You might've missed this thread, so I'll repeat it here:
> From: Gary Funck
> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 9:19 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: XP Pro crash-Lost folders on some drives
>
>
> > Originally sent on 2/16/06
> > I had a problem on my computer with the Asus A7N8X DELUXE mb several
> > weeks before it failed,
>
> FWIW, I'm running the same mobo., and I had probs. with the SATA drives
> on the first one (leading to eventual corruption of the file system).
> Also on that board it didn't recoginze boards plugged into the PCI slots.
> The replacement board was better, but the fan headers didn't work, so it
> went back. The 3rd board, I'm running now, and everything has worked
> fine, except every three/four days the system locks up, a few
> seconds later the screen goes blank, and I have to hit the power switch
> and reboot. Sometimes it'll go as long as week.
> I'm going to replace this board one of these
> days and go with another manufacturer (We had another Asus mobo at work
> arrive DOA [wouldn't power up]. Maybe we just had a bad run of luck,
> but must say the ABIT's, MSI's, and Epox's that we've been running
> have been working fine.
You have company when it comes to flaky behavior on this particular mobo.
I see a similar failure mode that you're seeing. Basically, often but not
always,
when it fails (once a week/so) I'm usually moving the trackball on my
wireless
USB mouse, and often there is something significant going on in the
background
(ATI's TV tuner application displaying TV, a network download and so on). I
slightly
suspect some issue with USB interacting with something else, but the failure
is so
infrequent and the conditions so variable that it is difficult to tell.
Since it
failed the same way on a clean install using a different cpu and slower
memory I
don't think the problem lies in that area. Oh one more glitch that I've
seen on
all three versions of this mobo that I tried is bad sound performance.
Sometimes
the sound lags the TV, sometimes it is choppy or has slight intermittent
outages
(almost inaudible they're so quick); that applies to both the builtin sound
and
the Audigy board that I'm running at the moment. I suspect interrupt
routing
and/or PCI problems specific to this board.
Regarding the suggestion to change video cards, you never know, but note
that
one part of changing a video card likely involves uninstalling the old
drivers
and insalling new ones, and that in itself might clean up some software
issues.
Based upon my experience, I don't suspect a problem with video, however.
config: A7N8X-E-Deluxe
OS: Winxp SP2 with all updates (new install)
boot drive: Seagate 160G SATA
CPU: AMD XP/3000+ (no overclocking)
Temps: cpu = 50C, mobo = 31C heat sink: Zalman Cu
PSU: new Antec 500W Mem: 1G DDR 400 Corsair
video: ATI 9800 Pro All-in-wonder sound: Audigy 2
mouse: Logitech USB wireless
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