3700+ w/ ASUS A8N-E ... (New Comp)

[boringwall]

AFter I install the motherboard drivers for Windows... it doesn't make it past the load bar... I've tried to roll it back and it still does that, I did flash the mobo w/ the most current bios.


I've updated several more drivers... Windows update, latest vid card, latest nforce ... ok ... now I don't want to restart because EVERY time I restart it goes to the windows logo with the load bar and will get stuck and lock up there...


I did activate on the mobo plug and play .. it was off... or should i leave it off?


ALL Help is appreciated.... thanks

 

[birdpup]

Try using the last stable bios version. You do not want to use a beta version if you are experiencing problems.

Does the system successfully pass memtest86 or memtest86+ for over 10 hours?
Before loading the motherboard drivers, did you test the system with Prime95 for several hours?

After a clean install, first thing is to install the motherboard drivers, then Windows Service Pack 2, then other important system drivers.

 

[boringwall]

have not tested any of those... I'm new to building this is my first build... mobo- ASUS A8N-E
RAM- Corsair Value ram 2gb kit
Video- ASUS 7800GTX
Hard drive- maxtor 120gb sata 150 8m cache
CPU amd 64 3700+ san diego
psu- atm is Ultra- X connect 500w
Hyundai L90D+ LCD
Wavemaster Case (with the firewire not connected and audio in the top hatch not connected because I don't know where they go on the mobo )


Now I do have an Antec neopower coming in the mail sometimes this week, so that should replace that...and a maxtor 250gb 16mb cache HD, but one question I have is there is a connector on the back of my 7800 gtx that has 6 holes, obviously for power its like a P4 cable.. but with 6 on it... and the connecter the ygave me w/ the card has a 6 pin on one end with 2 male what look like 4 pin power cables w/ only 3 pins in it... the kind you connect to HD's etc.. anyways... aside from that... I heard that the asus IDE driver causes some bugs so i didn't install that, that seemedto get me past the windows logo
then after updating drivers I woudl restart and got good results... everything up until the L90D+ driver... now I'm not sure if that is what caused it, because last night after I had loaded everything up I restarted, basically I saved all the "restart now" from all the drivers to one restart... anyways... through that I wasn't able to decide what caused me to lock up... I also noticed the ASUS Probe and some other accessories MAY have been causing it to lock up... I don't know ... this is my first build and almost forgot to even plug the p4 cable into the mobo, caught that before the case shut. But... I checked all the connections as far as I could tell everything seemed to be tight... wasn't getting high heat or anything...

I have NO idea who to ask via tech support I guess I can call Asus and see whats up...