Asus P5Q Problem

Static_Nexus · 24 Jul 2008 at 11:15

Hi guys, i bought an asus p5q from ocuk about a month ago. it replaced my asus p5b, i swapped all my gear over and it booted fine, after a few minutes browsing in firefox it freezes. trying to launch crysis makes it crash as soon as the screen goes black at the start of loading the game.

i reported this to ocuk who gave me an rma, they say they tested it for 8 hours on prime95 and found no problems. they sent it back, now i get NOTHING. i know every component works as ive tested them in 2 other rigs with no problem. the face that it now works even less than when i sent it away is a concern to me, this has been going on for a month now and i have no pc

ive tried 2 different psu's, 2 different makes of ram, 2 different processors and 2 different graphics cards. reset the cmos and trying different ram slots has not helped. ocuk support have asked me to send it back again, i cant understand how they were able to get it to boot! does anyone have any thoughts or ideas? thanks in advance guys.

Owenb · 24 Jul 2008 at 11:19

Did you reinstall windows? Usually a good idea when you change motherboard.

Static_Nexus · 24 Jul 2008 at 11:22

sorry i wasnt clear enough, when they sent it back the situation had got worse - now i dont get an image on the screen. everything powers up ok, it just does nothing. no BIOS, nothing.

foxbat · 24 Jul 2008 at 11:35

Do all your components still work in the old p5b?

Deleted member 2277 · 24 Jul 2008 at 17:05

Static_Nexus said:
i reported this to ocuk who gave me an rma, they say they tested it for 8 hours on prime95 and found no problems.

Running prime95 for 8hrs isn't exactly a full functional test. I used to work in the electronics industry and the company I worked for used to manufacture motherboards, phones etc. The tests that OcUK carry out would not identify all issues with a board, the only way that this can be done is to return the board to the manufacturer who will have the equipment to carry out a full functional test.

Meronem · 24 Jul 2008 at 20:32

foxbat said:
Do all your components still work in the old p5b?

do this and go from there

Cob · 24 Jul 2008 at 23:08

Static_Nexus said:
Hi guys, i bought an asus p5q from ocuk about a month ago. it replaced my asus p5b, i swapped all my gear over and it booted fine, after a few minutes browsing in firefox it freezes. trying to launch crysis makes it crash as soon as the screen goes black at the start of loading the game.

i reported this to ocuk who gave me an rma, they say they tested it for 8 hours on prime95 and found no problems. they sent it back, now i get NOTHING. i know every component works as ive tested them in 2 other rigs with no problem. the face that it now works even less than when i sent it away is a concern to me, this has been going on for a month now and i have no pc ive tried 2 different psu's, 2 different makes of ram, 2 different processors and 2 different graphics cards. reset the cmos and trying different ram slots has not helped. ocuk support have asked me to send it back again, i cant understand how they were able to get it to boot! does anyone have any thoughts or ideas? thanks in advance guys.

Build it up outside the case with the minimum of components (just place the board on top of its box).

Asus P5Q Problem

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