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PRYMMVR · 08-22-2004, 06:40 PM

Hello all! First time poster so hope all is well out there. I just got a new rig, and while I had some initial success I'm now dead in the water. Sounds like HATMAN has the same situation happen with a different board...

The rig setup is below; I'll get into details of my experience first. Built the machine (all parts from NewEgg.com!) and all was great at first; parts installed, BIOS was updated (rev 1017); everything ran like a charm in WinXP. It was built for Doom3, so after installing D3 and having high expectations, it started choking on the ID introduction. I ESC through that in hopes the game would perform better, and after it loaded noticed that I had HORRIBLE performance in multiple configurations; even in 800x600 at low settings. So I started running some RAM tests and noticed that my 400mhz ram was clocking in at 200mhz (used MEMTEST86 v1.20). So I went into the BIOS and gave it a small bump; I forget the numbers now but started in increments. The machine rebooted for it take effect; then immediately powered off. After that it wouldn't boot at ALL; in fact all the fans wouldn't spin, the PSU would light up (the Aspire 500w PSU has those blue LED's) for about a 1/2 second, but then nothing; no fans, no HD spinning; nothing. I disconnected all things that required power thinking it was a PSU issue; but after testing the PSU in another box I know it's good; besides the SB_POWER light was lit on the MOBO. So then it was troubleshooting HELL; I've done everything to swapping CPU's (I had a 1.6ghz 478 laying in my old box), to booting up with/without RAM, pulling the mobo out of the case and putting it on carboard/non-conducting surface, pulling the battery out to reset the BIOS; you name it I've done it (or hope to have), all to no avail. I'm leaning that I somehow shot the MOBO, but according to ASUS if you overclock too much the C.P.R. system is supposed to kick in and go to defaults. Hmph...so much for that. So now it's not doing a damn thing, and based upon the reading it's looking like I'm going to have to RMA unless someone knows how to reset the BIOS back to defaults; without the mobo getting power. Any thoughts out there?

Specs:
MOBO: P4C800-E Deluxe
CPU: Intel 3.0EGhz 800 FSB
RAM: 1GB Corsair TWINX 3200C2PT DDRAM
Video: EVGA Nvidia 6800GT
HD: WD Raptor
DVD/CD: Plextor 712a

08-22-2004, 06:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
PRYMMVR Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1 OS: WINXP	P4C800-E Deluxe System is dead Hello all! First time poster so hope all is well out there. I just got a new rig, and while I had some initial success I'm now dead in the water. Sounds like HATMAN has the same situation happen with a different board... The rig setup is below; I'll get into details of my experience first. Built the machine (all parts from NewEgg.com!) and all was great at first; parts installed, BIOS was updated (rev 1017); everything ran like a charm in WinXP. It was built for Doom3, so after installing D3 and having high expectations, it started choking on the ID introduction. I ESC through that in hopes the game would perform better, and after it loaded noticed that I had HORRIBLE performance in multiple configurations; even in 800x600 at low settings. So I started running some RAM tests and noticed that my 400mhz ram was clocking in at 200mhz (used MEMTEST86 v1.20). So I went into the BIOS and gave it a small bump; I forget the numbers now but started in increments. The machine rebooted for it take effect; then immediately powered off. After that it wouldn't boot at ALL; in fact all the fans wouldn't spin, the PSU would light up (the Aspire 500w PSU has those blue LED's) for about a 1/2 second, but then nothing; no fans, no HD spinning; nothing. I disconnected all things that required power thinking it was a PSU issue; but after testing the PSU in another box I know it's good; besides the SB_POWER light was lit on the MOBO. So then it was troubleshooting HELL; I've done everything to swapping CPU's (I had a 1.6ghz 478 laying in my old box), to booting up with/without RAM, pulling the mobo out of the case and putting it on carboard/non-conducting surface, pulling the battery out to reset the BIOS; you name it I've done it (or hope to have), all to no avail. I'm leaning that I somehow shot the MOBO, but according to ASUS if you overclock too much the C.P.R. system is supposed to kick in and go to defaults. Hmph...so much for that. So now it's not doing a damn thing, and based upon the reading it's looking like I'm going to have to RMA unless someone knows how to reset the BIOS back to defaults; without the mobo getting power. Any thoughts out there? Specs: MOBO: P4C800-E Deluxe CPU: Intel 3.0EGhz 800 FSB RAM: 1GB Corsair TWINX 3200C2PT DDRAM Video: EVGA Nvidia 6800GT HD: WD Raptor DVD/CD: Plextor 712a Last edited by PRYMMVR; 08-22-2004 at 06:49 PM.