GA-73PVM-S2H freezing at post

[Pottypete]

Hi All
Any advice would be much appreciated for this intermittent boot issue,
GA-73PVM-S2H mobo, F8 bios, win xp home sp2,
mobo at post freezes after detecting memory,(I get 1 beep),  detecting drives freezes,
It only happens on occassions,
I have re flashed the bios,
Checked Psu drives and all connections, reset bios,

Any idears???

[oggmonster]

So it sometimes freezes after detecting memory and sometimes freezes after detecting HDD? Have you tired putting memory in different slots/putting HDD SATA (prosuming its sata) into a different port. If so have you run memtest and HDD diagnostics (run extendend test.) Although you have reflashed to latest BIOS have you tried clearing the CMOS either by moving the clear cmos jumper or removing battery for 15mins or so. Be warned though as this resets everything back to factory default.

How often does this problem happen?

[FluX]

Why is this thread locked? has it been resolved?

[oggmonster]

Yeah strange! I wanted to know if he got the problem sorted!

[Pottypete]

Don't blame me guys, was it something I posted wrong!!,


The problem only happens on first power up in the morning,
I have checked hdd with man diagnostics,
run MeM test for 4 hrs, Ok no errors,
put memory in 2nd slot, and run MeM test again, no errors,
reseated all connections,
reset bios, removed bios battery for 1 hr, and cleared with jumper,
reseated CPU and cooler with new Artic Silver,
will have to give it asprin I think, or drag n drop,
If it happens thurs morning I will do a reinstall, and plague Microsoft,
Cheers

[oggmonster]

Hmm very strange. There probably won't be much point reinstalling windows as you said it freezes at post? Could well be a faulty mobo

[FluX]

I don't know if this is applicable, but I had a similar problem once, and what it turned out to be was the power connector to the graphics card wasn't connected properly. I hadn't latched it in properly, and must have knocked it whilst fiddling around inside the case.

This would happen... press power button, PC would come on, lights on etc, fans going, but no beep, no boot screen (i think) then I noticed the connector half hanging out the socket.

Everything been fine since

[oggmonster]

Hmm seems unlikely as he said hes checked all connections. Its possible though I guess. Though saying that he only has the problem from cold boot, not consistantly (from what I understand)

[Pottypete]

Hi flux
O/B graphics,
I uninstalled the pci-e card in case that was a problem,
Just seems to be fist cold boot of the day, I leave the mains power lead on whist not being used,
Just to earth the case while i'm poking around,
Don't won't to rma it again, this is the mobo that I had rma'd for zif socket problem a few weeks ago,
I can live with this cold boot problem tho, rigs only on in my smoking Den outside
Cheers
Sorry oggmonster posted over you, one finger typist here

[oggmonster]

No worries!  Maybe you could try fully turning machine off (even at mains) at night. Then in the morning switch everything on and see what happens?

[Pottypete]

Just putting it in freezer for a hour or so ,
Then let it defrost and dry with help of hair dryer, wot you reckon

[oggmonster]

Err wouldn't risk it personally. If the board wasn't working at all then maybe worth a go. Try doing what I suggested in above post.

[runn3R]

Why is this thread locked? has it been resolved?

i also don't know why it was locked (maybe Pottypete did it) but i have just unlocked it and merged these topics into one

[Pottypete]

Not that I know of, been accused of funny things in my life, but not locked up!!!
Na was only joking on the cold boot jobby in the freezer,
Dying to find out in the morning, HeHe

[oggmonster]

Na was only joking on the cold boot jobby in the freezer,
Dying to find out in the morning, HeHe

Oh phew! Thank god! You had me worried for a second!