Hi Guys,
This is my first post on the OCforums so thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to read this.
My hardware setup is:
AMD Athlon64 3500 Newcastle
Asus A8V Rev.2 Deluxe
Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200XL Platinum TwinX (2x512)
160GB SATA Maxtor Harddrive (partitioned 40GB-120GB)
NEC Dual-layer DVD-RW
Abit Radeon 9800XT 256MB
EMu 1820M Soundcard
Antec Sonata Piano Black Quiet Case - 380W TruePower Silent PSU
Windows XP SP2
(note NO floppy drive)
I first built this system at the end of last November and it has been totally fine since then.Fast,hardly any windows crashes,generally (and suprisingly!)stable system.
Then one day when booting it gaver the message that the overclocking had failed and I was given the option to reset the BIOS(i think?) defaults or just reboot and try again.
I thought this was very strange as I had not performed any overclocking but assumed that the mobo must try and do some automatic Ocing.I choose to reset the defaults anyway and the computer rebooted fine after that.
2 weeks later it just hung when booting windows.I waited......and waited....and waited but nothing so I had to hard reset and I was given the usual boot in safe mode..etc.. options.
If I choose the boot option where you can see the progress of the boot and it hangs when it reaches a file called gagp30kx.sys.
I have run Memtest86 and it says the cache on the processor and both RAM sticks are cool.
On another forum someone said they just did a Windows Repair Install from the windows cd.However without a floppy drive (borrowed one to get windows on there the first time but its no longer available to me...damn) the windows cd can't find my hardrive....grrrrr
I've been trying to make a streamlined cd but I'm a bit confused on how I should name everthing in the txtsetup.sif file when relating it to the Promise ULSATA drivers,all the examples are for the Silicon Image 3112 drivers.If anyone has made a slipstreamed cd for their A8V I'd love to have some help!!!Please!!
The only thing I haven't tried is the jumper that SuperNade mentioned in his excellent A8V thread (nicE oNe SuperNade!!)
Is this all just a windows problem or is there something I'm not seeing that's wrong with the mobo/my setup??I don't understand why it has worked fine for months then...kaputt...and I have done nothing to the hardware,it hasn't even been moved.
Anyhows any help would be muchly appreciated.
Thanks again!!
crosis.23
This is my first post on the OCforums so thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to read this.
My hardware setup is:
AMD Athlon64 3500 Newcastle
Asus A8V Rev.2 Deluxe
Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200XL Platinum TwinX (2x512)
160GB SATA Maxtor Harddrive (partitioned 40GB-120GB)
NEC Dual-layer DVD-RW
Abit Radeon 9800XT 256MB
EMu 1820M Soundcard
Antec Sonata Piano Black Quiet Case - 380W TruePower Silent PSU
Windows XP SP2
(note NO floppy drive)
I first built this system at the end of last November and it has been totally fine since then.Fast,hardly any windows crashes,generally (and suprisingly!)stable system.
Then one day when booting it gaver the message that the overclocking had failed and I was given the option to reset the BIOS(i think?) defaults or just reboot and try again.
I thought this was very strange as I had not performed any overclocking but assumed that the mobo must try and do some automatic Ocing.I choose to reset the defaults anyway and the computer rebooted fine after that.
2 weeks later it just hung when booting windows.I waited......and waited....and waited but nothing so I had to hard reset and I was given the usual boot in safe mode..etc.. options.
If I choose the boot option where you can see the progress of the boot and it hangs when it reaches a file called gagp30kx.sys.
I have run Memtest86 and it says the cache on the processor and both RAM sticks are cool.
On another forum someone said they just did a Windows Repair Install from the windows cd.However without a floppy drive (borrowed one to get windows on there the first time but its no longer available to me...damn) the windows cd can't find my hardrive....grrrrr
I've been trying to make a streamlined cd but I'm a bit confused on how I should name everthing in the txtsetup.sif file when relating it to the Promise ULSATA drivers,all the examples are for the Silicon Image 3112 drivers.If anyone has made a slipstreamed cd for their A8V I'd love to have some help!!!Please!!
The only thing I haven't tried is the jumper that SuperNade mentioned in his excellent A8V thread (nicE oNe SuperNade!!)
Is this all just a windows problem or is there something I'm not seeing that's wrong with the mobo/my setup??I don't understand why it has worked fine for months then...kaputt...and I have done nothing to the hardware,it hasn't even been moved.
Anyhows any help would be muchly appreciated.
Thanks again!!
crosis.23