medeirosaurus
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Okay, I have been wrestling with this problem for 4 days now. It's been on and off, and I can't quite get a bead on what's causing it. I suspect a power supply issue, but I can't confirm it.
Here are my system specs:
K9N SLI V2 (Board), NVIDIA 570LT SLI Ready (Chipset)
AMD Athlon 64 x2 BE 3.2Ghz
Thermaltake CPU Cooler (Forgot it's name, but it's a copper V)
2x NVIDIA 9800GT 1023MB DDR3 VRAM (SLI'd)
2x SATA HDs (one is a Wester Digital, don't know the other)
x5 120mm Case Fans
700W Ultra Power Supply (Came with an old case)
I installed a new processer AMD Athlon 64 x2 BE 3.2Ghz (Windsor). I originally had a Phenom 9500 x4 2.2Ghz (sorry, don't know type). The PC ran fine for the first few days I had the processor in. The only thing I noticed, initially, was that the BIOS would sometimes take a long time to POST.
So, I started making attempts to OC the processor, which were not very successful. Eventually, I BSOD'd twice, and then the entire OS just froze - no BSOD, nothing. Suddenly, the BIOS takes forever to POST, and Windows Startup hangs there for eternity.
I performed a system restore and was able to get the OS running again. I shut the machine down for the night, came back, and had the exact same issue. I started getting CMOS Checksum errors around this time, as well.
I borrowed a boot CD (Hieron's) from a friend and ran diagnostics on all of my hardware. CPU, RAM, Mobo, and HDs all came back green. The only failure I've received is from my USB Controllers. I have no idea why... *cough* power supply...
Additionally, I shut off quick POST and noticed the BIOS POST dealy is due to the USB Initialize step.
Seems to me this thing sort of snowballed from 0 to 60. One second everything is fine, the next - disaster!
So, there's my "brief" cry for help. Anyone have any ideas?
Here are my system specs:
K9N SLI V2 (Board), NVIDIA 570LT SLI Ready (Chipset)
AMD Athlon 64 x2 BE 3.2Ghz
Thermaltake CPU Cooler (Forgot it's name, but it's a copper V)
2x NVIDIA 9800GT 1023MB DDR3 VRAM (SLI'd)
2x SATA HDs (one is a Wester Digital, don't know the other)
x5 120mm Case Fans
700W Ultra Power Supply (Came with an old case)
I installed a new processer AMD Athlon 64 x2 BE 3.2Ghz (Windsor). I originally had a Phenom 9500 x4 2.2Ghz (sorry, don't know type). The PC ran fine for the first few days I had the processor in. The only thing I noticed, initially, was that the BIOS would sometimes take a long time to POST.
So, I started making attempts to OC the processor, which were not very successful. Eventually, I BSOD'd twice, and then the entire OS just froze - no BSOD, nothing. Suddenly, the BIOS takes forever to POST, and Windows Startup hangs there for eternity.
I performed a system restore and was able to get the OS running again. I shut the machine down for the night, came back, and had the exact same issue. I started getting CMOS Checksum errors around this time, as well.
I borrowed a boot CD (Hieron's) from a friend and ran diagnostics on all of my hardware. CPU, RAM, Mobo, and HDs all came back green. The only failure I've received is from my USB Controllers. I have no idea why... *cough* power supply...
Additionally, I shut off quick POST and noticed the BIOS POST dealy is due to the USB Initialize step.
Seems to me this thing sort of snowballed from 0 to 60. One second everything is fine, the next - disaster!
So, there's my "brief" cry for help. Anyone have any ideas?