Had the same problem with a P5LD2 board and an X700 video
card. Both brand new items.
Had to hit the reset button after turning it on to get it to
see the card. After about 4-5 hours, it wouldn't work at all.
Turned out to be a bad video card. Replaced the card with
same type and it's been doing OK now for a couple of days.
So...weak components on the card that are dying
maybe????
Can you swap the card with another one?
Good luck.
T.O.
Galloway
I posted the message below about 3 weeks ago(with
no responses). Since then I have replaced the power supply with an Enermax
EG475P-V(470 watts). I now get no beeps or video often when I start the
computer. When this happens the fans run and there is some hard drive
activity(at least that's what the LED on the front is showing). I have to
shut the computer off then turn it back on and usually the video
initializes. It still opens to the BIOS screen stating that the CPU speed
was set wrong and to reset it. I have tried setting the speed for the CPU
manually and the timings for the memory manually which did not correct the
problem. I contacted ASUS support and got a message back that suggested it
could be a ground problem and that I should isolate the board using paper
washers on the metal standoffs. I have not tried this yet but I have had
this system together for 4 months before this problem started. I will use
plastic standoffs but I don't think this will correct the problem. It seems
there are quite a few messages in this newsgroup with some form of this
problem. By the way I'm still running the new video board(BFG GeForce 6600
GT). Has anybody solved any problems similar to this? Thanks in advance for
any help with this.
Got an A7V600-X that the video does not initialize
on. Sometimes I would get
a beep code 1 long 3 short. Sometimes no beep
code(mostly now). Sometimes
after 2 or 3 times the video would initialize
but it would come up with the
BIOS screen stating that the speed of the
CPU was set wrong and to reset it
to the correct speed, also that windows
would start in safe mode. It happens
after the computer has been off for
quite a while(over night or longer).
First I thought it was a video card
problem, so I put in a new card(BFG
GeForce 6600 GT) a couple days ago.
Everything seemed fine until today. I
push the on button and no video and
no beeps. I turned the computer off and
back on again and everything was
fine. I've run MemTest86 on the
memory(Kingston 512 DDR PC3200) for 7
passes with no errors.
Win98se
AMD 3000+ (400 FSB)
350 Enermax
Power Supply(3 to 4 years old)
Old video card Leadtek GeForce 2 Pro
20
GB hard drive
DVD-ROM
DVD -R/RW +R/RW
Astra USB Scanner
Lexar
USB Multi-Card Reader
Onboard LAN
Santa Cruz sound card
I'd
appreciate any advice I can receive on this problem. Greg
T
P.S. I've had the motherboard, CPU and memory about 5 months with
no
problems.
