I'm suffering a minor catastrophe.
My 19 month old ASUS P5K-E wifi motherboard has succumbed to the sadly all too common ASUS cold boot issue, whereby the computer will start fans, but not display video output or boot into Windows unless the power cord is pulled, given a few seconds, then powered up again.
The computer will then POST, but will give the 'Overclocking failed' message.
If F2 is selected, the computer will boot into Windows, but at stock settings, losing me 900 Mhz of horsepower.
If one selects F1, and reconfigures settings in the BIOS, the computer again refuses to do anything except start fans......which is annoying.
The computer has been running fine almost 24/ 7 since last year with the following components:
Intel Q9450 @ 3.5 GHz
4GB DDR2 9600 ( Kingston HyperX )
9800GX2
The problem has only surfaced recently.
I will be building a new system based around a D920 i7 in the first half of next year, when ( if ) Fermi finally comes out, but until then, I would like to continue to run the current system in an overclocked state at least as good as this one has been up until last week.
The system will then be relegated to being number two machine.
I am therefore looking for one of two things:
Either:
A solution to the cold boot issue that will allow me to reapply my overclock to the system, using the existing motherboard;
Or:
Replace the motherboard and reuse all existing components with a view to achieving the same processor overclock as previously achieved on the ASUS board.
One caveat to the second option would be that I have totally lost faith in ASUS and would not voluntarily buy one of their products again.
The other aspect would be that, since this is very much an interim step, I do not want to break the bank on replacing what is, essentially an end of line socket/ processor technology.
I therefore appeal to the wise men ( and girls ) of these forums to help me find the most cost effective solution to my issue.
Thanking you in advance,
Mira
My 19 month old ASUS P5K-E wifi motherboard has succumbed to the sadly all too common ASUS cold boot issue, whereby the computer will start fans, but not display video output or boot into Windows unless the power cord is pulled, given a few seconds, then powered up again.
The computer will then POST, but will give the 'Overclocking failed' message.
If F2 is selected, the computer will boot into Windows, but at stock settings, losing me 900 Mhz of horsepower.
If one selects F1, and reconfigures settings in the BIOS, the computer again refuses to do anything except start fans......which is annoying.
The computer has been running fine almost 24/ 7 since last year with the following components:
Intel Q9450 @ 3.5 GHz
4GB DDR2 9600 ( Kingston HyperX )
9800GX2
The problem has only surfaced recently.
I will be building a new system based around a D920 i7 in the first half of next year, when ( if ) Fermi finally comes out, but until then, I would like to continue to run the current system in an overclocked state at least as good as this one has been up until last week.
The system will then be relegated to being number two machine.
I am therefore looking for one of two things:
Either:
A solution to the cold boot issue that will allow me to reapply my overclock to the system, using the existing motherboard;
Or:
Replace the motherboard and reuse all existing components with a view to achieving the same processor overclock as previously achieved on the ASUS board.
One caveat to the second option would be that I have totally lost faith in ASUS and would not voluntarily buy one of their products again.
The other aspect would be that, since this is very much an interim step, I do not want to break the bank on replacing what is, essentially an end of line socket/ processor technology.
I therefore appeal to the wise men ( and girls ) of these forums to help me find the most cost effective solution to my issue.
Thanking you in advance,
Mira
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