SOO I just received my 2nd Asus Maximus Formula 2 board from the egg. I had a post of the nightmare I encountered with the other. This one starts out nice, boots right up to Windows DVD. I get all the way through the install up to the first restart & bam, a big friendly BSOD! It flashes on rather quickly, but I think it said something about IRQ not equal? This is a brand new SATA HDD, no other drives installed. I reformated the drive several times, ran windows repair etc. and I can't get it to do anything! I am dying because I have school work to finish and this is my only comp... I officially hate Asus... What should I try next? Is it possible it is my ram? What the hell am I doing wrong!?! I have built many systems before. I traded this set-up for my perfectly working AM2 set-up. My rig is as follows:
Q9650, zerotherm CPU cooler
Corsair TX650
Asus Maximus Formula 2
Mushkin DDR2-1066 (4GB)
EVGA GTX 260 C216
500GB SATA HDD
Sony IDE Optical drive
Windows Vista Home Basic, 32bit
Q9650, zerotherm CPU cooler
Corsair TX650
Asus Maximus Formula 2
Mushkin DDR2-1066 (4GB)
EVGA GTX 260 C216
500GB SATA HDD
Sony IDE Optical drive
Windows Vista Home Basic, 32bit