bad motherboard??

Hi,

I have an ASUS motherboard (at work, dont have model number) with an Athlon 800. When I boot, the processor is recognized fine and I can enter the BIOS and everything looks fine. However, I need to constantly hit a key to get it to continue to boot after it recognizes the HD. I tried to install Win98 and it gets 1/3 the way through the install and freezes (i need to constantly hit a key to get it to boot and install). I have tested the HD and the ram and they both work. I just dont want to buy a new motherboard if it is a CPU problem. Has anyone seen this kind of behavior before. Thanks for any suggestions.

lordsty

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Originally posted by lordsty
(i need to constantly hit a key to get it to boot and install)

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So does the system install or not? And it installs, but you haev to keep hitting a key for it to work?

If you can get it to boot, I'd try flashing your BIOS. You're going to have to find out what board it is though. I think Asus silk-screens the model number on the board..

Most likely you're going to need to RMA however :(

No it doesnt install, it gets like 1/3 the way through then freezes but to even get to that point I need to keep hitting a key through out the install process. I reset the BIOS and it didn't help any. I will get the model number when I get home from work tonight. Thanks.

Clean all the connections on your cards and then reseat them carefully. We had a 'freezy' PC like this. Had some dirty connections. In that case it was an IDE board

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Originally posted by jim mcnamara
Clean all the connections on your cards and then reseat them carefully. We had a 'freezy' PC like this. Had some dirty connections. In that case it was an IDE board

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If all else fails not a good idea to re-build from the ground up :)

I rechecked everything. I'm at the point where I figure screw it. Someone suggested to me the ECS K7S5A motherboard, its not expensive, supports SDRAM and DDR, and will support XP chips in case I want to upgrade in the future...Thanks for your help tennisman and jim. :)

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I rechecked everything. I'm at the point where I figure screw it. Someone suggested to me the ECS K7S5A motherboard, its not expensive, supports SDRAM and DDR, and will support XP chips in case I want to upgrade in the future...Thanks for your help tennisman and jim. :)

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Yep that choice would probably be perfect considering you have SDRAM already but you'll probably want to upgrade to DDR.

Consider these boards also:

• Epox 8kha+
• MSI K7N415
• Shuttle AK31 Rev 3
• Soltek 75DRV-4
• MSI K7N420
• Epox 8k7a

;)