S
seeker
Hi,
Since new, my P4PE (and 2 replacements) have all had the following
problem: Once XP is booted, they are 100% stable. But, if the room
temperature is low (I know it sounds crazy) ...say below 60 deg F)
then there is a chance (say 1 on 5) that upon power up..especially if
system AC power has been off...but other times too)...the system never
comes up.
No Video signal, no HD activity (expect that done by the local HD
processor)
The ONLY method to recover is is remove power (maybe several times)
and eventually the system will start normaly...that is, on power, a
video sgnal (Bios POST) is seen...followed by a message that the "last
boot failed due to "bad" cpu speed"....The CPU speed shown in the bios
(then) is correct.
XP then starts and runs with no problem and XP NEVER thinks it needs
to recover anything.
Doing a Google search, I have found several places where persons seem
to be talking about very similar issues...but as far as I can
tell...no one has a reason or fix?
HELP- PLEASE...or even comments!
THANKS TO ALL!!!
My System:
===========
Asus P4PE- latest Production ..xxxx 7 bios (replaced 2 x)
Power Supply: Have tried Antec True Power 550, TP 480, PC Power &
Cooling 400Watt. etc.
CPU Intel p4 2.4Ghz 'b' CPU (also swapped out no help)
Memory Micron Crucial 512 DIMM PC2700 / CL=2.5
(TRIED 1 DIMM, 2 X 256 DIMM, AND 2 OTHER BRANDS
NO OVERCLOCKING
Video (tried Geforce, ati, pny AND MORE)
HD (Have tried WD 80gig, Seagate 120, and Seagate 160 gig on IDE
primary
CD: Plextor DRU700 (also others tried) on IDE Secondary
That's it...simple system
Since new, my P4PE (and 2 replacements) have all had the following
problem: Once XP is booted, they are 100% stable. But, if the room
temperature is low (I know it sounds crazy) ...say below 60 deg F)
then there is a chance (say 1 on 5) that upon power up..especially if
system AC power has been off...but other times too)...the system never
comes up.
No Video signal, no HD activity (expect that done by the local HD
processor)
The ONLY method to recover is is remove power (maybe several times)
and eventually the system will start normaly...that is, on power, a
video sgnal (Bios POST) is seen...followed by a message that the "last
boot failed due to "bad" cpu speed"....The CPU speed shown in the bios
(then) is correct.
XP then starts and runs with no problem and XP NEVER thinks it needs
to recover anything.
Doing a Google search, I have found several places where persons seem
to be talking about very similar issues...but as far as I can
tell...no one has a reason or fix?
HELP- PLEASE...or even comments!
THANKS TO ALL!!!
My System:
===========
Asus P4PE- latest Production ..xxxx 7 bios (replaced 2 x)
Power Supply: Have tried Antec True Power 550, TP 480, PC Power &
Cooling 400Watt. etc.
CPU Intel p4 2.4Ghz 'b' CPU (also swapped out no help)
Memory Micron Crucial 512 DIMM PC2700 / CL=2.5
(TRIED 1 DIMM, 2 X 256 DIMM, AND 2 OTHER BRANDS
NO OVERCLOCKING
Video (tried Geforce, ati, pny AND MORE)
HD (Have tried WD 80gig, Seagate 120, and Seagate 160 gig on IDE
primary
CD: Plextor DRU700 (also others tried) on IDE Secondary
That's it...simple system