wierd freakin problem - bizarro

Sornen · 08-28-2003, 05:17 PM

I had a very similar problem and it was due to an improper heat/sink fan installation. akabeavis has suggested the same thing. What temperature is your cpu running at?

geoff_f · 08-28-2003, 08:49 PM

To rule out the power supply as not being the problem on your Asus, try the 550W power supply on it. AMD need more power on the +12V rail. 17A from the 330W Antec should be enough, but it depends on what sort of extra hardware you're running.

Your money has not been wasted. You will experience less problems down the track. I had regularly appearing hard disk errors with a supposed 400W (generic) power supply that disappeared when I fitted an Antec 480W.

cyph3r7 · 08-28-2003, 10:44 PM

first as for cpu temp, dunno numbers but may check or may just burn the board. Anyway the heatsink is cool to the touch and only up for tops 60 seconds. i will check numbers.....

As for the 550, I tried it too. It's very very odd. I am parsing thru the bios yet again for the zillionth time.

It just should not be this damn complicated......I hate this MB, always have.

geoff_f · 08-29-2003, 12:37 AM

Check that the heatsink is mounted on the CPU in the correct orientation. The step in the heatsink has to match the step in the CPU socket; otherwise, the heatsink sits on the CPU at an angle - not flush - and doesn't conduct the heat from the CPU to the heatsink. That may be why the heatsink stays cool to touch and the CPU shuts down so quickly.

Anubis · 08-29-2003, 01:25 PM

just check out the bios settings. try playing around with then . try fail proof .... goodluck

cyph3r7 · 08-29-2003, 01:53 PM

begining to think it is just a bad Motherboard on the IDE controller. Only thing I can possibly think of......