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mflenartzcpa · 09-05-2006, 04:42 PM

I just completed assemling my first build a couple days ago and then.. trouble.

When trying to install XP Pro.. lots of stop messages that kept me from doing so.. hinting at problems everywhere..

Finally.. I had success.. instead of trying to load on Raptor like i wanted.. I tried a Seagate PATA drive and all was well.. i added all the other things.. and then.. when I started loading the drivers from winrar or.. I think Bittorrent.. TROUBLE

Long and short of it is computer had some error and said it had to shut down.. but then.. it never could come back to life.. Did my new computer die already?

Here are my specs:

Asus A8N32-SLI Motherboard
WD 74 GB Raptor.. tried two different ones for boot.. neither worked.. later found out.. i had in SATA 2 or 4.. and this might have been reason they did not work.. but by then I loaded a Seagate 7200.10 320 GB slow compared to the Raptors, no matter how fast they spec on Toms Hardware..

Anyway installed Windows no problem.. formatted the other drives.. got all loaded.. set up a few partitions.. and then..

it seems a few things were done by programs at same time.. maybe I was trying to do too much too fast.. and had problem installing, i was formatting a few remaining disk partitions with NTFS or FAT 32 which slowed things down a little, but then all of a sudden i had a half dozen apps that wanted my attention at the same time and wanted system to be restarted.. a couple times in a row on reboot and then.. Black screen..

That was late last night.. today.. NO luck getting system to reboot.

I have read the "How to trouble shoot Motherboard issues", but I have two problems.. when I go to another computer with my asus motherboard cd.. i got an error message that says, "CreateSetupinFile: Can't delete WINDOWS\Ascd_tmp.ini

Is the CD ok.. why can't I run it on another computer?

I see I can get bios from other places, but.. don't have winrar or whatever its called to uncompress zip down loads..

anyone have or know of somewhere to get noncompressed current bios?

or something I can use or some advice on how to acces the bios on my motherboard.. right now.. I am feeling SOL..

Any help greatly appreciated.

Mike

09-05-2006, 04:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
mflenartzcpa Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 11 OS: xp	Could use some help getting my pc to work I just completed assemling my first build a couple days ago and then.. trouble. When trying to install XP Pro.. lots of stop messages that kept me from doing so.. hinting at problems everywhere.. Finally.. I had success.. instead of trying to load on Raptor like i wanted.. I tried a Seagate PATA drive and all was well.. i added all the other things.. and then.. when I started loading the drivers from winrar or.. I think Bittorrent.. TROUBLE Long and short of it is computer had some error and said it had to shut down.. but then.. it never could come back to life.. Did my new computer die already? Here are my specs: Asus A8N32-SLI Motherboard WD 74 GB Raptor.. tried two different ones for boot.. neither worked.. later found out.. i had in SATA 2 or 4.. and this might have been reason they did not work.. but by then I loaded a Seagate 7200.10 320 GB slow compared to the Raptors, no matter how fast they spec on Toms Hardware.. Anyway installed Windows no problem.. formatted the other drives.. got all loaded.. set up a few partitions.. and then.. it seems a few things were done by programs at same time.. maybe I was trying to do too much too fast.. and had problem installing, i was formatting a few remaining disk partitions with NTFS or FAT 32 which slowed things down a little, but then all of a sudden i had a half dozen apps that wanted my attention at the same time and wanted system to be restarted.. a couple times in a row on reboot and then.. Black screen.. That was late last night.. today.. NO luck getting system to reboot. I have read the "How to trouble shoot Motherboard issues", but I have two problems.. when I go to another computer with my asus motherboard cd.. i got an error message that says, "CreateSetupinFile: Can't delete WINDOWS\Ascd_tmp.ini Is the CD ok.. why can't I run it on another computer? I see I can get bios from other places, but.. don't have winrar or whatever its called to uncompress zip down loads.. anyone have or know of somewhere to get noncompressed current bios? or something I can use or some advice on how to acces the bios on my motherboard.. right now.. I am feeling SOL.. Any help greatly appreciated. Mike