OK,
Here is my problem.
I have the above board, 1 gig mem, 250 gig H/D, ATI video card. However I do not believe the hardware (execpt the M/B) is the problem. I THINK that the problem is motherboard...maybe bios? related. I have tweaked on the bios, loaded the latest bios, and tried default bios settings as well as my tweaked ones.
Here is how the problem presents itself. When running windose XP (all service packs and updates installed) the machine will randomly shutdown.(regardless of what progs I am running or what I am doing) I am using a PS2 keyboard and a USB mouse. The reason I mention this is that I have seen many complaints of problems with PS2 keyboard and mouse. Now, this ONLY happens in Windose, if I am in the bios it will run for hours, or Memtest will run for days if I let it. in other words, it just will NOT shutdown EXCEPT in Windose XP......
I have built MANY machines and have NEVER run into anything like this, it is NOT the power supply, nor grounding, nor video, nor heat issues, these are the first things I would (and have) checked for a problem like this. I bet I could load DOS and run the machine forever, but that is not an option.....obviously.
Now I have, as I stated above, that the motherboard I have has had MANY complaints about problems similar to this and that they are related to the PS2 ports on the board. I am going to buy a USB keyboard right now to see if it has any effect on this problem. In the mean time if anyone on this site has ANY info that may help me PLEASE post your ideas.
TIA......a million!!
2Maximas.......(John)
Here is my problem.
I have the above board, 1 gig mem, 250 gig H/D, ATI video card. However I do not believe the hardware (execpt the M/B) is the problem. I THINK that the problem is motherboard...maybe bios? related. I have tweaked on the bios, loaded the latest bios, and tried default bios settings as well as my tweaked ones.
Here is how the problem presents itself. When running windose XP (all service packs and updates installed) the machine will randomly shutdown.(regardless of what progs I am running or what I am doing) I am using a PS2 keyboard and a USB mouse. The reason I mention this is that I have seen many complaints of problems with PS2 keyboard and mouse. Now, this ONLY happens in Windose, if I am in the bios it will run for hours, or Memtest will run for days if I let it. in other words, it just will NOT shutdown EXCEPT in Windose XP......
I have built MANY machines and have NEVER run into anything like this, it is NOT the power supply, nor grounding, nor video, nor heat issues, these are the first things I would (and have) checked for a problem like this. I bet I could load DOS and run the machine forever, but that is not an option.....obviously.
Now I have, as I stated above, that the motherboard I have has had MANY complaints about problems similar to this and that they are related to the PS2 ports on the board. I am going to buy a USB keyboard right now to see if it has any effect on this problem. In the mean time if anyone on this site has ANY info that may help me PLEASE post your ideas.
TIA......a million!!
2Maximas.......(John)