[Problem] ASUS P5KC motherboard...
pca_christopher... - 4 May 2008 - 7:52pm
<p>I have just built a system around this board as follows:</p>
<p>CoolMaster RealPower 850W PSU<br />
Intel Core2 Q6700<br />
Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro Socket 775 Processor Cooler<br />
Nvidia 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 Dual DVI PCI-E Graphics Card OEM<br />
2x1Gb DDR2 PC2-6400 from Crucial.co.uk (matched to the M/B)</p>
<p>Clean hard drive. I installed Windows XP SP2 and updated it. Installed AVG Free and Zone Alarm. On rebooting during this process Windows would lock on the start up screen. My USB optical mouse light would go out. I hit the reset button and get "CMOS Settings Incorrect. Press F1 to change them, or F2 to boot with the default values". I always press F1 and the BIOS setting are alway reset to the default values.</p>
<p>Today it locked up in Windows XP again the CMOS error on reboot. Hardware monitors shows the M/B temperature is 35 degrees C and CPU temperature is never above 33 degrees C.</p>
<p>Any suggestions? Is this a bad board?</p>
<p>Can anyone recommend a good motherboard for a socket 775 processor above? Not ASUS as they are poor!</p>
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Re: [Problem] ASUS P5KC motherboard...
Audiodood - 4 May 2008 - 10:25pm<p><div class="bb-quote"><b>christopher_povey wrote:</b><blockquote class="bb-quote-body">Not ASUS as they are poor!</blockquote></div><br />
On the contrary, ASUS boards are among the most respected out there.</p>
<p>If the CMOS settings are always dropping back to default, the first port of call is to change the motherboard battery.</p>
[Problem] ASUS P5KC motherboard...
pca_christopher... - 5 May 2008 - 8:03am<p>Only some of the settings are reseting. The date and time for example are correct. It a new board so I would hope the battery is fair new too!</p>
[Problem] ASUS P5KC motherboard...
pca_Wierdstone - 5 May 2008 - 7:17pm<p>Motherboard temp sounds a bit high to me.<br />
Have you checked to make sure the board is not shorting somewhere.</p>
[Problem] ASUS P5KC motherboard...
pca_christopher... - 5 May 2008 - 8:24pm<p><div class="bb-quote"><b>Wierdstone wrote:</b><blockquote class="bb-quote-body">Motherboard temp sounds a bit high to me.<br />
Have you checked to make sure the board is not shorting somewhere.</blockquote></div></p>
<p>It been working fine from 08:00 to 16:30 this morning. I clicked on "Quote" just now on your message and bang mouse goes out and Windows totally locked. Pressed reset and it did not boot pressed reset again and the BIOS is back to its default values! <grrr> :x </p>
<p>I made sure that the board is well clear of any metal parts. It is secured with nine small screws to the back plate of the case.</p>
<p>There is something not right with this board. I am going back to plan A. The P5KC gets RMA'ed tomorrow. I have had enough of it!</p>
[Problem] ASUS P5KC motherboard...
pca_hass - 4 June 2008 - 4:57pm<p>I had similar issues once and it turns out the mobo is shorting with the case through the mounting holes.</p>
<p>Best solution for me was to use non conductive washers [available maplins/halfords etc] on both sides of ther board to isolate the screws from the mobo.<br />
This then instantly fixed the issues. I was having issues where whilst in the BIOS it would suddenly completely 'freeze' up and I could do nothing other than a cold boot.</p>
<p>If you try it, make sure the washers have small enough holes so only the screw fits through snugly.<br />
worth a try.</p>
[Problem] ASUS P5KC motherboard...
pca_christopher... - 4 June 2008 - 7:44pm<p>The board sits on press in type square mounts. On top of every one I have a brown paper(?) washer. I sent the board back in the end and EBuyer sent a replacement and (touch wood) this one is working fine! :) So it must have been a dud board.</p>
[Problem] ASUS P5KC motherboard...
pca_Wierdstone - 5 June 2008 - 6:14pm<p>As with every mass produced item there has to be some failures, it's just a pain when it happens to you :wink:</p>
[Problem] ASUS P5KC motherboard...
pca_brink78 - 14 June 2008 - 11:23am<p>might be a mis-QA'd motherboard you have there. i have an asus p5ve or something like that and it's always 30 or below, just one fan (all stock). i do a lot of photoshopping and video editing - i work this machine like a horse</p>
[Problem] ASUS P5KC motherboard...
pca_chimchim gi... - 15 June 2008 - 1:48pm<p>I too had similar problems with a P5K board. I sent it back, got a replacement which had exactly the same problem. I spent a lot of time trouble-shooting and never did resolve it. Internet searches confirmed other people also experiencing a similar problem with the P5K.</p>
<p>I finally installed an Intel board and have had no problems whatsoever.</p>
<p>Prior to the P5K Asus was my first choice - not any more!</p>
[Problem] ASUS P5KC motherboard...
Isitme - 15 June 2008 - 2:35pm<p>I am wondering if this is a graphics card compatibility problem. I know it should make no difference, but running a Nvidia card on a board designed for ATI cards, might just cause problems.</p>
Any solutions at last?!
sarmadster - 18 July 2008 - 8:34pmHi, I've been suffering from almost similar problems with my new pc, my parts are:
p5kc - e6550 core 2Due - 2x 1 GB patriot RAM - 7600 GT Asus Grapgic card - power 580
My problem is that after a few hours of working, everything suddenly freezes and leaves me no choice exept pressing the reset button. It's realy annoying because it sometimes results i losing my open documents. Like you, sometimes it freezes during system startup how ever I can cope with it, but I can't stand a locked PC that gives me no warning before freezing!
Any solutions please?