A7V8X Woes....

[Shuxclams]

I am getting a mess of problems with this board.......IDE stuttering, Random reboots and blue screens... Tried a couple different Memory chips, reinstalls, drivers, BIOS tweaks, IDE cards, ran Memtest86...... it goes on and on.. I am scratching my head on this one. Been looking on ASUS message baords but they are so screwed up, most threads give VB/ODBC errors so you cant read much.. But it seems that there are a bunch of folks with same problems... now if I could find the similarities.

Any ideas or suggestions welcomed.


A7V8X (BIOS 1009)
Athlon XP 2100+ (1.75v)
Kingston PC2700 512MB DDR 2.5 (AUTO)
ATI All in wonder 8500DV (AGP) Latest Catalyst drivers released today
Sound Blaster Live 5.1 (PCI 3)
Promise Ultra 133 TX2 (PCI 5)
- IDE 1 = 20GB IBM 75GXP 7,200rpm, Master
- IDE 2 = 60GB Maxtor 60GB 7,200rpm, Master
Onboard IDE
- Primary = Pioneer 16x Slot DVD, Master
- Secondary = Sony 48x12x48 CD-RW, Master
Onboard Gb LAN (Enabled)
Onboard AC97' (Disabled)
Onboard SATA ( Disabled / no drivers loaded)
Allied 400w PS
Windows 2000 Professional SP3
VIA 4n1 - 4.43
VIA AGP
AMD AGP Patch


Tried a IWill DU3160 w/ IBM ZLX 9.1GB 10,000RPM U160 drive and it wouldnt boot........ Then again I had a crappy stick of PC2100 RAM in there so I might give that a shot again.









SHUX

 

[Shuxclams]

Updated BIOS to 1010.002 and blue screens and reboots disapeared with setting Memory to 333, but still have IDE stutter, help?














SHUX

 

[jamesbond007]

What exactly do you mean by IDE stutter? Maybe a conflict with IRQs between your ATA card and another device?

Maybe your PSU is lacking? Try with less devices or a stronger PSU?

Good luck man. That is a nice board. Keep us informed!