I bought 2 weeks ago this mobo as part of a new complete system. The system was stable, but performances were sub-par. After checking everything was up-to-date (Memtest, Windows, all drivers), I couldn't solve the issue. I decided to flash my BIOS with the most recent one, and the flashing went well. Except that I can't start Windows anymore. It passes the POST, I can access the BIOS, even flash it again. But the computer reboots as soon as it starts loading Windows. Same if I try to run from the Windows CD. The setup starts and the computer reboots just at the time it should ask me what I want to do. I ran memtest x86 overnight. Ran fine for 8 hrs with no errors. I tried the fail-safe BIOS setting, I tried to start with a mininal system, no improvements. I can't flash back my BIOS with the old version as I couldn't save it on the floppy because of lack of space. I've never experienced anything like that before. Any ideas?
Here's the system details:
Athlon 64 3500+
Foxconn NF4K8MC-ERS BIOS 06/17/2005
Asus EN7800GTX
2x512 MB DDR PC 3200 OCZ performance series
Hitachi 7k250 160 Gb SATA
Soundblaster Audigy 2 value
Netgear WG311T
NEC 3540a
Sony floppy drive
Aspire X-Qpack, 420W PSU
Windows XP pro SP2 OEM
Here's the system details:
Athlon 64 3500+
Foxconn NF4K8MC-ERS BIOS 06/17/2005
Asus EN7800GTX
2x512 MB DDR PC 3200 OCZ performance series
Hitachi 7k250 160 Gb SATA
Soundblaster Audigy 2 value
Netgear WG311T
NEC 3540a
Sony floppy drive
Aspire X-Qpack, 420W PSU
Windows XP pro SP2 OEM
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