hello all,
I receive instant reboots with no error msgs, minidumps, or eventlog data when I try to encode video or even rip a cd. Sometimes, the box will just reboot while idle as well.
There have been some instances of BSOD, randomly and different msgs each time.
Due to the case and power supply, I have never had any problems with cooling or voltage. I never overclock anything, and the system has always been rock-solid up until about a month ago.
I have run memtest86 (latest) overnight (I think there were about 7 passes) with absolutely no errors. I have also run Western Digital HDD diagnostics on my 4 drives with no errors there either. I have even tried system restore back to a time when I know I was able to encode video, and the issues persist. All of my drivers are current as well as the latest (1009) bios for the mobo.
After removing a couple of fan controllers and a Promise Fastrack IDE controller (I thought maybe i was drawing too much power from the PCI bus), I noticed that the board had bad caps (see photo)
These look like Nichicon - is this correct? - I thought they were supposed to be good?
Well, anyway, I am sending the board in to badcaps.net for a recapping. I have my fingers crossed and my breath held.
Specs:
A7N8X Deluxe Rev.1.04, BIOS Ver. 1009
AMD Athlon Thoroughbred XP 2700+ 2.17Ghz Socket A 333MHz bus
Nexus KCZ-2700 CPU Cooler
Arctic Silver 3 Silver Polysynthetic Thermal Compound
Lian-Li PC70 with all 4 80mm fans running
ATX Q Technology 400W PSU (Dual fan, Low noise)
CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 333 (PC
2700) Dual Channel Kit (2-2-2-5 1T) - I purchased an additional 512 of the exact same memory as an upgrade about a year ago - there were never problems.
Leadtek WinFast A6600 GT TDH 8x AGP
Dual Hyundai L90D+ 19" LCD
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS
2 Western Digital 80GB SATA drives in RAID0 on the SIL3112a controller
2 Western Digital 80GB EIDE drives on the IDE bus (data and swaps)
2 Lian-Li RH-32 (7200RPM) Mobile Racks (IDE)
NEC ND-2510A 8x DL DVD burner
Plextor Plexwriter 12/10/32A
Canopus ADVC50
APC Back-UPS BR1500 1500VA 865W 8 Outlets UPS
I receive instant reboots with no error msgs, minidumps, or eventlog data when I try to encode video or even rip a cd. Sometimes, the box will just reboot while idle as well.
There have been some instances of BSOD, randomly and different msgs each time.
Due to the case and power supply, I have never had any problems with cooling or voltage. I never overclock anything, and the system has always been rock-solid up until about a month ago.
I have run memtest86 (latest) overnight (I think there were about 7 passes) with absolutely no errors. I have also run Western Digital HDD diagnostics on my 4 drives with no errors there either. I have even tried system restore back to a time when I know I was able to encode video, and the issues persist. All of my drivers are current as well as the latest (1009) bios for the mobo.
After removing a couple of fan controllers and a Promise Fastrack IDE controller (I thought maybe i was drawing too much power from the PCI bus), I noticed that the board had bad caps (see photo)
These look like Nichicon - is this correct? - I thought they were supposed to be good?
Well, anyway, I am sending the board in to badcaps.net for a recapping. I have my fingers crossed and my breath held.
Specs:
A7N8X Deluxe Rev.1.04, BIOS Ver. 1009
AMD Athlon Thoroughbred XP 2700+ 2.17Ghz Socket A 333MHz bus
Nexus KCZ-2700 CPU Cooler
Arctic Silver 3 Silver Polysynthetic Thermal Compound
Lian-Li PC70 with all 4 80mm fans running
ATX Q Technology 400W PSU (Dual fan, Low noise)
CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 333 (PC
2700) Dual Channel Kit (2-2-2-5 1T) - I purchased an additional 512 of the exact same memory as an upgrade about a year ago - there were never problems.
Leadtek WinFast A6600 GT TDH 8x AGP
Dual Hyundai L90D+ 19" LCD
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS
2 Western Digital 80GB SATA drives in RAID0 on the SIL3112a controller
2 Western Digital 80GB EIDE drives on the IDE bus (data and swaps)
2 Lian-Li RH-32 (7200RPM) Mobile Racks (IDE)
NEC ND-2510A 8x DL DVD burner
Plextor Plexwriter 12/10/32A
Canopus ADVC50
APC Back-UPS BR1500 1500VA 865W 8 Outlets UPS
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