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greybeardmr · 06-26-2004, 10:23 PM

UPDATE.... after stripping this sucker down to the mobo and power supply (well almost), I could not isolate the problem. The mouse still kept freezing and the reboots were random. I had replaced (purchased) the power supply, the power cord to the power supply, the mouse, and the keyboard. Still figuring it had to be the mobo, I finally relented and took it to a local computer shop. An hour of bench time later, we're no farther ahead... The conclusion was drawn that the upper logic circuitry of the mobo was failing at bootup/initialization. At this point I figured that I'm spending a small fortune on a 1400MHz P3 with 100FSB.... Time to cut losses and go for a new rig.

Picked up an ASUS A7V8X-MXSE with an AMD Barton 2500 (1800+MHz) with 333DDR and 512Mb RAM. The LAN and audio and video are onboard. The latter is fine for me.... not a gamer or DVD movie fanatic. Disabled the audio and bought a SoundBlaster card. I do listen to music a lot.

So ends the two week saga of the computer that wouldn't.
Such is life....

06-26-2004, 10:23 PM	#23
greybeardmr Member (6 bit) Join Date: May 2003 Location: GR, MI Posts: 47	UPDATE.... after stripping this sucker down to the mobo and power supply (well almost), I could not isolate the problem. The mouse still kept freezing and the reboots were random. I had replaced (purchased) the power supply, the power cord to the power supply, the mouse, and the keyboard. Still figuring it had to be the mobo, I finally relented and took it to a local computer shop. An hour of bench time later, we're no farther ahead... The conclusion was drawn that the upper logic circuitry of the mobo was failing at bootup/initialization. At this point I figured that I'm spending a small fortune on a 1400MHz P3 with 100FSB.... Time to cut losses and go for a new rig. Picked up an ASUS A7V8X-MXSE with an AMD Barton 2500 (1800+MHz) with 333DDR and 512Mb RAM. The LAN and audio and video are onboard. The latter is fine for me.... not a gamer or DVD movie fanatic. Disabled the audio and bought a SoundBlaster card. I do listen to music a lot. So ends the two week saga of the computer that wouldn't. Such is life....