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muckluck · 07-06-2005, 10:30 PM

System Specs:
Windows XP Pro
2500+ Mobile
512 MB Samsung PC 2700 RAM
120 GB IDE Western Digital HDD
asus A7N8x

Alright I went to go install my new Linskey gigabit NIC. After I installed it I went to go boot it back up and got beep codes from the mother board and it didn't post. I shut off the PC and disconnected the two IDE cabels. Boot it back up and it posts just fine. After doing that I assume it isn't a mobo problem. I reconnect everything and get the beep codes again. I unplug the secondary IDE and it recognises my HDD but I get an error saying it didn't pass the media test?

. I unplug and connect back the two IDE cabels and get through BIOS fine. It then locks up at the Windows boot screen and forces me to do a hard restart. After that it boots up and recognizes my HDD as df400 or something similar to that and the POST screen has a big white block in the middle of it. I make sure my connections are tight again and now it boots windows to the logon screen. After I logon it gets stuck at the Windows is starting up screen. And now I am stuck there. It locks up in safe mode, and I cleared the CMOS. This has me baffeled. If it were a mobo problem it probably wouldn't POST, and probably wouldn't boot up the OS. I know it isn't HDD related because I threw it into an enclosure and ran Checkdsk on another PC and it had 0 bad sectors. Any suggestions/ solutions would be greatly appreciated.

cyrnel · 07-06-2005, 11:04 PM

Does it work again with the NIC removed?

What's your effective FSB frequency?

muckluck · 07-06-2005, 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyrnel

Does it work again with the NIC removed?

What's your effective FSB frequency?

Yes and no, it gets rid of the beep codes, but it just locks up when I get into windows.I set the FSB to 166 Mhz. I'm going to call it a night, I'll reply to anymore more questions you have that will help me out tomorrow afternoon. Thank you for the help

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muckluck · 07-07-2005, 05:10 PM

I installed Knoppix on the machine to test it out. I have an error that says BIOS did not set cable bits correctly, and another error saying that the interrupt was lost. I assume the PnP on the NIC caused some problems with the IRQ numbers? Just a theory... I have yet to try XP.

-- edit --

Tried XP and it just locks up on instillation.

07-06-2005, 10:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
muckluck Psycho	Weird stability issue System Specs: Windows XP Pro 2500+ Mobile 512 MB Samsung PC 2700 RAM 120 GB IDE Western Digital HDD asus A7N8x Alright I went to go install my new Linskey gigabit NIC. After I installed it I went to go boot it back up and got beep codes from the mother board and it didn't post. I shut off the PC and disconnected the two IDE cabels. Boot it back up and it posts just fine. After doing that I assume it isn't a mobo problem. I reconnect everything and get the beep codes again. I unplug the secondary IDE and it recognises my HDD but I get an error saying it didn't pass the media test? . I unplug and connect back the two IDE cabels and get through BIOS fine. It then locks up at the Windows boot screen and forces me to do a hard restart. After that it boots up and recognizes my HDD as df400 or something similar to that and the POST screen has a big white block in the middle of it. I make sure my connections are tight again and now it boots windows to the logon screen. After I logon it gets stuck at the Windows is starting up screen. And now I am stuck there. It locks up in safe mode, and I cleared the CMOS. This has me baffeled. If it were a mobo problem it probably wouldn't POST, and probably wouldn't boot up the OS. I know it isn't HDD related because I threw it into an enclosure and ran Checkdsk on another PC and it had 0 bad sectors. Any suggestions/ solutions would be greatly appreciated. __________________

07-06-2005, 11:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Does it work again with the NIC removed? What's your effective FSB frequency? __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

07-07-2005, 05:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
muckluck Psycho	Update I installed Knoppix on the machine to test it out. I have an error that says BIOS did not set cable bits correctly, and another error saying that the interrupt was lost. I assume the PnP on the NIC caused some problems with the IRQ numbers? Just a theory... I have yet to try XP. -- edit -- Tried XP and it just locks up on instillation. __________________ Last edited by muckluck; 07-07-2005 at 08:59 PM..