Hey Everybody,
I'v got a problem going on that I have not come across before. I recently put together a gaming system for myself with pretty decent parts. The problem is when I try to boot the system after it being shut down for a few hours I get all kinds of errors and it usually takes about 1/2 hour of screwing around to get it to boot. Once it boots I can go ahead and play games etc for as long as I like without a problem. I think it may be a problem with the power supply being overloaded but I would appreciate any advice you can give. The specs for the system are:
Asus A8V Deluxe
AMD 3500 (Newcastle, I know I should have gotten the Winchester!!)
2x512 Samsung PC 3200 RAM
2 WD 80 Gig SATA drives 8mb
1 WD 80 Gig IDE drive 8mb
BFG 6800gt OC
Creative Labs Audigy Platinum
LG 48 x CDRW
BenQ 16x Dual Layer DVDRW
Standard Floppy
Raidmax Scorpio 868 Case
Antec Truepower 430 PSU
Windows XP Pro with SP2 built in
NEC Multisysnc 97F CRT monitor
Logitech Z5500 Speakers
Logitech MX 510 Mouse and Keyboard
3 x 80mm 1 x 120mm Case Fans
I ran 22 passes of memtest with no errors, I also ran the Western Digital diagnostic tool on extended test twice on all drives without any errors. I have run Prime 95 for 5 hours as well. The temps for the cpu, mb, and video card are all well within spec and I have the 120 mm fan blowing directly over the hard drives and they do not get hot to the touch.
I had the SATA drives set up in Raid 0 but because of this problem I had to reload windows 3 different times because the data was lost, and now I am running the drives independently.
The symptoms are: when I boot the system it goes into xp and after a few seconds I get the blue screen of death with different errors each time. I restart the system and the bios does not see the SATA drives and the option in the bios to choose the order of the hard drives is not listed. I usually have to reboot and go into the bios 5-10 times to get the settings correct and to get the system to boot. Usually after all of this the system will be fine until I shut it down and restart it later. I have tried reseating everything and changing all the cables without any luck. I can't really afford to spend any more money on this system and Don't want to buy a new power supply unless I am fairly certain that it will fix this.
Thanks in Advance and Best Regards
I'v got a problem going on that I have not come across before. I recently put together a gaming system for myself with pretty decent parts. The problem is when I try to boot the system after it being shut down for a few hours I get all kinds of errors and it usually takes about 1/2 hour of screwing around to get it to boot. Once it boots I can go ahead and play games etc for as long as I like without a problem. I think it may be a problem with the power supply being overloaded but I would appreciate any advice you can give. The specs for the system are:
Asus A8V Deluxe
AMD 3500 (Newcastle, I know I should have gotten the Winchester!!)
2x512 Samsung PC 3200 RAM
2 WD 80 Gig SATA drives 8mb
1 WD 80 Gig IDE drive 8mb
BFG 6800gt OC
Creative Labs Audigy Platinum
LG 48 x CDRW
BenQ 16x Dual Layer DVDRW
Standard Floppy
Raidmax Scorpio 868 Case
Antec Truepower 430 PSU
Windows XP Pro with SP2 built in
NEC Multisysnc 97F CRT monitor
Logitech Z5500 Speakers
Logitech MX 510 Mouse and Keyboard
3 x 80mm 1 x 120mm Case Fans
I ran 22 passes of memtest with no errors, I also ran the Western Digital diagnostic tool on extended test twice on all drives without any errors. I have run Prime 95 for 5 hours as well. The temps for the cpu, mb, and video card are all well within spec and I have the 120 mm fan blowing directly over the hard drives and they do not get hot to the touch.
I had the SATA drives set up in Raid 0 but because of this problem I had to reload windows 3 different times because the data was lost, and now I am running the drives independently.
The symptoms are: when I boot the system it goes into xp and after a few seconds I get the blue screen of death with different errors each time. I restart the system and the bios does not see the SATA drives and the option in the bios to choose the order of the hard drives is not listed. I usually have to reboot and go into the bios 5-10 times to get the settings correct and to get the system to boot. Usually after all of this the system will be fine until I shut it down and restart it later. I have tried reseating everything and changing all the cables without any luck. I can't really afford to spend any more money on this system and Don't want to buy a new power supply unless I am fairly certain that it will fix this.
Thanks in Advance and Best Regards