asus tusl2-c

[gateT]

Been going over this in general hardware,but it looks like I'm down to the MB so I'll take a shot here.

System went down do to power failure. Everything looked and sounded right but nothing would show up on the monitor,it would just stay in standby.

found out the cpu was shot so I replaced that-this had the same problem.

pulled out unneeded stuff (sound,nic etc..). Used different Video and HD. Same problem.

Cleared cmos-system posted but locked up loading windows. Started in safe mode and it showed locking up while loading agp drivers.

Does it with two different video cards and HDs.

Flashed bios-still hanging up in the same place?????????

 

[Marine]

I have a very similar machine and may be able to help you, but first, I've got a question. If your machine will POST but not load Windows, how did you write the OS to the HDD in the first place? If you just pulled out an EiDE HDD from another machine and plugged it in, you'd be very lucky if the thing would load the OS and drivers for this different configuration.

Have you tried to format the HDD from a boot disk with the new CPU and then reinstall the OS?

How did you kill the old CPU in the first place? Those PIII chips are pretty surviveable.

 

[gateT]

I still had my 40gig HD that I had mirrored onto the 80gig I'm using now. All the same parts so it should load ok.

Had a tree limp come down across the power lines and it banged on an off three times pretty fast. I'm not a 100% sure the cpu is dead because the only way I had to check it was to plug it into a slot 1 MB through an old converter I had laying around. In the end it might turn out to be OK?

Was thinking about starting it off the windows disk but didn't want to over wright my HD just as a shot in the dark. I guess what I can do is put the 40 gig back in-that way I won't loose all the stuff I've downloaded since mirroring.

Thanks

 

[Marine]

I really doubt that the processor was damaged by on and off cycles. I think your HDD was probably corrupted instead. Unless there were voltage spikes, and there's no evidence that happened, right? your hardware, including your video adapter is probably fine.
I very strongly recommend starting up with a boot/recovery disk. If you can boot up with that, you're probably OK and just need to recover your hard drive. Why don't you put in another HDD and format and reinstall Windows, then attach your 40 gig drive as read only, so you can recover that data?

 

[gateT]

Got it back by just choosing the repair windows option in setup- She seems to be running fine now.

Will probably have to do the same with my 80g. I did lose anything on my 40g so should not be a problem.

Will probably run on the new cpu for awhile to make sure everything is stable before testing my old one.

Besides the 1.1a celeron can probably be made to run as fast as the 1.0 P3

Should repost this over in general hardware for the guys who were trying to help me (always nice know how it turns out)

Thank!!!!

 

[mrfleet]

:disgust: Hi, I have become disgusted with my Asus TUSL2-C motherboard, although I have not completely given up. I received a courteous reply from the Asus staff (regarding a minor 'standby mode' problem that happened before the complete melt down) with a new version of the BIOS (1014) which I haven't tried yet. My TUSL2-C is the version without built-in sound. Giving the damm thing a rest, using my backup system.

The prelude to the problem, maybe an ill omen, was this: periodic, random restarts in Windows XP. My modest rig is the TUSL2-C mobo, Celeron 1.0A (Tualatin) and 512M PC-133. No overclocking used. The restarts were, of course, really annoying, but I soldiered on with no OS damage--just lost my internet cache files. I replaced my cheap-o power supply with a Sparkle unit. Finally, an especially bad crash caused Windows to be unable to load. Ok, time to reformat and reinstall Windows. What?! Windows cannot install. My mobo POST's ok. Ran through memory checks several times. Tried stripping components down to the essentials. Still no go. I've been starting with a freshly formatted partition. Windows installation halts not right away but after the installation has been running a while--it seems to happen not in one particular place. BSOD. Boots to DOS ok from a CD I made; does this mean anything? I haven't tried clearing the CMOS yet.

Confused. Was able to install Windows before when I first got the mobo. 'What's different?' you ask.. Well, I did flash the BIOS after owning the board a while (playing with the 'POST bitmap image option, I know that's a waste of time..) So, my next step is clear the CMOS, flash the BIOS and try again. Gonna try using one DIMM instead of two.

I hope this 'REPLY' is OK. Should I start a new thread? I am disappointed with Asus's web site, although I did get a nice e-mail from them. I have an i-panel that I never even hooked up! Please Lord, don't make me have to RMA this board..

 

[RalfHutter]

Originally posted by: mrfleet
:disgust: Hi, I have become disgusted with my Asus TUSL2-C motherboard, .........................................The prelude to the problem, maybe an ill omen, was this: periodic, random restarts in Windows XP. ................... I haven't tried clearing the CMOS yet...........yada

After you make sure your BIOS is all squared away I suggest you check your RAM. Download Memtest86 and run it. It runs from a floppy so no OS (or hardrive) needs to be present. Run all eleven tests. Let it run for some hours, it loops over and over. Read the "readme".

 

[mrfleet]

Thank you Ralf, I will do that this week. I'm reading the web site you linked--interesting..
I'm also thinking about the remaining DIMM module (other moved to backup system). It is
taller than others and seems kinda loose. Still things to try. Thanks again.

 

[mrfleet]

I guess I should have said "frequent random" instead of "periodic random"
My Mom (retired English teacher) didn't raise no oxymoron...