motherboard taking awhile to post?

[cmdavid]

its an Asus P4S533 and its strange.. i turn it on and it takes a few minutes before it posts (the beeps) and then goes straight into the BIOS and just stays there... doesnt boot up or anything... anybody have any clue what the problem could be and possible suggestions for fixing it?
the cpu is a P4 1.6Ghz williamette i believe, i know its not a northwood... thanks in advance for any help..
-chris

 

[lenjack]

How do you know it's tne mobo. Maybe it is, but can you be sure?

 

[cmdavid]

what else could it be? cpu? help me out...

 

[cmdavid]

anybody?

 

[Johneverd]

It could be hanging trying to identify a piece of hardware. Is there anything in Windows Device Manager that is not functioning correctly? Usually IDE devices (old hard drives or CD-ROMs) cause this.

You can use whats called a POST card to see what point in the boot process is hanging and look it up on line.

 

[cmdavid]

Originally posted by: Johneverd
It could be hanging trying to identify a piece of hardware. Is there anything in Windows Device Manager that is not functioning correctly? Usually IDE devices (old hard drives or CD-ROMs) cause this.

You can use whats called a POST card to see what point in the boot process is hanging and look it up on line.

I cant tell if there's anything in device manager not functioning properly cause i cant get into windows.... you have a link to a POST card that i can buy? i cant seem to find any.... thanks...

 

[Ketchup]

Has the board always done this? If not, have you made any recent hardware changes? Are you overclocked? Have you tried adjusting your memory timings?

 

[Johneverd]

Originally posted by: cmdavid

Originally posted by: Johneverd
It could be hanging trying to identify a piece of hardware. Is there anything in Windows Device Manager that is not functioning correctly? Usually IDE devices (old hard drives or CD-ROMs) cause this.

You can use whats called a POST card to see what point in the boot process is hanging and look it up on line.

I cant tell if there's anything in device manager not functioning properly cause i cant get into windows.... you have a link to a POST card that i can buy? i cant seem to find any.... thanks...

Sorry, I didn't know that you couldn't get into Windows.

You might try unplugging everything except for the CPU, RAM and video card. If it works okay then try plugging everything back in one thing at a time, until the problem occurs. That may pinpoint it.

They sell POST cards on ebay (that's where I bought mine). There are currenty about a dozen available, linked HERE. Make sure to get the PCI version, as your board has no ISA slot.