new system problems

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"Zyxak" wrote in message
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I've just built a new system and I'm having a few problems which may or
may not be related to each other.

The system...
Case: Antec Sonata
Motherboard: ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe (I875P, PAT)
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz, 800MHz FSB
Memory (DDR400 - PC3200): Transcend JetRam 512MB, CL2.5 x 4 = 2 GB
Video (AGP 8X): Gigacube ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE 200 GB, 7200 RPM, ATA/100, 8MB cache
CD Writer: LG 52x24x52x CD-R/W
DVD Writer: Pioneer DVR-106D-BK (OEM)
Modem: NetComm InModem 56
Monitor: Mitsubishi Diamond View 19" Flat Display, Black
Keyboard & Mouse: Logitech Cordless MX Duo
O/S: Windows XP Pro (SP1)

The problems...

1. When booting (cold or warm) I get 2 short beeps as BIOS loads.
Everything I've read suggests this is a RAM problem but the SiSoftware
Sandra tests don'tshow any problems. Sandra correctly identifies all 4
sticks as "512MB DDR-SDRAM 2.5-3-3-8CL 1CMD" shows 2 channels and all
memory speeds were shown between 3970 MB/s and 4100 MB/s on the Memory
Bandwidth Benchmark. However Sandra says "No" for Performance
Acceleration Technology (PAT) which the motherboard is supposed to
support. The Cache & Memory Benchmark show the performance as PR4253
and the graph shows it as *lower* performance than the first reference
system in the list - Intel Pentium 4-B 3.06GHz / Intel 850E 2xPC800
CL2. That doesn't seem right.

2. Every time I cold boot the system is unable to find the hard disk
(IDE primary, master) but the 2 optical drives are identified OK.
However when I do a warm boot the hard disk is found OK and seems to
work fine. I have the hard disk jumpered as "Master" rather than "CS" -
should that matter?

3. Every time I start Windows for the 1st time (ie the second booting)
the mouse doesn't work so I need to do a restart before the mouse works.

4. Hydravision won't load because it says it can't find an ATI driver.
I installed the driver that came with the card and even downloaded the
very latest driver from the ATI site and I still get this error. Also
Return to Castle Wolfenstein which has a specific ATI setting, "ATI
Truform", can't turn this setting on. The driver version is 6.14.10.637.

This is the first system I've built in a long time so I'm not even sure
if I've got the correct settings in the BIOS.

All suggestion gratefully accepted.

TIA

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It sounds like you may be having memory errors from your use of questionable
quality RAM. Try buying quality RAM such as Corsair or Mushkin. Also your
WD harddrive should be set to SINGLE, not Master; you don't have a Slave.

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"Clanga" wrote in message
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Reposted to *alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus*
Hope someone there can help you.

"Zyxak" wrote in message
...
I've just built a new system and I'm having a few problems which may or
may not be related to each other.

The system...
Case: Antec Sonata
Motherboard: ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe (I875P, PAT)
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz, 800MHz FSB
Memory (DDR400 - PC3200): Transcend JetRam 512MB, CL2.5 x 4 = 2 GB
Video (AGP 8X): Gigacube ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE 200 GB, 7200 RPM, ATA/100, 8MB
cache
CD Writer: LG 52x24x52x CD-R/W
DVD Writer: Pioneer DVR-106D-BK (OEM)
Modem: NetComm InModem 56
Monitor: Mitsubishi Diamond View 19" Flat Display, Black
Keyboard & Mouse: Logitech Cordless MX Duo
O/S: Windows XP Pro (SP1)

The problems...

1. When booting (cold or warm) I get 2 short beeps as BIOS loads.
Everything I've read suggests this is a RAM problem but the SiSoftware
Sandra tests don'tshow any problems. Sandra correctly identifies all 4
sticks as "512MB DDR-SDRAM 2.5-3-3-8CL 1CMD" shows 2 channels and all
memory speeds were shown between 3970 MB/s and 4100 MB/s on the Memory
Bandwidth Benchmark. However Sandra says "No" for Performance
Acceleration Technology (PAT) which the motherboard is supposed to
support. The Cache & Memory Benchmark show the performance as PR4253
and the graph shows it as *lower* performance than the first reference
system in the list - Intel Pentium 4-B 3.06GHz / Intel 850E 2xPC800
CL2. That doesn't seem right.

2. Every time I cold boot the system is unable to find the hard disk
(IDE primary, master) but the 2 optical drives are identified OK.
However when I do a warm boot the hard disk is found OK and seems to
work fine. I have the hard disk jumpered as "Master" rather than "CS" -
should that matter?

3. Every time I start Windows for the 1st time (ie the second booting)
the mouse doesn't work so I need to do a restart before the mouse works.

4. Hydravision won't load because it says it can't find an ATI driver.
I installed the driver that came with the card and even downloaded the
very latest driver from the ATI site and I still get this error. Also
Return to Castle Wolfenstein which has a specific ATI setting, "ATI
Truform", can't turn this setting on. The driver version is
6.14.10.637.

This is the first system I've built in a long time so I'm not even sure
if I've got the correct settings in the BIOS.

All suggestion gratefully accepted.

TIA

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