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First you make sure you dont have incompatible/bad drivers (i had erratic behavior because of crappy nforce usb drivers - MCP78 chipset). For newer mobos newer kernels are recommended (i had to upgrade the kernel to 3.6+ because my Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H mobo's integrated sound crapped out on the vanilla 3.2 (Wheezy).
Make sure your CPU is supported by the mobo's BIOS/UEFI version - some 3rd gen Intel CPUs that are put in certain mobos wont boot at all until the BIOS is upgraded (with an older gen CPU...).
Make absolutely sure your video drivers are correctly installed.
Then make sure your power supply is ok - it can cause crashes and all kinds of weird behavior if its not.
You can test memory, hdds, but the whole mb i doubt there are dedicated tests since the mobo is a collection of connected chipsets that may vary greatly (maybe the vendor has dedicated tests for specific mobos). Some times physically examining the mobo gives some clues (such as busted capacitors), but if you have a mobo that looks ok but behaves erratically after reseating/replacing memory modules, reconnecting the internal connectors, expansion cards, usually needs replacing.
Last edited by gradinaruvasile; 05-30-2013 at 06:49 AM.
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