Building Computer Probs HELP!!!

i just got my new motherbaord, An EPoX 8KTA3+PRO and I am trying to format my drives using a win 98 start up disk, when i try to do anything after it loads it freezes. Every once in a while it will give me a wile before it freezes (usually when i turn on my comp after being off for a while) Im realitively sure that it isint a cooling issue because i have several fans in my case and a 30 heat sink. Also it is not my folppy, i have tryed it with several different disks with no success...... PLEASE HELP

Hey Triv..is the MB totally jumperless? Some MBs that make that claim have a hidden jumper somewhere. Go thru the MB manual and see if they give you any settings. If every thing is set up right strip the system down so that the only expansion card is the video..then try to format.. If it fails check the bios. Does this MB have onboard video? and are you trying to use a video expansion card? if so disable the onboard video in the bios..If none of this works post some more details about the hardware config.

RTFM
or send the MB back.

When in doubt, blame the memory.

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Originally posted by rcgreen
When in doubt, blame the memory.

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hear hear I agree, if my steps don't lead to resolution the mem is the next culprit to try.

if you have the win98 cd there...boot from the cd and then instead of installing win, choose command prompt, then try a command line format...maybe that will work. also, is the hard drive new? i need some better details

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An EPoX 8KTA3+PRO

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I see you have a RAID-enabled board. Is RAID disabled? Is your processor 200 FSB or 266 FSB? Is the setting on the mb set for such? I've got an 8KHA and it's almost all jumperless, minus the one jumper for 133 mhz speed from 100. You might check all of those and see if that helps. Another thing I'd do is make a bootable disk (format a: /s) and then get the latest bios on that disk, updating your mb.

I tryed interchanging the memory with a stick that i know works, and still the same thing. Also i tryed installing Win 2000 and it froze also. And i have no devices pluged into my raid channels so it is not possable that it has anything to do with that.

ANd i checked all the jumpers, all in proper order, i just got the MB but everything else has been used before. I tryed to unplug everything and see if i could boot to bios but i couldent....Damn it looks like a need a new board (going on 6th) why cant the computer industry just make products that work. Im still looking for advice...so please W/B Thanks for helping :-)

Well, I gotta give you credit for building your own computer. I wouldn't know where to start but these tutorials from the BSRF should help with your hardware and building oyur own PC. ;)
Interesting Things You Didn't Know About Your Computer's Hardware

How to build your own PC
Memory upgradeing guide
Hard drive installation
CD ROM installation
Tutorial on general PC Hardware

Hope this helps,
Remote_Access_

well it is fried, i unpluged all my devices, and i cant even get my monitor to display anything

Do you stil need help? then let me know

Sounds like a memory problem, have the memory tested. Or try some other memory and see if it works.

No, it was the MB, i tested diff memory, the cpu is working, and all the jumpers where set right, i tripple checked everything else..... thanks all

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Originally posted by Remote_Access_
Well, I gotta give you credit for building your own computer. I wouldn't know where to start but these tutorials from the BSRF should help with your hardware and building oyur own PC. ;)
Interesting Things You Didn't Know About Your Computer's Hardware

How to build your own PC
Memory upgradeing guide
Hard drive installation
CD ROM installation
Tutorial on general PC Hardware

Hope this helps,
Remote_Access_

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lol! trust me: if you get the write parts, building a computer is a piece of cake! lol ask anyone who works with computers moderatley :\ i can install the hardware and configure bios in under an hour ... lol waiting in windows/linux to install is the most time-consuming which isnt too bad anymore... the only problem i ran into was that i installed the power led wrong.. lol stupid jumpers all crammed together ;)
One (ArmyOfONE) ;)

Yes, it is cake, i have built 7 pc and 2 servers..it is really easy, my MB was at fault...Thanks Everybody

Dude,

Check the jumper settings for the board/processor and also make sure the memory you are using is the same amount of mb and vendor in each slot.

I hope you were grounded when installing all your hardware cuase an intermittent short is hard as heck to find.

If all esle fails, get a good known mother board out of an old system and try the install with all the other hardware in your new build.

You may want to run loop tests on all your hardware and see if you can get one or the other to fail.


Good Luck,
Bigmellow