Originally posted by: f1rstbuild
My first ever system build is almost complete because of this forum. Thanks to a lot of guys who shared their knowledge and experience.
Now, I have one problem that i want to ask. Can I use the SATA3 and SATA4 on the southbridge for RAID1 and leave the Sata1 as an ordinary IDE drive?
Thanks in Advance
Originally posted by: jedisponge
Hey guys I've run into another problem with my board.
After dling the 0.95 version of CoreTemp, I ran it from winzip. What happened was all these error windows popped up, one after another after another after another. I just shut off my computer at one point by throwing the power switch, and when I turned it back on, a different screen popped up.
The screen said "Bad Bios Checksum", and it searched for a cd-rom and flash drive for a bios. At this point I panicked, and I just shut the computer off. I opened it up, took out the battery and reset the CMOS. Afterwards, everything appeared to be fine, not counting that I had to reenter all the bios settings.
Last night, I shut off the computer. WHen I came back in the morning to turn it on, it booted. Unfortunately for me, I left my HP scanner on and connected through USB to the computer, and since it has some flash readers, the BIOS either stays in bootup screen trying to detect the printer. If I leave it alone long enough, it eventually boots, though it can take up to 10 minutes. However, I didn't feel like waiting and I restarted the computer. When I did, the computer didn't post.
Like my original problems earlier, all the fans spin and the video card fan stays on at high speed, and nothing happens. I tried resetting the CMOS and taking out the MOBO battery and putting it back in, still to no success.
Any ideas what could be wrong this time? Could it be as simple as replacing what could be a dead MOBO battery? Or could it be something else? I tried reseating the RAM, using one at a time, taking out the power connector to the motherboard, and trying to reset the CMOS over and over again.
Right now, the dvd drive still opens and closes, and the power button if held still shuts off the computer.
Any ideas before I take it to the shop?
Originally posted by: phile
Originally posted by: jedisponge
Hey guys I've run into another problem with my board.
After dling the 0.95 version of CoreTemp, I ran it from winzip. What happened was all these error windows popped up, one after another after another after another. I just shut off my computer at one point by throwing the power switch, and when I turned it back on, a different screen popped up.
The screen said "Bad Bios Checksum", and it searched for a cd-rom and flash drive for a bios. At this point I panicked, and I just shut the computer off. I opened it up, took out the battery and reset the CMOS. Afterwards, everything appeared to be fine, not counting that I had to reenter all the bios settings.
Last night, I shut off the computer. WHen I came back in the morning to turn it on, it booted. Unfortunately for me, I left my HP scanner on and connected through USB to the computer, and since it has some flash readers, the BIOS either stays in bootup screen trying to detect the printer. If I leave it alone long enough, it eventually boots, though it can take up to 10 minutes. However, I didn't feel like waiting and I restarted the computer. When I did, the computer didn't post.
Like my original problems earlier, all the fans spin and the video card fan stays on at high speed, and nothing happens. I tried resetting the CMOS and taking out the MOBO battery and putting it back in, still to no success.
Any ideas what could be wrong this time? Could it be as simple as replacing what could be a dead MOBO battery? Or could it be something else? I tried reseating the RAM, using one at a time, taking out the power connector to the motherboard, and trying to reset the CMOS over and over again.
Right now, the dvd drive still opens and closes, and the power button if held still shuts off the computer.
Any ideas before I take it to the shop?
Are you running Vista x64, by any chance? I ask because CoreTemp did exactly that when I tried running it under Vista x64. I assume the problem is due to the fact that CoreTemp does not yet have a signed 64-bit driver for Vista, which is a requirement unique Vista x64. In the future, should you ever have a similar problem, open the task manager and kill the process, rather than doing a hard restart.
As for your machine's sudden inability to POST, it sounds as if the BIOS has somehow become corrupt. If that's the case, you will in all likelyhood need to replace the BIOS chip. However, there is a small chance to recover from this, if the BIOS's boot block has not been damaged. Open your P5WDH manual to page 4-9 and follow the directions for recovering via ASUS's CrashFree BIOS 3 utility.
Good luck.
-phil
Originally posted by: phile
Originally posted by: f1rstbuild
My first ever system build is almost complete because of this forum. Thanks to a lot of guys who shared their knowledge and experience.
Now, I have one problem that i want to ask. Can I use the SATA3 and SATA4 on the southbridge for RAID1 and leave the Sata1 as an ordinary IDE drive?
Thanks in Advance
I haven't messed with RAID on this board, but I'm pretty sure you can do what you proposed.
-phil
I'm sure most of us would feel the same way. It's only because I draw so much from it everyday, from news, entertainment, school work, etc.Originally posted by: TegerilIt's like a part of me died when my desktop stopped working, heh
Originally posted by: phile
Another user recently discovered how to properly convert the Ez-Raid ports into a single non-RAID port. IIRC, you need to completely remove the Ez-Raid jumper. Better you scan back until you find the post in question.
-phil
Originally posted by: DeusfauxApparently by removing both EZ RAID jumpers, and ....
HOWEVER, for some stupid reason I just cannot get it to work.
Originally posted by: myx
I know about the 32bit system issue and thats not the problem. 3dmark runs with 4gb and 2gb and even 3gb ram installed. Just with 4gb sometimes it freezez the system. Winamp problem, basicly it...hangs up everything. But im not talking about only winamp. Other apps do the same. They just hang up the system with no definite scenario running. I mean I'm as puzzled as you prolly are. But no problems apear when running with 2 or 3 or 1 gb. Just when all the 4 sticks are inserted. I even tested with different memory slots, all posible permutations. Running games - like stalker or fear or lineage2 that use the computer a lot - or even by running plain apps like winamp or wathing a dvd can hang the computer. The image on the screen freezez, , the usb ports stop working though. Couse I see the mouse and usb modem not working anymore (leds are off). I repeat, only when running with all the 4 sticks installed I get this problem. Now i have an uptime of almost 3 days with no problems (running with 2 sticks of ram). Bios version is 1901.
Later edit : To reproduce the problem, just put all the 4 sticks of ram and run a memtest. (in windows memtest) It will freez after aprox 15 minutes of running (without any errors)
Originally posted by: Deusfaux
Originally posted by: phile
Another user recently discovered how to properly convert the Ez-Raid ports into a single non-RAID port. IIRC, you need to completely remove the Ez-Raid jumper. Better you scan back until you find the post in question.
-phil
Originally posted by: DeusfauxApparently by removing both EZ RAID jumpers, and ....
HOWEVER, for some stupid reason I just cannot get it to work.