Re: Asus p4p800 motherboard total failure problem after bios flashing - piece of crap
- From: "Michael W. Ryder" <_mwryder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:06:52 GMT
j.burghdoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Wylie Wilde wrote:
Hello,
I had a p4p800s Asus motherboard. Together with a p4 Prescott, 1gig ram, asus gf4ti card, etc..
I was planning to switch over to XP SP2 and thought I better do some updates on the motherboard bios and intel cpu driver first before updating the software.
Problems arose when I updated the asus motherboard bios. I followed the instructions carefully- and the system confirmed that the flash was successful. When I turned off the computer, upon turning it back on again, the computer beeped several times and claimed I had a BAD CMOS and asked me to goto setup or 2 load default settings. I chose 2.
Initially everything seemed OK. I rebooted several times and although the xp gui screen seems a few seconds slower than normal. Everything seems alright.
However, the problem still arose whenever I turned off the computer for more than 10 - 20 minutes.
Finally, after a month, the computer just hung when it was turned on. Total utter blackness. No POST screen. No bios screen - absolutely nothing.
I sent to the computer repair shop run by a friend- they pulled out the motherboard and tried it with different CPUs but no luck. They also pulled out the cmos battery but that didnt work either. The Asus motherboard was dead.
I had to replace it with another motherboard (not asus).
I sent a complaint email to ASUS but have so far received no reply. And it takes bloody forever to get into their website.
I also had problems with the Asus gf4 graphic card.
Anyhow I will never buy Asus products again.
I am using Windows XP Pro SP1 with all critical updates done (one by one) Firewall is Zone Alarm Pro 5.1, Grisoft AVG. I also use Trojan Hunter, Adware6, and TrendMicro's online scanner.
My computer system is a P4 3.0 Prescott, Asus P4P800S, 1G RAM, PFUHL2keyboard, Geforce4Ti4800SE, Creative CDRW 32x, Sony DVDROM, Mirage 400W powersupply, IntelliExplorer mouse. Cable modem - Motorola SB5100.
********* Intel(R) Processor Frequency ID Utility Report Version: 7.1.20040716 Time Stamp: 2004/09/05 11:36:23 Number of processors in system: 1 Current processor: #1 Processor Name: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00E GHz Type: 0 Family: F Model: 3 Stepping: 3 Revision: 9 L1 Trace Cache: 12 Kµops L1 Data Cache: 16 KB L2 Cache: 1 MB Packaging: FC-PGA2 Platform Compatibility Guide: 04A MMX(TM): Yes SIMD: Yes SIMD2: Yes SIMD3: Yes NetBurst(TM) Microarchitecture: Yes Expected Processor Frequency: 3.0 GHz Reported Processor Frequency: 3.0 GHz Expected System Bus Frequency: 800 MHz Reported System Bus Frequency: 800 MHz *************************************************************
Well this must have been your first BIOS flash because anyone thats done it before would know to clear CMOS before rebooting the computer. That would have stopped you from getting the BAD CMOS message.
Then you should have entered the BIOS and reset all critical settings. You didn't do that because your only showing 1 cpu and you should see 2. By not setting the BIOS correctly you could have damaged the board yourself.
Since I have done a number of BIOS flashes over the last ten years I have been using ASUS boards and never done the steps you outline so I can't believe that they would make any difference in this case.
Also a 400 watt power supply for a P4E? Your CPU was sucking up 100 watts of that power on its own. So power starvation could have also been a problem.
You must be one of those who feel that you have to have a 600 watt monster for anything. I am running a 400 watt power supply with a P4 3.4 and it runs rock solid. Before that I had a 300 watt generic power supply running a P4 2.0 for years. While his problem may have been power related it is more likely just a normal failure in some component.
I'm not bragging anything for ASUS I just bought my first ASUS board and I'm currently waiting for its replacement due to a bad memory controller on the first. But as far as customer support, they all suck. Motherboard quality control has gone down the tubes since they all moved production from Tiawan to mainland China.
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