Hi.
My main rig had a very strange problem a couple days ago.... can't figure it out!
My configuration is as follows:
P4 Northwood 3GHz HT
Albatron PX 865PE Pro II mobo
Fx5900XT based video card, AGP
Maxtor D740X HDD, 3 NTFS partitions
256 MB DDR500 Mushkin + 515MB brandless ram
Plextor PX-504A DVD burner
Thermaltake 650W PSU
Aureon 7.1 Terratec sound card
Cooling is more than adequate
XP Pro SP2 + updates
The problem:
All of a sudden, network connection to home LAN drops.
I reboot and windows fails loading.
Safe mode works, I reboot again and still no go in normal mode.
Safe mode with network support does not work either.
I took out the sound card, the brandless ram module, disabled Ethernet controller in the BIOS but still no go.
AVG (up to date) reported no infection.
Formatted Windows partition, reinstalled from scratch, same situation.
Swapped motherboard with one Albatron PX845PE PRO II I had lying around, reinstalled windows again, same situation.
Checked the 12V and 5V rails with testers, they are OK.
I have no idea what it could be, and why safe mode boots ok while safe mode w/ network support isn't.
Any help or suggestion welcome
Thanks
Mattia
My main rig had a very strange problem a couple days ago.... can't figure it out!
My configuration is as follows:
P4 Northwood 3GHz HT
Albatron PX 865PE Pro II mobo
Fx5900XT based video card, AGP
Maxtor D740X HDD, 3 NTFS partitions
256 MB DDR500 Mushkin + 515MB brandless ram
Plextor PX-504A DVD burner
Thermaltake 650W PSU
Aureon 7.1 Terratec sound card
Cooling is more than adequate
XP Pro SP2 + updates
The problem:
All of a sudden, network connection to home LAN drops.
I reboot and windows fails loading.
Safe mode works, I reboot again and still no go in normal mode.
Safe mode with network support does not work either.
I took out the sound card, the brandless ram module, disabled Ethernet controller in the BIOS but still no go.
AVG (up to date) reported no infection.
Formatted Windows partition, reinstalled from scratch, same situation.
Swapped motherboard with one Albatron PX845PE PRO II I had lying around, reinstalled windows again, same situation.
Checked the 12V and 5V rails with testers, they are OK.
I have no idea what it could be, and why safe mode boots ok while safe mode w/ network support isn't.
Any help or suggestion welcome
Thanks
Mattia