GA-8IEXP Boot Loop Problem

[acadit]

This is my first post here so hello to all. Anyway, I've bought this board for a client and have nothing but problems. It won't shut down, just reboots back to the OS. It took forever to get the onboard raid working, with a fresh install of XP Home, but the floppy w/ the drivers finally took :disgust: Could anyone tell me how to fix this boot loop problem, I've tried everything, setting the Optimal & failsafe defaults in the bios, disableing the onboard LAN. I'm hoping this is an easy fix, here are the specs, in case there are any known issuses w/ this
config that I'm not aware of. Please Help !!!!

P4 2.26b w/ stock cooling
Gigabyte GA-8IEXP w/2x 256mb Corsair xms pc2700
2x WD se 80 gig hard drives striped w/ onboard RAID
Leadtek GeForce3 Ti200 TDH w/128mb DDR
US Robotics v.92 PCI pro fax modem
Antec performance pro 860 mid tower w/ 330watt true power(front USB & Firewire connected)
LiteOn 32x12x40x and Toshiba DvD 16x48x w/mitsumi floppy

 

[acadit]

AnyOne?:frown:

 

[drewdogg808]

i just got this board for a friend, and i'm putting the system together later today. i'll let you know if i come across this problem.

 

[bonedust]

I have the same problem with my 8iexp. You choose start/shutdown, and it reboots instead. Won't shut down.

gigabyte GA-8iexp
chieftec case 420 turbolink supply
front usb connected
2 samsung 80gig
512mb kingston pc2100
gainward TI4200
2.4ghtz
using promise raid for 0
usr v.92
asus 40x12x48x

 

[FlipSide]

did you install any adaptec/roxio burning software? :Q

I remember having this boot problem when I installed Video Pack. It drove me bananas. It turned out that the software is not XP compatible. It may not be a hardware problem, it could be software related. Check XP threads...

Good Luck.