[nickosha]

It's only 6 months old so I'm pretty sure I can get it replaced. It's weird because it worked flawlessly from the first time I turned it on. I've had a busy past few days but this reminds me that I need to go to the Asus support forums and see what they think before I send it in.

I'd try switching my parts over to another MB or testing parts by switching them in and out but I don't have any spare parts around and I don't even know anyone who would let me borrow stuff to test with. Hopefully that won't be a problem.

 

[blawhh]

AMD Althon XP 2200+ 2 ghz
512 MB RAM
64MB stolen RAM for my INTEGRATED nvidia mx440
60GB HDD
CD ROM

 

[Zodduska]

Quote:

Originally Posted by nickosha /img/forum/go_quote.gif My computer died the other day. I cleaned it all out, took it apart, put it back together, reset it by taking out the CMOS battery, and tried different memory configurations and it still won't work. I'm thinking that it is probably the motherboard because of the weird things that are going on when I try to turn it on. Sometimes it won't pass POST, once it booted all the way, it's said memory failure AND video failure at different attempts, and nothing I do can make it consistently give me the same result. It also has been freezing on the Asus startup screen and in the BIOS.

Power Supply and RAM are likely suspects too.

 

[nickosha]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zodduska /img/forum/go_quote.gif Power Supply and RAM are likely suspects too.

I know, I wish I could find out by switching some parts out but I don't have any spare parts and I can't think of anyone I could borrow them from. Most of my friends either have old prebuilts, macs, or laptops. I don't think it is the RAM though, because it worked fine for 6 months and I tried different configurations to no effect besides giving other random errors. The PSU is a possibility though, but I don't know how to check it besides switching in a new one.

Edit: I googled a little bit and apparently I can test my power supply with a multimeter so I might try that.

 

[Zodduska]

Quote:

Originally Posted by nickosha /img/forum/go_quote.gif I know, I wish I could find out by switching some parts out but I don't have any spare parts and I can't think of anyone I could borrow them from. Most of my friends either have old prebuilts, macs, or laptops. I don't think it is the RAM though, because it worked fine for 6 months and I tried different configurations to no effect besides giving other random errors. The PSU is a possibility though, but I don't know how to check it besides switching in a new one. Edit: I googled a little bit and apparently I can test my power supply with a multimeter so I might try that.

For the RAM it might be worth asking a local computer specialty shop to test it, I've had one test it for free when I was in a similar situation. I've also had several sets suddenly go bad after working fine for either a few hours or a few months.

 

[Sherlock19]

Antec Nine Hundred Two Stell Mid Tower
ASUS M4A79T Deluxe motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 ghz quad core cpu
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Edition video card
CORSAIR XMS3 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) RAM
Newegg.com - Hanns·G HH-251HPB Black 24.6" 2ms HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 DC 15000:1(800:1) Built-in Speakers - LCD Monitors (my screen)
Corsair 650 watt psu
ASUS Xonar STX

pretty sweet just got it anticipating Left for Dead 2 and Mordern Warfare 2

 

[EluamousNailo]

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.7 GHz
GPU: 2xGTX 285 SLI (EVGA & XFX)
RAM: OCZ Reaper HPC 4GB
PSU: Corsair 850TX
MB: Foxconn Destroyer
HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA HDD / WD 320 GB SATA HDD
Monitor: ASUS 23.6" monitor 1900X1200
Case: Coolermaster HAF 932

I love it.

 

[mierenneuker]

Intel quad core Q9400
4 GB ram
Ati 4870 (512 MB version)
Creative X-fi titanium.

I still need to replace the stock CPU cooler.

 

[JeJeP]

iMac (Early 2008)
2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo
3 GB DDR2-667 Ram
Ati HD2400 128 MB (hey, I can run Fallout 3)

MacBook (Late 2006)
2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo
1 GB DDR2-667 Ram
Intel GMA 950 (ugh)

 

[exphy]

Main PC:
Xeon X3210@3.4Ghz
Motherboard DFI DKP35
6GB ram
Raptor 36GB bootdisk
2TB of other HDD's
ATI HD4850

and all I do with it is downloading movies, browsing the net and office stuff.........

IBM X31(on the go laptop, nice with a PVA panel. Also used as a portable setup when shooting thetererd with my DSLR) and a Dell D830(with the 9cell and the extra 6cell battery) when I need a bit of power when away from home

 

[craiglester]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mierenneuker /img/forum/go_quote.gif Intel quad core Q9400 4 GB ram Ati 4870 (512 MB version) Creative X-fi titanium. I still need to replace the stock CPU cooler.

Yep.. replace the intel cooler stat. although mine was nice and quiet, (theyre good in that respect), it wasn't a very good cooler. I got some water cooling stuff for my Q6600 with 4850 and it runs way quieter, and significantly cooler

the 4850 dropped from 80 degrees idle to 40 degrees under load. awesome.

 

[noxlord]

My machine is small, sturdy, powerfull but mainly SILENT

The 120mm and 200mm low-speed fans are quite silent. Not dead silent, but quiet enough for me.

CPU: Intel E8400 OC 3.6Ghz (Passively cooled by Scythe Ninja2 rev.2)
Memory: Patriot Extreme viper DDR2-8500 4GB
Mobo: Dfi LP JR P45
Case: Antec mini P180
HDD: 2x320GB, 1x640GB
GPU: ATI HD4850 (passively cooled by Artic cooling Accelero S1)

No sound card yet, I am using my Audio-gd Compass in USB.
My monitor is a Westinghouse 24" P-MVA.

[size=xx-small]This is an old picture, I removed the ide drive.[/size]

 

[MomijiTMO]

What temp penalty do you get running at 3.6 passively? How hot does your 4850 get? Can't say I see too many passive set ups so I honestly have no clue.

 

[jnev]

Well the motherboard on my desktop finally fried after 6 years of duty, the last year of which it was on HTPC duty. I upgraded the CPU, motherboard, and RAM. I'm using the HD3300 integrated video on the motherboard because I don't game and just need it to ouput 1080p video. Here's hoping it'll last another 6 years

AMD Phenom II X4 955
Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H
2x2GB G.Skill DDR2
1.2TB (spread between 4 HDs)
Antec 550W PSU (Same PSU I've been using for 6 years and it's still kicking! *knock on wood*)

All running Windows 7 Ultimate. The first MS OS I've actually liked in a looong time. Prior to this I was 100% Linux/Mac

 

[noxlord]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MomijiTMO /img/forum/go_quote.gif What temp penalty do you get running at 3.6 passively? How hot does your 4850 get? Can't say I see too many passive set ups so I honestly have no clue.

My cpu run at 67C under Linpack stability test and my GPU run at 77 under stress. Those temps are when they run both at the same time. The Ninja is a massive heatsink ...