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Need help with possible mobo problem...

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hammondnav

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A couple of days ago, one of my hard drives started clicking, and then suddenly I started getting these random reboots. Then the clicking noise changed to hard drive motor shutdown and restarts. This was a Western Digital 120GB SE (IDE) and I changed it with a barnd new 160GB Seagate (IDE as well). After partitioning and installing Windows XP SP1 again, everything was going fine, until the same thing started happening again.
So far, I've also tried changing the soundcard and the video card, but nothing seems to help.
Does anyone know what could possibly be causing the problem? Could it be the power supply? Is the the motherboard (A7N8X Deluxe Rev2)? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Nav

Hardware setup (new & old):
AMD Athlon XP 3200+
Asus A7N8X Deluxe Rev2
3x 512 Corsair XMS DDR3200
1x Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 ST3160023A 160GB
ATi Radeon 9700 (Changed to eVGA 6800Ultra)
Onboard sound (first disabled, then changed to SB Audigy 2ZS)
Antec True550 PSU
Adaptec Fireconnect 4300
Plextor PX-712 (IDE)
Plextor PlexWriter 52x (IDE)

I have to add that the eVGA card requires two seperate power connectors straight from the PSU that are not connected to anything else, so that forces me to connect all the drives and fans to the same power line using a bunch of Y's.
 
Seen this happen once. The controller for my friends computer toasted 3 drives in a row. Turned out that the otehr friend of ours that sold it to him loaded a Beta bios that when updated stopped the problem. Try updateing the Bios see if it stops toasting them then.

Edit: This was a while ago on another mobo. Its just that it is the same type of problem. Not saying you loaded a beta bios just it took 6 months before that controller did anything. guess its possible for a bios that ASUS okayed for release to have the same issue. It also might not have been the bios's fault persay but updating it did fix the problem.
 
Alright thanks, I think I'll go ahead and flash the BIOS and see what happens. And so I need to get new hard drives?
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B4 getting another HDD. d/l and run the manufacturers utlity to test for driver fitness.

Wouldn't hurt to put Motherboard Monitor 5 and use it to check your PSU's voltage rails. Use the "sys log" feature to record readings to a text.doc.

Fern
 
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