Hello there,
I have just acquired a new Asus P4S8X MB with a P4 2.4Ghz 533FSB and 512MB of PC2700Mem. I also have 2 brand new 80GB Maxtor Drives on my primary IDE controller and a Sony DVD player and HP CDWriter 8100 on the secondary IDE. Video card is a basic 64MB MX400 g-force2.
I have had nothing but trouble so far. I had to get the MB replaced because the IDE ports where DOA. After I got the new MB, I couldn't install Windows because of faulty memory. After replacing the memory, I was able to install windows. I then replaced an old CD crive by the new Sony DVD...same jumpers and all (slave) and bang ! No more CD or DVD drive visible. Shutdown...go into CMOS...change a couple of parameters relating to boot device order...verify the jumpers again...back out and bang...system freezes after detecting the CPU as a 1800Mhz ! (it's a 2.4 and was working fine before) Power down...try several time...same results...Clear the RTC ram twice and still stuck at the same place. What the hell is going on ? How can I make the MB see the CPU at 2400 and boot normally ? I am going nuts! I can't even access the MB setup screen.
I have just acquired a new Asus P4S8X MB with a P4 2.4Ghz 533FSB and 512MB of PC2700Mem. I also have 2 brand new 80GB Maxtor Drives on my primary IDE controller and a Sony DVD player and HP CDWriter 8100 on the secondary IDE. Video card is a basic 64MB MX400 g-force2.
I have had nothing but trouble so far. I had to get the MB replaced because the IDE ports where DOA. After I got the new MB, I couldn't install Windows because of faulty memory. After replacing the memory, I was able to install windows. I then replaced an old CD crive by the new Sony DVD...same jumpers and all (slave) and bang ! No more CD or DVD drive visible. Shutdown...go into CMOS...change a couple of parameters relating to boot device order...verify the jumpers again...back out and bang...system freezes after detecting the CPU as a 1800Mhz ! (it's a 2.4 and was working fine before) Power down...try several time...same results...Clear the RTC ram twice and still stuck at the same place. What the hell is going on ? How can I make the MB see the CPU at 2400 and boot normally ? I am going nuts! I can't even access the MB setup screen.