Hi guys.. just found this thread
Anyways.. I have an A8N-E (i think I'm on the 1008 BIOS). I have had problems for a WHILE now trying to boot my PC. I have enough power -- 480 watts Antec running an A64 3200+, 2GB RAM, 2 Hard drives (one raptor one 200GB sata), an optical drive and an nVidia 6800 GT OC (BFGTech overclocked).
Anyways..... I am curious as to why this might be happening. When I turn the PC on from boot, it sometimes doesn't turn on. I mean, the monitor won't come up, the hard drives won't do their thing, etc. Then if I turn it off again and back on a few times, it will come up and work fine. I have *never* had a problem once the PC is up and running -- it stays up for days on end without a problem. I play games a lot and the PC is well cooled, so even when I'm sucking all the juice from the power supply, I am not croaking.
I am wondering if there is something wrong with my motherboard? I have had this problem for a LONG time and never really cared since I usually just keep it on 24/7 anyway.. but I would like to get it fixed. I don't think a reformat will help me since at this point, the booting problem doesn't even make it to Windows.
Thanks for any help!
Edit: I should mention, that this problem doesn't even make it to POST. Just a black screen and the video doesn't engage or anything.
Anyways.. I have an A8N-E (i think I'm on the 1008 BIOS). I have had problems for a WHILE now trying to boot my PC. I have enough power -- 480 watts Antec running an A64 3200+, 2GB RAM, 2 Hard drives (one raptor one 200GB sata), an optical drive and an nVidia 6800 GT OC (BFGTech overclocked).
Anyways..... I am curious as to why this might be happening. When I turn the PC on from boot, it sometimes doesn't turn on. I mean, the monitor won't come up, the hard drives won't do their thing, etc. Then if I turn it off again and back on a few times, it will come up and work fine. I have *never* had a problem once the PC is up and running -- it stays up for days on end without a problem. I play games a lot and the PC is well cooled, so even when I'm sucking all the juice from the power supply, I am not croaking.
I am wondering if there is something wrong with my motherboard? I have had this problem for a LONG time and never really cared since I usually just keep it on 24/7 anyway.. but I would like to get it fixed. I don't think a reformat will help me since at this point, the booting problem doesn't even make it to Windows.
Thanks for any help!
Edit: I should mention, that this problem doesn't even make it to POST. Just a black screen and the video doesn't engage or anything.