First post, by Synaps3
This motherboard is very annoying! I read one other post on google about someone having a similar issue that was not resolved.
Basically what happens is about 50% of the time, the board will lock up on boot or when trying to enter the BIOS. Once the thing boots up, it's perfectly stable. Sometimes it seems to just be the keyboard controller getting bugged out cause I can unplug and replug the PS/2 keyboard and that will occasionally let me work in the BIOS.
If I leave the system off, but plugged in (PSU switch on) for a few days, when I come back, it always BSODs windows on boot. I have to reboot, unplug/replug the keyboard, and reset the BIOS. Warm reboots seem to fail 100% of the time. It will never warm reboot. If I'm having an issue, I usually have to completely power off the thing for several minutes to get it to work again.
I have not updated the BIOS yet (which I will do), but the other guy with the issue said that didn't help.
It's really pretty random, but there are some small patterns to it. I thought it could be a bad cap, but I'm thinking otherwise now because why would it be perfectly stable once it's finally booted windows? There are no buldging caps. I can't put the mobo in a case until I figure this out because I need to remove the battery often. Any suggestions or similar experiences?
(I don't want to just get a new mobo unless I have to cause I always spend a lot of time customizing the OS and don't want to start over again.)
Systems:
BOARD | RAM | CPU | GPU
ASUS CUV4X-D | 2GB | 2 x PIII Tualatin ~1.5 GHz | Radeon HD 4650
DELL DIMENSION XPS 466V | 64MB | AMD 5x86 133MHz | Number Nine Ticket to Ride
Sergey Kiselev's Micro8088 10MHz | 640KB | Trident VGA