Problem with Asus Board

rjhazeld

rjhazeld

rjhazeld

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Occaisionally when I switch on the fans start and the drives spin and then everything stops. First time or two it happened I went round all the connectors making sure they were firmly in place. The main atx connector seemed a little insecure so removed and put back system restarted fine. The problem seems to be becoming more frequent and isn't always solved first time. The board is an Asus M2N32-sli Premium Vista edition. Power supply is an antec true power 850 watt unit. Processor is an AMD Phenom 9950, memory 8gb ocz platinum. System drive crucial m225 +3 seagate mechanicals one of which died recently (7200.11). Has run fine for 12+ months first on vista x64 and now on Windows 7 x64.
The problem often occurs if I have added or removed a drive e.g. when the recent one died even though it was in the lower drive cage and there was plenty of slack on the cables so I don't think it would have loosened anything.
What do you reckon board dying ?
 
What happens if you remove all unnecessary devices and cut the system back to the bare minimum? From the fact that it happens after adding a drive, I'm wondering whether it might be a power issue rather than a motherboard one.

Another thing to try is removing half the memory, trying that, then putting that half back in and removing the other half. If the problem only happens with all the memory in then the motherboard may be struggling with all slots filled; if it only ever happens with certain slots filled then you can juggle memory sticks and slots to work out by a process of elimination whether you have a faulty stick or a faulty slot, and if so which one.
 
Thanks, I guess it could be a power issue. It has been my practice to turn power off altogether overnight. First step I think is to leave it switched on and see if I get recurrence before more radical research.
I haven't done any stripping down yet as I had thought the issue was a connection one.
I'll see how it goes for a few days then if I get recurrrence start following your suggestions.
 
rjhazeld said:
What do you reckon board dying ?
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Dude its a friggen ASUS board . . . .they are indestructible! :p

It sounds like the normal double restart that has been standard on most ASUS boards for the past few years, if you power off the board completely (i.e switch it off at the PSU or unplug from the mains) and you have customised the BIOS it will switch on, switch off then switch on again and boot your O/S . .

If you have a completey stock BIOS and if your starting the PC from a soft off (i.e power button on case) it should boot right up! :cool:
 
Thanks, can't say that I'm that impressed with the board or perhaps I should say the ongoing lack of support in the form of updated drivers etc..
I have tried multiple restarts from the case button which didn't work - that's why I fist looked at physical connections.
I'll see how it goes over the holiday before starting major troubleshooting exercises.
 
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