Dual Pentium III Motherboard - MSI 694D PRO2IR
(2) 1000mhz Pentium III retail box
After the problem became apparent and could no longer be tolerated, I thought the cause of the freezing was due to some type of IRQ conflict. I began uninstalling software/device drivers and pulling out my PCI cards one by one. Each time a PCI card was pulled out, a test was done to see if that had fixed the problem. However, all tests failed. Eventually, I came down to just the video card only in the AGP slot. With this card only installed, the system still would eventually freeze. I then exchanged this card with another AGP card but the problem still persists. I then pulled out all the memory leaving only 1 module in the memory slot, but this too did not work. I then tried swapping this out with another memory module from another computer and still the problem was there. I then began to pull out all the hard drives except for the main hard drive that was to load Windows. At this time, I also pulled out the cd rom and dvd player. I started up the computer to find it still had the same problem. I then swapped the hard drive cable and that did nothing to fix the problem. I took out the floppy drive even and the problem still was there. I then thought maybe it was a bad installation of Windows. Since I had made an image copy of my hard disk using Norton Ghost before my problems occurred, I reinstalled most of the hardware and tried to use the image that I had made. Upon loading the image, it would freeze up and not complete the reinstallation of the image. I then went back to my barebone hardware configuration and tried the image again without success. After several attempts, I did manage to get the image to successfully work, but the problem of freezing in Windows was still there. I then thought maybe it's possible that my image was bad although the integrity of the image passed successfully when tested. So I brought out my installation disc of Windows and attempted to install Windows with my bare configuration of the CPU, 1 stick of memory, AGP video card, 1 hard drive, and 1 cd-rom to load Windows. As Windows was attempting to install, it would freeze up and I had to reset the computer and start all over again. I then began again to swap out each item, different video card, a new hard drive, differencd cd rom, new IDE cable, different memory, each time trying to attempt to reinstall Windows. All failed. Also, I pulled out the power supply and took out my power supply from my other dual processing system and that still did not work. With all the parts in the system exchanged for known working parts, and still the computer was freezing, I made the conclusion that it had to be the motherboard for the cause of my problems. Hopefully, all that I did makes sense. Am I right on my diagnosis?
(2) 1000mhz Pentium III retail box
After the problem became apparent and could no longer be tolerated, I thought the cause of the freezing was due to some type of IRQ conflict. I began uninstalling software/device drivers and pulling out my PCI cards one by one. Each time a PCI card was pulled out, a test was done to see if that had fixed the problem. However, all tests failed. Eventually, I came down to just the video card only in the AGP slot. With this card only installed, the system still would eventually freeze. I then exchanged this card with another AGP card but the problem still persists. I then pulled out all the memory leaving only 1 module in the memory slot, but this too did not work. I then tried swapping this out with another memory module from another computer and still the problem was there. I then began to pull out all the hard drives except for the main hard drive that was to load Windows. At this time, I also pulled out the cd rom and dvd player. I started up the computer to find it still had the same problem. I then swapped the hard drive cable and that did nothing to fix the problem. I took out the floppy drive even and the problem still was there. I then thought maybe it was a bad installation of Windows. Since I had made an image copy of my hard disk using Norton Ghost before my problems occurred, I reinstalled most of the hardware and tried to use the image that I had made. Upon loading the image, it would freeze up and not complete the reinstallation of the image. I then went back to my barebone hardware configuration and tried the image again without success. After several attempts, I did manage to get the image to successfully work, but the problem of freezing in Windows was still there. I then thought maybe it's possible that my image was bad although the integrity of the image passed successfully when tested. So I brought out my installation disc of Windows and attempted to install Windows with my bare configuration of the CPU, 1 stick of memory, AGP video card, 1 hard drive, and 1 cd-rom to load Windows. As Windows was attempting to install, it would freeze up and I had to reset the computer and start all over again. I then began again to swap out each item, different video card, a new hard drive, differencd cd rom, new IDE cable, different memory, each time trying to attempt to reinstall Windows. All failed. Also, I pulled out the power supply and took out my power supply from my other dual processing system and that still did not work. With all the parts in the system exchanged for known working parts, and still the computer was freezing, I made the conclusion that it had to be the motherboard for the cause of my problems. Hopefully, all that I did makes sense. Am I right on my diagnosis?
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