I just got my new motherboard on friday, I figured I'd have this thing up and running real quick like.. but nothing but problems.
Here's what I have
Asus A8V MB (updated to latest BIOS (that wasn't a beta))
AMD 3800+ Athlon 64 x2
Asus V9400-X/TD/128M/A video
2x DDR 400 PC3200 512mb
Seagate 20g Master on IDE0 (DMA2)(iirc)
DVDrw Master on IDE1 (DMA2)(iirc)
Problem: loading XPpro and XPpro X64 at "installing devices" always (both OS) at 34 minutes remaining it locks up and produces a BSOD. I was able to run Ubuntu Live x64 w/o any problems.
First, I found memory that was failing tests running Memtest86+
replaced memory yesterday, tested with Memtest86+ and found no errors.
Still no joy on loading any OS. (not even Ubuntu Live now)
tried with only one stick of RAM... no joy
disabled ALL onboard stuff (lan, sound..etc) ... no joy
right now, I've still got memtest running and 0 faults.
wondering what to do now..
Is this a MB with deep issues? I've never had this much of a problem with any system.
suggestions? (please!)