Weird Problems...HELP!!!
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: Spicker
well just bought a
ECS P4VXAD+
P4 2.4Ghz B
512DDR PC 3200 Samsung
32MB ATI 7000
40gb Maxtor
its for a friend and i got a really good deal everything for 300$ CDN
so i install everything etc...
and when i try to install windows it gives weird missing file errors or BSOD its the kind of errors u would get when u either:
1. overclocked ur cpu too much
2. voltage is too high or too low
3. overclocked memory too much
4. voltage for memory is high or too low
well i have had all of these symptoms on my computer and i just clocked back to original speed and installed windows fine after...
but i didnt overclock this computer AT ALL the mobo doesnt support overclocking....
so first i thought it was the hdd....so i took out the hdd and put it in a p3 and worked perfectly...
next thought the memory slot was messed up....changed slot and still giving problems..
next i thought it was bad ram...so i took tried in my computer ran perfectly at 200mhz so its not the ram...
so then i checked the mobo website and saw an update for the bios saying it fixes some stability issues....
so i updated to the latest one still no luck...
now here i am stuck...i am fresh out of ideas and in need of ur help...
btw i also tried switching cd-rom drives still didnt work...
each bsod is diff some are bad_pool_caller some are IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQAL some are diff...and i cant install windows because it either goes bsod or it gives me copying errors....and the files are always different as i said they are overclocking symtoms but i have not overclocked at all....
HELP need to get this pc up and running...
Posted by: orcutt989
It is the gremlins. Have you fooled around with anything in the bios? Accidentally, or on purpose?
Posted by: Spicker
It is the gremlins. Have you fooled around with anything in the bios? Accidentally, or on purpose?
nope nothing tried reseting the cmos...
but i think i found the problem...the vcore is at 1.45...
# Intel® Pentium IV Northwood 2.4GHz (18x133FSB (Quad-pumped))
# Intel® NetBurst™ Micro-architecture
# 0.13 micron manufacturing process, 131 / 146mm˛ die sizes
# 8kb of L1 data cache, 12kb of L1 trace execution cache
# 512kb of L2 advanced transfer cache
# Copper interconnects
# 100FSB, Quad-pumped to 400MHz
# 55 million transistors (12.2 million added for an extra 256kb cache)
# 1.5v operating voltage
# Integrated heat spreader
# S478 microPGA form factor
it should be running at 1.5v stupid ecs SUX BALLZ!!
so then i download the manual and get more confused with this:
http://img7.exs.cx/img7/3451/confused3.jpg
and heres the manual:
http://www.ecsusa.com/downloads/manual/p4vxadp10aeng.zip
Posted by: Smurfette
I'd download and run a memor checker such as memtest86, just to eliminate that from enquiries before anything else.
You can do this while you wait for their Support department to explain JP4 settings in English, rather than have it software-translated from Thai.
Posted by: Spicker
I'd download and run a memor checker such as memtest86, just to eliminate that from enquiries before anything else.
You can do this while you wait for their Support department to explain JP4 settings in English, rather than have it software-translated from Thai.
well its not memory i tried different memory and it didnt work...
im like 95% sure its the vcore....but the jumpers are soo confusing :S
Posted by: Smurfette
well its not memory i tried different memory and it didnt work...
im like 95% sure its the vcore....but the jumpers are soo confusing :S
OK, you appeared to say you tried the questionable stick in another computer, which may not flag up a bad area whereas a proper tester would.
Posted by: Spicker
OK, you appeared to say you tried the questionable stick in another computer, which may not flag up a bad area whereas a proper tester would.
yes i did that then later i put my 256mb pc2700 in to the computer as well but got the same error
Posted by: Spicker
bump...plz help..
http://img13.exs.cx/img13/7488/confused22.jpg