AN8 Ultra and X2 problems under Vista

[mrbenns]

AN8 Ultra board, updated to Bios 20 and 100% stable with my old Athlon64 3500+ in vista. I have installed a new cpu, an X2 3800+ and am having stability issues now. Vista has bluescreened several times since, seemingly at random, running stable for 3 days and then sudden BSOD, i do not think it is a temperature problem, I have a good HSF on there with AS5 and it did not crash out while running benchmarks or games. I am thinking it has to be either a: a faulty CPU or b: some incompatibility problem with the motherboard and/or the drivers for vista. Any suggestions would be very gratefully received.

The error it generates is
Product
Windows

Problem
Shut down unexpectedly

Date
18/03/2007 09:05

Status
Report Sent

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 2057

Files that help describe the problem (some files may no longer be available)
Mini031807-01.dmp
sysdata.xml
Version.txt

Extra information about the problem
BCCode: 124
BCP1: 00000000
BCP2: 880E9A38
BCP3: B2000000
BCP4: 00070F0F
OS Version: 6_0_6000
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 768_1
Server information: d30328d9-e95e-45c5-865c-1e2477bdb6e3

Having done a little googling, I find that BCCode 124 is a hardware issue, but cant find anything more specific than that.

TIA for any help

Stephen

[BUFF]

1st when you switched CPU did you change the CPU driver & HAL (not sure about Vista but you should on XP)?

there are known cases of AN8 series (excl. AN8 32X) having problems with X2s & USB2.0 enabled so it's worth checking that (although if it is that you are the 1st case that I've heard on Vista - indeed others have said that moving to Vista cured it for them).
In the BIOS try putting the board onto USB1.1 & see if it clears the problem or if you still have it & report back results.

[mrbenns]

I didnt change anything in Vista when i changed the CPU, assumed I didnt need to. Vista shows the dual core and task manager has the split window ok. I think I have a pci USB 2 card around somewhere, will stick that in and disable USB in BIOS to see if that cures it. One thing about it is that it happens so randomly, sometimes it will crash out twice in the space of 3 hours, others it can go for 3 days and not crash, thats why i dont think (hope!) it is not a faulty CPU, surely it would bomb out a lot more regularly, especially if it was under stress?
Will post progress with the USB, thanks for the suggestion

[mrbenns]

ok, following advice I downgraded USB on motherboard to 1.1, after that had run stably for 2 days, I then got a PCI USB2.0 card and put it in, and just disabled USB onboard completely. All my USB stuff is now plugged into the card and Vista has been nice and stable for 3 days now, so fingers crossed it stays that way

[Google]

Just ridiculous how could this glitch exist in a motherboard...

Jeez.

[mrbenns]

i wish i knew, but I downgraded to Bios18 and tried it with onboard USB again, crashed within 20 mins. Disabled Onboard and went back to PCI card, been running that now for 24 hours no problems so far

[BUFF]

Just ridiculous how could this glitch exist in a motherboard...

Jeez.

It's been seen on other non-abit nF4s too nor does it affect all AN8s.
There's obviously some specific config. that triggers it.

[Google]

It's been seen on other non-abit nF4s too nor does it affect all AN8s.
There's obviously some specific config. that triggers it.

Im not saying its just abit, but how can mobo makers allow a glitch like that to exist?
Just too weird.

[BUFF]

I think that the problem is possibly in replicating it so that they can work out what's going on.

[mrbenns]

thats the problem with pcs i suppose, no 2 are identical