T
Tom
Well, I posted everywhere else I could think of, so here
goes:
Computer Specs:
Asus A7N8X-Delxe
Athlon 2100 (not sure on the 2100....)
430 W Power Supply
1 Gig Crucial RAM
FX5900XT w/ 128 MB RAM Video Card
80 Gig Western Digital HD
Windows XP Home w/ SP 1
If I missed any system specs, let me know. Here's my
story:
Once upon a time (1.5 months ago) I had a 5700 Ultra Video
Card and 500 MB of RAM in this machine. I was getting BSOD
with various Page Fault and Not less then errors while
playing Mechwarrior, Battlefield Vietnam, or Call of Duty.
Doing some research, all signs pointed me to either faulty
system memory or video memory.
I ran memtest86 and got no errors. Then I ran Prime95 and
got errors right off the bat that pointed me to bad RAM.
So, seeing as I was in need for a RAM upgrade anyways, I
bought the Crucial Gig of RAM and swapped them out and
also did a complete new re-format and installation of XP.
A day or two later, again, more BSOD. To check for Video
Card problems, I changed out to an old Ti4200(?) I had and
lo and behold had no problems. Thinking I'd narrowed down
the problem as being a faulty video card, I bought a new
5900XT to "upgrade" from the 4200.
Once putting the 5900XT in, it ran OK for a few days and
then again, I started getting random crashes and
BSOD....all with varying error messages, no consistency.
When I got a hard lock with no errors, I checked the
system log file and found I was getting W32 Time errors.
Figuring I malfed up the driver install, I went to do a
complete format and reinstall yesterday morning.
Now is where it gets REALLY weird: I couldn't get the
damned thing to format. I would get BSOD during format
with no "true" error defined OR it would complete the
format all the way to 100%, I would here the CD drive wind
as if starting the windows install, but no windows
install....it would just hang indefinitely @ 100% format.
Cranked it up one more time and reformatted and left the
house for errands. Came back and windows was installing,
asking for my CD Key, etc.
Windows loaded....then I started by installing my Mobo
drivers. Reboot. Downloaded nVidia Video Card drivers.
Half-way through the video card install the computer hung
up.
Restarted and installed Vcard drivers. Reboot. Navigating
through windows I had an error screen pop up saying that
the computer had a problem and was re-starting in 60
seconds or something like that. I couldn't write the error
message down fast enough.
Computer shuts off, I start it back up again and
immediately get this same "shutting down" error.
&*@#$ it. I go to reformat AGAIN and I'm back to not being
able to get past the format. So, I know the RAM is OK and
the Video Card is OK so I try a different spare hard drive
and it still won't get past the format screen and install
windows.
I think I have ruled out:
RAM
Video Card
Hard Drive
Have not ruled out:
Motherboard (It's the only thing I don't have a spare
of....)
Thoughts? Suggestions? Help?!?!?!?!????
__________________________
goes:
Computer Specs:
Asus A7N8X-Delxe
Athlon 2100 (not sure on the 2100....)
430 W Power Supply
1 Gig Crucial RAM
FX5900XT w/ 128 MB RAM Video Card
80 Gig Western Digital HD
Windows XP Home w/ SP 1
If I missed any system specs, let me know. Here's my
story:
Once upon a time (1.5 months ago) I had a 5700 Ultra Video
Card and 500 MB of RAM in this machine. I was getting BSOD
with various Page Fault and Not less then errors while
playing Mechwarrior, Battlefield Vietnam, or Call of Duty.
Doing some research, all signs pointed me to either faulty
system memory or video memory.
I ran memtest86 and got no errors. Then I ran Prime95 and
got errors right off the bat that pointed me to bad RAM.
So, seeing as I was in need for a RAM upgrade anyways, I
bought the Crucial Gig of RAM and swapped them out and
also did a complete new re-format and installation of XP.
A day or two later, again, more BSOD. To check for Video
Card problems, I changed out to an old Ti4200(?) I had and
lo and behold had no problems. Thinking I'd narrowed down
the problem as being a faulty video card, I bought a new
5900XT to "upgrade" from the 4200.
Once putting the 5900XT in, it ran OK for a few days and
then again, I started getting random crashes and
BSOD....all with varying error messages, no consistency.
When I got a hard lock with no errors, I checked the
system log file and found I was getting W32 Time errors.
Figuring I malfed up the driver install, I went to do a
complete format and reinstall yesterday morning.
Now is where it gets REALLY weird: I couldn't get the
damned thing to format. I would get BSOD during format
with no "true" error defined OR it would complete the
format all the way to 100%, I would here the CD drive wind
as if starting the windows install, but no windows
install....it would just hang indefinitely @ 100% format.
Cranked it up one more time and reformatted and left the
house for errands. Came back and windows was installing,
asking for my CD Key, etc.
Windows loaded....then I started by installing my Mobo
drivers. Reboot. Downloaded nVidia Video Card drivers.
Half-way through the video card install the computer hung
up.
Restarted and installed Vcard drivers. Reboot. Navigating
through windows I had an error screen pop up saying that
the computer had a problem and was re-starting in 60
seconds or something like that. I couldn't write the error
message down fast enough.
Computer shuts off, I start it back up again and
immediately get this same "shutting down" error.
&*@#$ it. I go to reformat AGAIN and I'm back to not being
able to get past the format. So, I know the RAM is OK and
the Video Card is OK so I try a different spare hard drive
and it still won't get past the format screen and install
windows.
I think I have ruled out:
RAM
Video Card
Hard Drive
Have not ruled out:
Motherboard (It's the only thing I don't have a spare
of....)
Thoughts? Suggestions? Help?!?!?!?!????
__________________________