System Crashing, help!!

[MightyMar22]

I few months back i notice my system was crashing ocasionlly and i thought i just needed to rebuild the OS. I decided to give vista a try but i still had the same problems. i then reloaded a fresh install of XP but the system was still crashing.

one time the system crashed while i was in the BIOS so then i thought it was hardware related.

i replaced the Power Supply and still the system crashed
i reapleced teh memory and the system kept crashing
i replaced the cpu (had a p4 3ghz northwood, now have a prescott) and still the system crashes. i even ordered a new drive which should be in on monday but today the system was crashing from bios. bios was saying that system failed due to overclocking but im not even overclocking.

so, the only thing havent replaced is the MOBO. right now i have an ASUS P4P800-e deluxe but the problem is that there aren't that many boards outhere for socket 478 with agp slots.


anyone has any suggesting of something else i could try or a board they recommend for this?

if i buy a new board it doesn't have to be fancy, cus i think i will build a new system anyway but i still want to have this one up and running.

thanks for your help.

[Favu]

Might have been better to put this into the crashed topic my man!

But if it is crashing in the BIOS I would say that you are probably right - the mobo seems to be duff.

[Daniel ~]

I don't know your board or it's age, but it sounds like leaky caps.

[cadaveca]

Or a bad CMOS battery.

[MightyMar22]

sorry about not posting on crashed.

i still have the asus board on my signature. I visually inspected the board and didn't see anything unusual. as far as the batteries goes, i'm still using what the board broght.

a friend of mine suggested maybe taking a Vid Card out and putting in a simple one, i don't think that is the problem but what do you guys think?

[cadaveca]

I say battery.

Common issue with ASUS boards of that era.

[MightyMar22]

i changed the battery but no help. every time i try to load the XP i get a blue screen. i know the cd is good, i just used it like 3 weeks ago but just incase i tried reloading vista and i still get blue screen.

[bonesaw]

nb overheating??

[Samuknow]

Originally Posted by bonesaw

nb overheating??

I was thinking this also.

Second is leaky caps as Daniel suggested. Define crashes. Does it shut down? Does it BSOD? Does it go Black but keep running?

[cadaveca]

Now that new battery is in place, I'd reflash bios, clean up the interior of the case, change all thermal pastes, and give it a whirl.

[MightyMar22]

i will take everything out today, clean cpu and cpu fan and put everything back. i will also go back to original bios ( i just went from 1006 to 1009) i will post later tonight.

[bonesaw]

my old computer that i just sold to my friend is crashing a bit.

[MightyMar22]

i took the cpu out clean it and the fan, re-applied as5 and tried again, then i noticed that i was getting page errors while trying to load the os. I took the my mem out again and put an old spare set i have and the system is been up for about 4 hours now with no crashes.

I guess my G.SKILL mem is hosed.

thank you all for you input in this matter.

[Samuknow]

Bad mem. The root of all evil...

[MightyMar22]

that was the first thinng i changed though and i still had problems. so i decided to put the better mem back. little did i know i would have to change almost every other part in this system.

[cadaveca]

If the problem is truly your memory, then it's very possible that your windows install has become corrupted. It would be prudent ot back up all important data, and then re0install the OS. If at this point you are still plagued with problems, run memtest and ensure everything is ok. With that motherboard the memory controlelr resides in teh chipset, so even though it may seem memory-related, that may not be the case @ all!

[MightyMar22]

thats what i did, i installed XP clean, so far i've been up for 19 hours.
looks good so far.

[bonesaw]

awesome i know first hand nothing is better then the calm after a storm.

[Daniel ~]

Well done MightyMar22! ":O}

[MightyMar22]

seems like I claimed victory too early. now the system down and i can't even get to the bios. system board keeps saying that the system failed due to cpu overclocking but i'm not overclocking anything.

I will change the board during the weekend, any suggestions?