On bored GPU issues? Crash? Help?

[GoldenGypsy]

On board GPU issues? Crash? Help?

I bought the following system from scratch recently and built it this morning

Asus M2N-VM DH
AMD x2 4600+ 25ghz AM2
Maxtor 250GB SATA
NEC Optaric IDE DVD-RW
Windows XP Professional

The motherbord has onboard GPU which i was hoping to use. Im experiencing a huge problem with it though!

The PC seems to have trouble booting in the first place. When it does boot the monitor does not always receive a picture.

Once i have mannaged to get the computer on and an image on the monitor (normaly after about 3 attempts) the GPU appears to crash. See image -

The actual computer apears to remain oporational. This "crash" does not only happen in windows but also on DOS and Bios which makes me wonder if it is a more serious issue than drivers and incorect settings?? I dont even know that it is the GPU at fault i just presumed

What is the problem and how can it be fixed?

When on windows i have also noticed that the sound doesnt work and the driver on the motherboard support CD doesnt instal because it cannot locate "HDA Audio Bus driver". I expect this will be an easier one to fix

thanks for any help

EDIT: Iv tried removing the battery and doing the CMOS. Also got a 1003 bios update for the board. I just dont understand wtf is rong with it and im stressed out with it.

 

[GoldenGypsy]

Sorry im going to bump the thread.....im desparate

Would it help if i bought a PCI-E video card (i was going to buy one for the machine anyway but not yet). Could this help the problem.

I have my suspisions that it is the Onboard GPU driver because it did work more reliably with the standard ASUS drivers than the ones i downloaded from nVidia. Suppose i should chec for updated ASUS drivers.

 

[CCT]

Bios isn't using your Asus/Nvidia drivers so it isn't that.

Disassemble and check that you haven't got any shorts - start again and make sure all connections are made correctly.

It 'could' be a bad computer to LCD cable or a loose/broken connection/pin therein - check that first.

 

[GoldenGypsy]

Thanks....il have a double chec 2moz....may try assemable outside the case cus its micro atx so i cant realy see what im doing.

Iv had enuf....got the parts at about 8 this morning and its 9pm now. Just got everything instaled and then it started doing this.

 

[GoldenGypsy]

Tried that, same result.

Its tempramental which is ominous. If it just didnt work maybe it could be bad hardware but it has worked and does if i reset the CMOS

Motherboard faulty? im stil waiting for a reply from Asus

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Maybe you need a BIOS upgrade? Failing that and all else, I think an RMA is in order...

 

[CCT]

On a successful boot, check that the HAL is for an ACPI Multiprocessor cpu (System Information, Computer will display that).

Does that mobo have a 4 or 6 pin ADDITIONAL' power plug and is it connected?

 

[GoldenGypsy]

Thanks.....its a 4pin connector and it is connected.

Can you explain the first thing u said about muliproccessors in laymans terms cus i didnt understand it...sorry

Asus got back to me told me to update the bios and apply 0.1+ volts across the memory. Which i did and no difference. But full marks for speed of reply.

thanks for your help

 

[CCT]

I really am not going to explain HAL - I just want to know if you have the right one installed.

Device Manager, Computer will show this.

However, if you are gonna start from scratch, this site talks a bit about it and is a useful guide:

http://www.theeldergeek.com/clean_installation_of_windows_xp.htm