EVGA 680i

hessman · 21 Feb 2007 at 22:53

This mobo is getting on my tit's, The story so far. PC parts purchased from 2 different retailers. The spec as follows

CPU E6600
MOBO EVGA 680i
Memory Corsair XMS2 2gb C4 #
HIS X1950 pro 512mb #
Corsair 520w PSU
320GB Hitachi Deskstar HD

# = purchased from OC
It all started after the pc was running fine and then about 50mins the screen going black. When i rebooted all i got was the BSOD and a 2 long post beeps and error code 25, Vshadow bios. I tried a basic ati card which seemed to work. So i RMA'd the GFX card. Which came back fine. I reinstalled the card and started again, this time it lasted about 10 mins before BSOD occured. I have just RMA'd the MOBO, CPU and the hard drive. And the hard drive was found to be faulty. New one arrived today, all was going fine with the install of XP untill the first reboot at which point it all starts happening agin. ARGHH
I have tried a different psu, the only thing that is left is the memory. It's just getting beyond a joke I have had this PC for 7 weeks and only used for 6 days. Any other advice please before i turn it into a expensive paper weight.

Lolcb · 21 Feb 2007 at 23:18

Code 25, I'm sure the manual will tell you what that error is for?

hessman · 21 Feb 2007 at 23:58

The manual say's that is code 25 is " shadowsystem/ video bios"
but i'm really not sure what to try next, just getting really dispondent with it.

Lolcb · 22 Feb 2007 at 00:51

I just checked the evga board. It says error code 25 and shows 2 orange lights, there is no known solution at the moment.

The only thing you can do is to RMA the board.http://www.evga.com/community/messageboard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22501

Junk · 22 Feb 2007 at 22:38

are you using the right voltage for the RAM ?

hessman · 22 Feb 2007 at 23:23

Well I think so. Last time i had the thing running and managed to get to the bios screen i'm sure it said 2.1v, but today I had to get someone else to get me engineers report on the pc. So hopefully they will be able to tell where the problem lies. It just seemed a bit odd that it would boot up once but then not for a second time. When i had changed nothing in the bios screen other than the boot order. But anyway thanks for the advice. Lets hope it works this time.