Lots Of Problems with650 I Ultra

[bobby]

Hi to all. This my first thread. I think i'm posting in correct place.

i said lot to emphasize what these few problem mean to me.
other wise this is a good board.


my system config was:
e2160
650 i ultra
transend 1gb
450w server power
xfx 8600 gts
seagate 250 gb sata II
win xp

+ve with my board was:
it was hell of a overclocker
oced my 1.8 proccy to 3.2 on stock cooler, it even going higher but i stopped there for safety purpose.
it also oced my ram and 8600 too.

Main problems with my board(i think) were:

1)it keeps on checking for some device on post for unlimited time (i mean the small "-" like thing flashes continuously at post and nothing happens).
i found some remedy for this-when ever i press f8 or del button and change bios settings it will work fine for few restarts. but the problem is- i cant go on like this .

2)RAID not working
when i tried to have raid 0 pattern, xp installation was completed but BSOD will appear at final step saying that "hardware problem caused this to happen"

so for now i disable the raid.


3)many games crash in the begining: for ex commandoes behind enemy line don't even start. neverwinter nights starts but crashes in the middle. sisandra bench mark wont start, same with some other small programs. nvidia stability test will sometimes crash within a min and some times it work for full 10 mins.

I have tried all combinations with/ without OC'ing, different
ram modules 1gb/512mb/both at different slots, all operating systems home/pro/media center except vista,
all drivers new and old and every bios version, all in vain.

i don't think PSU is problem and i don't know about xfx 8600 gts.

any help will be appreciated.thanks.

[Miker]

For raid did you install the F6 Raid Driver?

With no OC do games still crash?

[bobby]

thanks mike for your concern.
yes-same crashes with or without OCing( at board's defaults).

every thing else (video, audio, text, net)is working fine.

i think you are saying about "press f6 to install raid drivers", if thats the case i had installed it when asked through floppy drive. it combined both hard drive's size also. system crash at final windows starting stage.

could they be graphic card problems?

please don't advise me to send board for return or some thing like that. In India prompt assistance in this matter is still a dream.

other thing i wanted to ask is-N tune utility is ocing my pci-e freq to 2900 is it safe/needed keep at that freq.

[Miker]

That sounds like your problem, but that to stock.

Also, did you use the floppy that came with the MoBo? Or did you burn one off of a download from XFX?

[bobby]

sorry guys.
i'm posting same thread in more appropriate area(tech support).
so mods please remove this thread.

[cvasquez]

Remove than as per bobby's request.