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From: Jim on 31 Aug 2009 23:24 On Aug 31, 10:57 am, Dominic Payer <d...(a)dcp.fsv.co.uk> wrote: > After trying to flash the BIOS did you remove the thumb drive and clear > the CMOS data? After this you should load optimised or fail-safe > defaults and then customise the settings for your set-up. It seems that > at boot the board is accessing the thumb drive BIOS copy not the > on-board chip. > > With new chipsets and hardware there is always the possibility of > incompatible firmwares and BIOSes in disks, graphics cards, etc. apart > from faulty components generating noise on startup and confusing the > system. Remove everything non-essential and see if it will boot > normally. If so, add things in stages until you find what is causing > problems. > I could also having problems migrating stuff to a 64-bit system. However, I don't think that is it. I do have peripherals, but not all that much. Jim
From: Jim on 1 Sep 2009 21:52 On Aug 31, 10:24 pm, Jim <jme...(a)cal.berkeley.edu> wrote: Mushkin says that either my memory has to be bad or my slots are bad. However, I do not think it is that easy. I think the problem could be elsewhere, especially with the i7 920 X58 chipset combination. I have heard of lots of reports of problems on the Internet. Jim
From: Bobby Johnson on 2 Sep 2009 08:00 I presume you are fully knowledgeable that this forum is for discussions of problems with 64-bit Windows operating systems and is not a hardware forum. Jim wrote: > On Aug 31, 10:24 pm, Jim <jme...(a)cal.berkeley.edu> wrote: > > Mushkin says that either my memory has to be bad or my slots are bad. > However, I do not think it is that easy. I think the problem could be > elsewhere, especially with the i7 920 X58 chipset combination. I have > heard of lots of reports of problems on the Internet. > > Jim
From: Carlos on 2 Sep 2009 09:20 Jim, This morning I woke up with a hunch. Unplug your thumb drive and plug there any USB device you have, e.g., a webcam. Restart your PC and see what happens. I've got the feeling that either your mobo or power supply is needing a little current drain on the +5VUSB power supply to start. Some piece of hardware ain't working as it should there. Carlos "Jim" wrote: > On Aug 31, 10:38 am, Carlos <Car...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > How far do you get after powering up your pc without the thumb drive plugged > > in? > > No video, no messages, no beeps? > > Have you tried resetting the BIOS? > > Carlos > > Carlos, > > I don't even get the "Loading ASUS Express Gate" flashing across the > screen unless the thumb drive is installed. I finally have things > improved, although not fixed, with the memory, with the help of > Mushkin and changing all of the settings manually, but the computer > will not boot without the thumb drive. The machine is much peppier > with the new manual memory settings but it does not see the 6 GB in > Device Manager. Both CPU-Z and SIW see the memory, and CPU-Z tells me > that it is in the correct slots. > > I think you were on to something earlier when you said that this is a > machine that simply likes to suck it's thumb? <smile> > > Jim >
From: Jim on 3 Sep 2009 07:08
> This morning I woke up with a hunch. > Unplug your thumb drive and plug there any USB device you have, e.g., a > webcam. > Restart your PC and see what happens. > I've got the feeling that either your mobo or power supply is needing a > little current drain on the +5VUSB power supply to start. > Some piece of hardware ain't working as it should there. Carlos, That could be? I have a brand new Enermax 1050 watt power supply.It could be too much for what I have plugged in. I had a previous RAID 5 system with four drives, although the new video card takes quite a bit more juice than the old one did. I'll have to try it next week, as I want to get away from the machine for a weekend. Thanks again! :-) Jim |