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[Big D3]

looking forward 4 ur result diddyo!!

[Diddyo]

Hey Guys!

Well i received my Motherboard back today, and it has been repaired! Everything is working perfect!

Heres what the problem was that had been repaired: Reflash BIOS due to image crash

Im am so happy now, thank you all those who helped me get it working, although i ended up getting a new PSU in the process.

[Diddyo]

Ok vista installing problem now.

Just been installing Vista Ultimate 64x, doing well and told me needed to restart to carry on, so i did. As it startee to load i get a blue screen 5 seconds into windows loading bar, so i decide after a few failed attempts to remove the CD-ROM, it worked and it passed blue screen and said preparing to start pc for first time. As it carried on installing i get another blue screen, so i put disc back in again and when it loads windows now it says "The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error, Windows installation cannot proceed. To install Windows, click "OK" to restart computer, and then restart installation.

Now im at stage trying to find how to restart installation as it keeps coming back to this screen.

[Diddyo]

Im not having any luck. now new problem. i removed ram and put back in, now the computer is not having any output and keyboard mouse arent lighting up and the rear fan light is dim, almost cant see it.

EDIT: ok working again, i wiggled the ram in their slots whilst it was on and it worked, strange as they were in properly.

EDIT: ok found out i needed to remove one 2gb stick so i did and it worked, able to fully install vista, logged on and was happy, when i restarted pc again it would not have output to screen and mouse and keyboard were not lighting up again. So i am just fiddling around with stuff again to see if i can get any luck getting back on.

Edit: Tried everything i could but nothing, same problem i had before i sent motherboard out for repair, im starting to think memory had an effect on it as it is strange i now have the same problem

EDIT: 3 hours later, i give it another shot before calling for RMA, i movd ram to a different slot (didn't work last time) and suddenly its back and working, leaving other stick out for awhile so i can do some updates, may fix problem, who knows.

EDIT: Seems the motherboard doesnt like change, whenever i do something like install wireless card, it won't boot. when i remove, still won't boot. All i want is to have both ram sticks in and wireless card, so far wireless card has been out everytime i managed to get rig to boot so im starting to think it doesn't like the card. It is annoying.

[Diddyo]

Final Post.

ASUS sent me a new motherboard and the computer has worked 100% since. took longer than expected but its ok. Thanks for the help guys!

[peterb]

Ahhh! Glad it worked out - that was quite a thread!