Asus probs

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jelboy

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Hi all
I am desparate...!
I am building a pc based on an Asus A8N-E and I am having some probs and wondered if you might be able to shed some light?
Firstly the machine consists of the Asus board, 1gb of Crucial ddr ram, a 250gb Maxtor Sata 2 hdd, a Radeon X1800XT, a AMD 64 3700+, a rather old but sound(!) Creative 1628 all sitting in a Collermaster Centurion with both fans. The probs I am having are
1) The bios doesn't see my hdd each time it boots - I have to go into it ad try to make it find it which sometimes it will. Usually eve if the drive doesn't appear if i change a random value then change the same value back again, f10 then it usually boots
2) The computer suddenly turns itself off for no apparent reason. Fully off, fans, cards, everything excpet the green light on the mobo.
People have suggested power surges but this pc I am using now have been rock solid on the same plugs for a couple of years so I am not sure...
All components are new with the exception of the sound card and the ram - both ok in the other machine.
Do you think the power off is related to the mobo's poor memory???
Any advice would be v helpful
Thanks v v much
Jeremy Douet
 
It doesn't see one or both? And when does it turn off, under a load, during boot, when?

I'm wondering if when people said power surges if they ment you don't have enough power from your PSU. What are you using for a PSU?
 
I use Asus mother boards 99% of the time. It sounds like you might have a heat problem. Some of asus boards have a post report that tells you what happens at boot.It has to be enabled in the bios.If there is a problem during the post then it reports it. For instance Computer failed do to cpu over clocking.If all goes well then it reports computer passed power on test. Computer will now boot the operating system. If you have the speech reporter then you should enable it in the bios. Hearing the computer talk to you is not only neat but it can be a great way to make sure you don't have a memory problem or a number of other problems. A power supply that is going bad is a good place to start. Memory errors usually will produce the blue screen of death. As this type of crash is called. Heat will also cause a shutdown. A good heatsink along with some good thermal grease can lower cpu temp alot. Awhile ago there was a virus that caused computers to shut down. An updated anti virus will find it but it needs to have the most current virus definitions. I think it be a heat problem. I hope you get to the bottom of this and fix the problem.
 
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