just my luck. my computer crapped out on me on Sunday. i was running an ASUS P4PE with an intel 2.53. all of a sudden, on sunday, after sitting idle for a few hours, i went to check some scores and the computer rebooted (by the way it was sunny all day, no storms). as this system had been stable as a rock for months, i was a bit surprised at the reboot. but then, the computer proceeded to reboot and reboot and reboot. sometimes it would reboot during the reboot. other times i could get through windows loading and even search the net a bit before it would crash. it would usually crash when i clicked on something, a new page to load, a different option in Asus probe, etc...
anyhow, i swapped in my other Antec true 480W and had the same probs. ialso tried an EVER 300W and had the same probs. i went on to try a different Radeon 9700, a different hard drive (my work one also with WINXP), ran MEMTEST86 (no errors) and even took out my Corsair XMS 3000 and put in a single stick crucial 256 all of which resulted immediately in the same probs, immediate reboots. more often then not i couldnt even get into Windows.
after a few days and a significant loss of hair, i did what any of us would do, use this problem as an excuse to upgrade my system 🙂 after reading the boards for a few days, i purchased the new Abit IC7 from googlegear on Wed and got it this morning, free shipping to boot.
for starters, it was the best packaging i have seen in a motherboard to date, not that i have a ton of experience but ive used a few. very easy board to set up, nice layout. MUCH better then the P4PE where the AGP is so close to the RAM. board looks great too, black base nice colors. it comes with a nice black round floppy cable as well as a black rounded IDE. it was a pleasure to put together.
after installing everything, i powered it up and went right into the BIOS. i didnt spend too much time but LOTS of options i cant wait to play with. but since i wanted to be certain that my old MB was the prob, i left most of the defaults and just disabled some options i wasnt using and tried to load into WINXP. but, apparently my old P4PE was not the problem as i immediately rebooted while loading WINXP just like i was doing in the past. <insert screams, curses, etc...>
anyhow, the only thing i have not replaced is the P4 2.53 chip. my question is, would a bad CPU allow u to pwr up and get to the Windows loading screen and sometimes even allow you to boot up and mess around on the internet, albeit briefly? i assumed a bad CPU would prevent u from even loading windows. FYI my temps have always been great, 5 case fans and an ALPHA HS not to mention the fact that the reboots would occur immediately even after the PC was sitting for hours.
well, i know its not a lot of info but i certainly will post more if and when i get up and running. all in all i cannot wait to see what the IC7 can do. even though it appears my P4PE was not the problem, im still going to keep the IC7 as my MB in my home gaming system. ill post some scores as soon as i figure out my prob. is there anything else it can be other then the CPU?
anyhow, i swapped in my other Antec true 480W and had the same probs. ialso tried an EVER 300W and had the same probs. i went on to try a different Radeon 9700, a different hard drive (my work one also with WINXP), ran MEMTEST86 (no errors) and even took out my Corsair XMS 3000 and put in a single stick crucial 256 all of which resulted immediately in the same probs, immediate reboots. more often then not i couldnt even get into Windows.
after a few days and a significant loss of hair, i did what any of us would do, use this problem as an excuse to upgrade my system 🙂 after reading the boards for a few days, i purchased the new Abit IC7 from googlegear on Wed and got it this morning, free shipping to boot.
for starters, it was the best packaging i have seen in a motherboard to date, not that i have a ton of experience but ive used a few. very easy board to set up, nice layout. MUCH better then the P4PE where the AGP is so close to the RAM. board looks great too, black base nice colors. it comes with a nice black round floppy cable as well as a black rounded IDE. it was a pleasure to put together.
after installing everything, i powered it up and went right into the BIOS. i didnt spend too much time but LOTS of options i cant wait to play with. but since i wanted to be certain that my old MB was the prob, i left most of the defaults and just disabled some options i wasnt using and tried to load into WINXP. but, apparently my old P4PE was not the problem as i immediately rebooted while loading WINXP just like i was doing in the past. <insert screams, curses, etc...>
anyhow, the only thing i have not replaced is the P4 2.53 chip. my question is, would a bad CPU allow u to pwr up and get to the Windows loading screen and sometimes even allow you to boot up and mess around on the internet, albeit briefly? i assumed a bad CPU would prevent u from even loading windows. FYI my temps have always been great, 5 case fans and an ALPHA HS not to mention the fact that the reboots would occur immediately even after the PC was sitting for hours.
well, i know its not a lot of info but i certainly will post more if and when i get up and running. all in all i cannot wait to see what the IC7 can do. even though it appears my P4PE was not the problem, im still going to keep the IC7 as my MB in my home gaming system. ill post some scores as soon as i figure out my prob. is there anything else it can be other then the CPU?
