Poll: msi k7t pro 2a gone bad... (small questionmark)

[FirmPete]

Hi there,

After 6 months running like a charme I think my mobo has gone down on me. I can't think of anything I haven't tried but I'll have a (small) hope that anyone sees the thing I overlooked...

The problem: Computer freezes. The cd and hd leds turn on and stay on. The monitor freezes to.

This happens when: More often when pc is busy (lot of hd activity) but is not exclusively then. Tried several HD's including a new one. <-No harddisk issue.

What OS? ANY. (Period) Even happened a couple of times in Dos. <- No driver issue.

Bios? ANY. I tried everyone of them. 1.8-2.5 betas 14 and 16.
Bios settings? AGP 4x/2x. Optimized defaults, failsave defaults. W/ wo/ udma enabled.
Memory 100Mhz/133Mhz, auto settings etc.
Bios resetted: yes. <-Not a bios issue

OC? Nope, I used to but that was the first thing I set back after troubles begun.

Temp? Never above 40C <-No temp issue.

PSU? 2. both 300Watts. <-No wattage issue.

Vid card? Voodoo3 2000 AGP, Geforce 2mx, (both agp) ati 4mb PCI... <- No go.

Memory? <- I've numbered all sdrams I have. Tried them all. <-Yup, no go.

Other pci cards? Removed them <- Same.

Still here? Well I hope you're the brilliant person who prevends me from missing at least two lan-parties. Of which one I'm organizing myself...

At least say that I thought of everything...

edit: I only have one athlon but it runs sandra cpu tests ok.

 

[rbV5]

Lan Parties, hmmm, maybe your MB is making contact with the case somehow? (take your components out and set up your comp on a non-conductive suface with min. components, still having problems?) Are your power supplies AMD approved? What via drivers are you using? Are you removing old driver references between video card installations? Clean installs of OS?

 

[Eldraad]

If I have read everything you wrote correctly I can offer only one idea (and the reason I even mention it)...

Even though your inside case temp (or was it CPU) didn't go above 40C you may want to prop a large desktop fan pointed at your motherboard (on at high speed) and see if you still have the lock ups you mentioned. I am using a Pro-2A now but one of my earlier boards gave me the same problem. One of the parts on the board was having heat problems and having the fan blowing stopped the problem for awhile. It wasn't anything that would show on the onboard temp sensor since it may have been a regulator or something else having the problem.

Otherwise, you've ruled out the Voodoo 3 2000 (mine is pci) and that is what was causing problems on my Pro-2A (the same problem you have...different cause though). I wish you luck!