Hello,
First, here are my main specs:
AMD AthlonXP 3000+
Asus A7N8X Deluxe
Mushin PC3200 DDR Ram (2x512MB)
465W Enermax Power Supply
Im currently having some major issues with my A7N8X Deluxe, My main problem is that the system will randomly bluescreen and decide to reboot.
I did some early troubleshooting and decided it was the ram, I exchanged the ram for 2 brand new sticks, it fixed some issues I had in a game (the game constantly crashed to the desktop, after putting in the replacement memory the game no longer crashes on me).
However Im still getting bluescreens/reboots (bluescreen with random error message and a reboot), I tried changing the ram from dual channel to single channel and the system crashed immediately upon boot or within the first 5-10 mins of operating.
So I looked at my bios settings, made some changes, rebooted.
System didnt post, moniter didnt turn on, I reset the cmos, system boots.
I go into the bios, make NO changes, save, reboot.
System doesnt post.
I reset the cmos and boot again, I recieve a "CMOS Checksum Error - Defaults Loaded" error message.
Now, I have the lates bios (1007 or something), I cant make any changes to the bios without it not booting on me, and on top of that when it was working the system will randomly decide "Hmm.. he's doing something important, lets crash right about now!"
Right now im about to throw the motherboard out the window, this is the second asus motherboard I had that randomly rebooted (last one was a totally different config).
Any ideas on what I can do? I cant even edit any bios settings without it screwing up on me so I'm lost here.
And one final thing, WHY CANT I FIND A DECENT MOTHERBOARD WITHOUT ONBOARD SOUND?!?!
Thanks.
- voogru.