New computer a failure....

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J3ff3

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Hi all :D

First post, but by the looks of things I probably should have posted here way back when I was researching my pc.

Anyway - got a new computer about 2 weeks ago:

1 x Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Energy Efficient 95W edition Socket 775 (2.40GHz) G0 Stepping L2 8MB Cache
1 x ASUS P5K AiLifestyle Series iP35
2 x Corsair 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz
1 x Antec Sonata III
1 x Vista Home Premium x64Bit
1 x DVD
1 x Samsung SpinPoint 500gig
1 x Inno3D 8800GT 512MB 256bit GDDR3 Dual DVI HDTVOut
1 x Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro

Was quite happy with it tbh, but I always noticed I couldn't get it out of sleep mode....................................... now it turns out that it doesn't always turn on.......

basically its getting stuck just after the windows loading screen. monitor goes blank, sometimes resets, sometimes doesn't. with a clean install it appears to work fine, until I:

A) install my soundcard drivers (onboard sound)
B) install the onboard network drivers.

I don't know which, but it *appears* to be when problems arise

I can startup in safe mode, and for some reason it occasionally starts up, but I really need help!!! Such a waste of £680!

My bios version is 0603 oh and i've also once had the usual ASUS screen of "overclocking failed please enter setup to reconfigure your system - press f1 to run setup, press f2 to load default" - I've only just put this thing together, how can I be getting these screens already?

:(:(:(


PLEASE HELP ME!! I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER! :D
 
right - a little more info

- the pc will always boot from the vista dvd.

i have no idea why this is but it annoys the hell out of me
 
several times now. am about to try it again and give a step by step update (for those that care :) ) but I'm fairly sure things go tits up when I run the ASUS motherboard dvd with the ethernet and sound drivers on it. (i only install those two)
 
so it doesn't sound like i've just set things up wrong? this is my first build, but i don't see what i couldve done!
 
definately my motherboard then? doesn't sound like my processor?

could it be that say the jumpers are wrong on the HDD?

don't want to send it back to then find I've got the same problem again.........
 
could updating the bios help? I don't see why i should have to do this though to get a working pc........
 
personally id fdisk the drive.

stripe everything down to the bare minimum.
aka remove everything apart from the essentials to get windows vista installed.

if possible get drivers for the mobo, graphics card etc from the internet. its possible the drivers on the c.d's are outdated.
problems are always being resolved with new driver releases.

install vista. install drivers for the mobo.
see if it works right.

if it does then its probably not the mobo etc.
then add 1 component like the sound card.
install the new drivers off the internet for it.

it that works then its not that.

just go piece by piece until you get to the problem.
 
don't really know what fdisking is to be honest mate...

did what you said though. installed vista - works fine. installed graphics drivers - works fine. installed ethernet drivers - fine.

---- this is as far as I've got for the moment.


will keep people updated. cheers for the help
 
J3ff3 said:
don't really know what fdisking is to be honest mate...

did what you said though. installed vista - works fine. installed graphics drivers - works fine. installed ethernet drivers - fine.

---- this is as far as I've got for the moment.


will keep people updated. cheers for the help
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Boot from a bootable floppy/CD... (www.bootdisk.com) and type in fdisk. Basically a simple partitioning program up to 7-8GB...
 
lovely? said:
so are there still problems? sounds like you got it fixed lol
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nope - no fix.

its the realtek audio drivers that came with the mobo that are the problem. Not installed - all is fine. Installed - can't boot from HDD.

Even if I could update - do I want a board from a company that makes such a simple mistake?


**edit - I am not alone! http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129125 check the comment about 6 or 7 down (the one all in capitals). There is also one on the second page.
 
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its the realtek audio drivers that came with the mobo that are the problem. Not installed - all is fine. Installed - can't boot from HDD.
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RMA the motherboard and buy another model. Sounds like a driver/hardware conflict. And being integrated sound, you can't really do anything.

This is why you buy from Gigabyte :)
 
oscaryu1 said:
RMA the motherboard and buy another model. Sounds like a driver/hardware conflict. And being integrated sound, you can't really do anything.

This is why you buy from Gigabyte :)
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agreed. am going for a completely different board now! cheers for the help.
 
J3ff3 said:
agreed. am going for a completely different board now! cheers for the help.
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No problem.

TIPS - Don't buy from ASUS. Their support for RAM is very picky.

ECS, AsRock, Abit, PC Chips, Jetway, are all on my "low" list of motherboards.
 
cheers for all the help



things have developed. although not installing the audio drivers definately helped (when installed it pretty much guaranteed problems), Im slowly but surely finding the problem raising its head regardless. Its not so much at startup any more, but when the computer goes into sleep mode. It becomes unwakeable.................. this was the problem I initially had.

Could it be a problem with the RAM?
 
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