vista 64 was originally installed on asus p5b del mobo without any problems over 6 mos ago i then bought gene mobo and replaced p5b its there in the BIOS yes? doesi t come up with "inporper boot device2 or something? So you installed the operating...

OK let it alone. NO, don't wait for a problem. Preempt any problems. Always flash the latest BIOS carefully. > I've also flashed many BIOS without a problem. Exactly, if done carefully there is only a tiny risk. Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell...

hard drive, floppy drive, CD-ROM, memory ... nothing else), and again tried to install WinXP. Same problem. Seven formats and three operating systems later, I began to suspect the mainboard. I've rarely ever seen a problem with installing an OS like Win98....

board and i installed vista with sata set to ahci in the bios. After the install i got problems with stuttering sound and video, and vista using 70-80% cpu and slowing down to a crawl. I checked the event log and there was nothing, i installed 12.784 versions...

Windows 7. I already booted with Knoppix - same problem... So it is not a Windows 7 problem. You also have a P5Q Deluxe with this Promise RAID controller running (said in first answer)? > Yes, it isn't as I said - but at the BIOS stage the operating...

without an OS as of now. Ok theres more... Thinking it is a bios problem we download a bios update from the ECS website. They have very plainly which files you need for each bios/chipset. However when I try to flash the bios as suggested by ECS I get...

was recognized and went fine. -Yoda When given the F6 prompt during XP installation I used both the SATA & RAID driver disks provided by the mobo. This sounds like a BIOS problem to me... I know that many times after I screw up system won't boot 'cause it...

fine but if I plug in the other one my computer will freeze quite fast in desktop, even with crossfire disabled. It might be a BIOS problem or I am installing the other card incorrectly into the PSU. I have a Corsair 1000W PSU, one 4870 is getting power...

something here you started having a problem after installing a patch,lots of other people started to get the same/similar problems when they installed this patch,and you think the vid card that ran flawlessly before has suddenly gone wrong? May i suggest it...

types of blue screens. Both referring to driver problems or Bios problems. I have not installed any new drivers and windows update says there isn't any current driver updates for my computer. How do I find out what driver is causing the problem and who...