Deathknight
07-24-03, 10:41 PM
Just the other day I have started experiencing some rather bizare stability issues on my machine. Here is the background:
I have been using my system without issue for about half a year now. I haven't made any configuration changes in months and have only installed the occasional game (this machine is a dedicated gaming machine).
The system is an Asus A7N8X delux (bios version 1004)with an xp2100+ and corsair xms pc3200 memory. I have a WD 80gb hd and an ati radeon 9700 pro. I am running win XP home.
For the last few days my machine reboots randomly only minutes after booting. When it reboots it almost never is able to get past the post check. I will usually get the Post speech reporter to tell me the system failed the memory check. Only after shutting the system down for a time can I get the system to boot again(if I do not wait then the display goes out right after powering the system on and it just sits there). When it does boot the speech reporter says it had problems due to cpu overclocking and forces me into bios to make changes.
Several times when I attempted to boot I received an error saying that there was a bios checksum error. I flashed to 1004 bios version but that did not solve the problem. I have also reset my cmos several times. I have ran the system in safe mode and that also did not solve the problem. The system is not currently overclocked at all. Temps are about 19-20c when the system crashes. Voltages are all right where they should be.
I am suspecting that the issue is my motherboard but I can't say for sure what exactly could be wrong. When I have the time I intend to start swapping other parts in to see if anything corrects the issue. Any ideas straight off the bat of what it could be? Has anyone else run into this bios checksum issue?
I have been using my system without issue for about half a year now. I haven't made any configuration changes in months and have only installed the occasional game (this machine is a dedicated gaming machine).
The system is an Asus A7N8X delux (bios version 1004)with an xp2100+ and corsair xms pc3200 memory. I have a WD 80gb hd and an ati radeon 9700 pro. I am running win XP home.
For the last few days my machine reboots randomly only minutes after booting. When it reboots it almost never is able to get past the post check. I will usually get the Post speech reporter to tell me the system failed the memory check. Only after shutting the system down for a time can I get the system to boot again(if I do not wait then the display goes out right after powering the system on and it just sits there). When it does boot the speech reporter says it had problems due to cpu overclocking and forces me into bios to make changes.
Several times when I attempted to boot I received an error saying that there was a bios checksum error. I flashed to 1004 bios version but that did not solve the problem. I have also reset my cmos several times. I have ran the system in safe mode and that also did not solve the problem. The system is not currently overclocked at all. Temps are about 19-20c when the system crashes. Voltages are all right where they should be.
I am suspecting that the issue is my motherboard but I can't say for sure what exactly could be wrong. When I have the time I intend to start swapping other parts in to see if anything corrects the issue. Any ideas straight off the bat of what it could be? Has anyone else run into this bios checksum issue?