I don't know if this is a motherboard or Vista problem, so I'm posting it in both places, hope nobody minds.
Can sure use some help with this strange boot message: Is it saying I have a bad partition on both C: and D: drives?
Here it is, painstakingly copied by hand, it showed after board post, on a black screen. Windows never loaded. eventually I got a C: prompt:
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Free DOS Kernel Version 1.1.35W (build 2035W-UNSTABLE, Nov 30 2005)
Kernel compatibility 7.10-WATCOM C-FAT32 Support
C:HD1, PRI[1], CHS=0-1-1, START=0MB, SIZE-31MB
WARNING: Partition PRI:1 FS 0B has CHS-14592-254-63, NOT 1023-254-63
WARNING: Partition PRI:1 FS 0B is not LBA
Please run FDISK to correct this - using LBA to access partition.
Start 0-1-1, end 14592-254-63
D:HD3, PRI[1], CHS=0-1-1, START=0MB, SIZE 114470MB
Bad or missing command interpreter
Enter the full shell command line:
command.com /Y /P /E:256
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When I unplugged the D: drive (USB external 120GB drive), the error msg only had the C: error message.
I was able to get back into Windows with "last known good config", in fact it works every time, but it won't load on its own. I checked the two drives, they both show all the data and everything looks fine, no data corruption etc.
I'm running a clean install of Vista 64bit on an ASUS P5W DH Deluxe, 8GB DDR2 667 (2GB x 4), various updates
recommended on this site, including a hotfix patch from Microsoft, SPAE and Data Exec prevention from Microsoft
tech, and memswap enabled in Bios, to get all 8GB RAM to show.
It's been running like a champ for two days, now this out of nowhere. Last shutdown was clean and fast, about 30 seconds.
I tried flashing bios using ASUS updater in windows, but it couldn't connect to a site, so I don't think that caused anything, but it was the last thing I did before the problem.
My bios is 1901, not the latest for the board.
I could also use a recommendation on how to flash the bios for this board,
as I'm not sure doing it through Windows is such a good idea.
Halp! This stuff is way over my head!
Locked for cross-posting, the other thread left open...
Anandtech Moderator - bsobel
Can sure use some help with this strange boot message: Is it saying I have a bad partition on both C: and D: drives?
Here it is, painstakingly copied by hand, it showed after board post, on a black screen. Windows never loaded. eventually I got a C: prompt:
--------------
Free DOS Kernel Version 1.1.35W (build 2035W-UNSTABLE, Nov 30 2005)
Kernel compatibility 7.10-WATCOM C-FAT32 Support
C:HD1, PRI[1], CHS=0-1-1, START=0MB, SIZE-31MB
WARNING: Partition PRI:1 FS 0B has CHS-14592-254-63, NOT 1023-254-63
WARNING: Partition PRI:1 FS 0B is not LBA
Please run FDISK to correct this - using LBA to access partition.
Start 0-1-1, end 14592-254-63
D:HD3, PRI[1], CHS=0-1-1, START=0MB, SIZE 114470MB
Bad or missing command interpreter
Enter the full shell command line:
command.com /Y /P /E:256
-----------------
When I unplugged the D: drive (USB external 120GB drive), the error msg only had the C: error message.
I was able to get back into Windows with "last known good config", in fact it works every time, but it won't load on its own. I checked the two drives, they both show all the data and everything looks fine, no data corruption etc.
I'm running a clean install of Vista 64bit on an ASUS P5W DH Deluxe, 8GB DDR2 667 (2GB x 4), various updates
recommended on this site, including a hotfix patch from Microsoft, SPAE and Data Exec prevention from Microsoft
tech, and memswap enabled in Bios, to get all 8GB RAM to show.
It's been running like a champ for two days, now this out of nowhere. Last shutdown was clean and fast, about 30 seconds.
I tried flashing bios using ASUS updater in windows, but it couldn't connect to a site, so I don't think that caused anything, but it was the last thing I did before the problem.
My bios is 1901, not the latest for the board.
I could also use a recommendation on how to flash the bios for this board,
as I'm not sure doing it through Windows is such a good idea.
Halp! This stuff is way over my head!
Locked for cross-posting, the other thread left open...
Anandtech Moderator - bsobel
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