't know that much about it, and might be missing something here.
Here my MIT settings:
Robust Graphics Booster [Auto]
CPU Frequency 3.20GHz (200x16)
CPU Host Clock Control [Disabled]
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) (200)
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) [Auto]
C.I.A.2 [Disabled]
Performance Enhance [Standard]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) [Auto]
Memory Frequency (Mhz) 800 800
System Voltage Control [Manual]
DDR2 OverVoltage Control [Normal]
PCI-E OverVoltage Control [Normal]
FSB OverVoltage Control [Normal]
(G)MCH OverVoltage Control [Normal]
CPU Voltage Control [Normal]
Normal CPU Vcore 1.36250V
Any thoughts?
(Oh, and sorry for the long post... ^^j)
My System:
GA-P35-DS3L v 2.0 (BIOS F6)
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz, 3200 MHz (+Scythe Katana 2)
Kingston 1GB 800MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 DIMM (KVR800D2N5/1G) x1
Seasonic 380W
Gigabyte Radeon X600 Pro (+Passive Cooling)
Silicon Image SiI 0680 Ultra-ATA/133 Medley RAID Controller
Hitachi Deskstar 80 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133 (HDS728080PLAT20)
Seagate Barracuda 160 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100 (ST3160021A)
TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H552B
Floppy Drive
USB 2.0 Multi-Card Drive
Windows 2000 Professional SP4
NOT Overclocking
All components are supposed to be compatible
RAM has been mostly on the 3rd slot for space issues.
My problem:
I had this mobo (and setup) working since early september with no problems at all until about a couple of weeks ago.
The first weird thing that happened was my cpu fan not starting. I thought nothing of it at the time. The fan was fairly new, but stuff happens. I replaced it.
Some days later I turn on the PC and - nothing. Fans turned but no boot, no beep, no post, no drives powering on. A few hours later it was working again and then it was dead again.
I tried taking out the battery and clearing the cmos.
It worked for another couple of days, then went back to being dead.
I took everything out of the case and proceed to test it. I thought it was either the mobo or the RAM.
Out of the case it was running again. None of the components seemed to have a problem. I ran memtest for 20 passes and the RAM showed no probs. And that old fan turned out to be working just fine.
I checked if there was any chance of something being shorting out with the case (saw nothing) and even went as far as insulating all the screws with paper!
I put everything back into the case.
It worked fine for another 12 days. And then it died again...
I took it out again, tested everything again (except for running memtest), cleared de cmos with a screwdriver for some 10 seconds (didn't reset the BIOS). When I turned the PC back on it worked again and it's now working on the floor and under the desk as I type.
My Question:
So I'm now thinking something in my BIOS settings is probably not getting along with the system.
It occurred to me that for the first 6 months I used the PC for little more than surfing the web and writing, but this last week I went back to working with Photoshop and 3D, and having a lot of stuff running at the same time and putting a stress on the hardware.
I don't usually mess with the BIOS except for basic config, don't know that much about it, and might be missing something here.
Here my MIT settings:
Robust Graphics Booster [Auto]
CPU Frequency 3.20GHz (200x16)
CPU Host Clock Control [Disabled]
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) (200)
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) [Auto]
C.I.A.2 [Disabled]
Performance Enhance [Standard]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) [Auto]
Memory Frequency (Mhz) 800 800
System Voltage Control [Manual]
DDR2 OverVoltage Control [Normal]
PCI-E OverVoltage Control [Normal]
FSB OverVoltage Control [Normal]
(G)MCH OverVoltage Control [Normal]
CPU Voltage Control [Normal]
Normal CPU Vcore 1.36250V
Any thoughts?
(Oh, and sorry for the long post... ^^j)