Re: P5RD1-V PCI Express problems: System lockups.
- From: Ray <trystero@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:31:40 -0700
On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 16:48:15 -0400, nospam@xxxxxxxxxx (Paul) wrote:
>In article <mb84g1d2r3f352vcdssca8ss7hjifhflsv@xxxxxxx>, Ray
><trystero@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have an ASUS P5RD1-V motherboard that I am having a bit of trouble
>> with. I've added a PCI-Express video card (an ASUS Extreme128 MB
>> N6600) to the motherboard. The PC boots up fine. Where I run into
>> problems is when I try to watch a DVD or play a game. After about 5
>> minutes Windows XP Pro will lock up completely and I have to turn the
>> PC off and on again. This problem does not occur when using the
>> onboard video. Unfortunately, the onboard video sucks for playing
>> games
>>
>> The specs are as follows:
>>
>> ASUS P5RD1-V motherboard
>> ASUS Extreme 128mb N6600 PCI-E video card.
>> Intel P4 530J 3.0 GHz processor
>> 512MB Corsair "Value Select" RAM
>> Hitachi Deskstar 80GB SATA hard drive
>> Plextor 12x SATA DVD-RW drive
>>
>> I have ran tests on the RAM and all tests pass with flying colors.
>> And, again, the problems only occur with the PCI-E card in the system.
>>
>> Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>> Additionally, is anyone using this motherboard successfully with a
>> PCI-E video card? If so, what make and model?
>>
>> I hate to have to tear down and return this motherboard. It was
>> fairly highly rated at newegg.com, and at one motherboard review site
>> I visited. I'm frustrated to say the least.
>>
>> Many thanks for any replies.
>
>Try running Prime95 "Torture test" option. Downloadable
>from mersenne.org . This is a useful test of CPU and
>memory, and should run for hours error free, if your
>stuff is 100%. Then, if you still have hanging
>problems, you are down to looking at the video card
>or the storage subsystem. Playing a DVD should not be
>taxing the power supply, as the CPU doesn't run at 100%,
>so I won't ask any questions about the adequacy of your
>power supply.
>
>Another thing to try. Uninstall the Asus video card software
>and switch to standard Nvidia drivers, right off the Nvidia
>site. I see one report in Google that the Asus drivers caused
>a problem.
>
>Do you have an IDE DVDROM you could try ? Perhaps the Plextor
>SATA has something to do with it. There are many possibilities
>at this point...
>
> Paul
Thanks for the tips, I will give them a try. I've already tried going
with the drivers straight from nVidia, and that made no difference.
In fact, I tried those first. Thinking they might be the problem, I
fell back to the drivers ASUS provided on the CD that came with the
card. Again, same problems were encountered.
I am not alone with having this problem. Several others have posted
about it on ASUS' site. Speculation is that it is a problem with the
motherboard itself or the latest BIOS release. I'm just trying for
any resolution which would make things run without crashes and negate
the necessity of returning the motherboard.
Ray
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