ASUS A7M266-D with WinXP unstable to the maxx.
This is a discussion about ASUS A7M266-D with WinXP unstable to the maxx. in the Windows Hardware category; From day one my machine has been extremely unstable. Basically I can't do much of anything for any period of time. The system crashes at the drop of a hat. If I drag to resize a window it crashes, if I try to load any media it crashes.
From day one my machine has been extremely unstable. Basically I can't do much of anything for any period of time. The system crashes at the drop of a hat. If I drag to resize a window it crashes, if I try to load any media it crashes. It is constantly terminating Windows Explorer unexpectedly. All the Event ID's are #1000. I lean to one side raise my left foot and it still klunks to a stop. Every piece of hardware is new. I have downloaded all the lateset bios and drivers I can find. Everything installed perfect but I can not get it to operate for more than 5 or 10 minutes at a time. Up'ed to SP1 for XP. Haven't installed any real software so to speak because I can't get it to that point. Does anyone have a clue as what needs to be done?
HARDWARE:
ASUS A7M266-D MOTHERBOARD bios 1009
2-DDRAM 512MB|64X64 PC-2100 MUSHKIN (unregistered)
2-CPU AMD|ATHLON MP 2000+ 1.67 GHz
VGA ASUS|V9180TD 64MB MX440 @8X
CDRW 44X24X44|YMH IDE CRWF1ENB10
CDRW 24X10X24 LIT-ON
CASE CHIEF|SVR BLK DX-01BD
ENERMAX 550 WATT POWER SUPPLY
FD 1.44MB|SAMSUNG SFD321B/KEBL1
SWITCH BOX|KVM 2PT W/3FT CBL 3 IN 1
OPERATING SYS:
WIN XP PRO SP1
Any advice will be greatly appriciated. So I am saying "Thanks" in advance.
HARDWARE:
ASUS A7M266-D MOTHERBOARD bios 1009
2-DDRAM 512MB|64X64 PC-2100 MUSHKIN (unregistered)
2-CPU AMD|ATHLON MP 2000+ 1.67 GHz
VGA ASUS|V9180TD 64MB MX440 @8X
CDRW 44X24X44|YMH IDE CRWF1ENB10
CDRW 24X10X24 LIT-ON
CASE CHIEF|SVR BLK DX-01BD
ENERMAX 550 WATT POWER SUPPLY
FD 1.44MB|SAMSUNG SFD321B/KEBL1
SWITCH BOX|KVM 2PT W/3FT CBL 3 IN 1
OPERATING SYS:
WIN XP PRO SP1
Any advice will be greatly appriciated. So I am saying "Thanks" in advance.
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Test your RAM. I've seen it be bad from the factory. Also, if you have a spare power supply, try that, too.
Secondly take out all cards apart from the vid card and 1 card of ram and boot it with the minimum, see if you can run it then without a problem, if it runs ok then add a card each time.
If not then check your cpu temps and make sure all hardware is seated nicely.
If not then check your cpu temps and make sure all hardware is seated nicely.
