New Hardware Found

[TopChip7]

On switching on my pc this morning I was presented with:

Found New Hardware
PCI Memory

Found New Hardware
RAM Controller


Can anyone shed some light?

Many thanks

[david eaton]

My first thought was bad battery.

[Ajmukon]

did you install a new RAM module?

[TopChip7]

Been having major problems with this system all week. It started with a bad sector just past my MBR partition on the C Drive. Have reinstalled it about 15 times in the past 10 days which has (I think) turned out to be a useless, unstable and incompatible new bios update from Asus (08.02) - Well I thought if I was going to have to do a total reinstall I might aswell update the bios and nVidia drivers.

It always seems fine when I go to bed, even after several reboots to check it's working, but the next morning something is always seriously wrong, alot of the time causing total boot failure.

I put a new battery in the other day to see if that would sort out some of the issues and I think you may be right David, perhaps I replaced it with another bad battery so I have been out and bought another battery today and replaced it yet again.

However, I thought the battery would only come into play when the power supply was actually disconnected - Can anyone clarify?

Guess I will find out in the morning - lol

[saphalline]

This may be a bit premature, but I say the mobo is bad. Might not be a bad idea to start looking into the return/RMA process now.

[TopChip7]

Oh Saph.... Ouch - That hurt!!!

I cant really remember but I think this mobo is over 12 months old now so I assume its past its RMA date????

It has booted fine this morning and all seemed well until I tried to download a file - As soon as the download started the PC switched off instantly.

Windows rebooted with a 'driver caused this problem' error message but didnt say what driver?

I just dont get it - Until last week this was the most stable, unstoppable system I have ever had the pleasure of owning.

[Sylvander]

To identify the errant driver...
How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes (http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/041105-windows-crash.html?page=1)

[TopChip7]

Thx Sylv. Will give it a shot!

[saphalline]

Windows rebooted with a 'driver caused this problem' error message but didnt say what driver?The symptoms are becoming less and less consistent. You can check the temps for any overheating, but I doubt that would be the problem or you'd have figured it out by now. And since you've already reinstalled the OS several times, it's definitely not a software problem.

All in all, with multiple errors and strange behaviors such as this, it's likely to be a mobo problem.

I cant really remember but I think this mobo is over 12 months old now so I assume its past its RMA date????Not at all. Retail boxed mobo's come with a 3-year warranty by default from just about every manufacturer. Just go on their website and look up RMA/warranty procedures in the support section.

[mjc]

You know, it is starting to sound like some of the older boards with bad caps...many problems, but nothing really consistent so it could be pinned down to a specific subsystem. If there are no obvious signs of a bad capacitor (bulging, leaking or discolored caps) it could be a bad solder joint.

[saphalline]

True. It could be something weird like oozed-out thermal grease touching the CPU pins or whatever. That would be related to a mobo problem and cause the same results without actually being a mobo problem.