A7V333 - lots of problems

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Travis King

Since day one, I've had several complaints about my A7V333. Every time I
change a screen resolution during sound playback, it makes a funny skipping
or buzzing noise. Also, when I have the volume up past a quarter, when the
XP startup screen is showing (with the bar going across) my sound will make
a terrible screetch noise. (I'm very certain that it isn't my 5.1 sound
card as it has these problems with the onboard sound too)Also, my PS/2 ports
(both of them) will quit responding especially after restart randomly. (the
HD led will be fully lit, then it will stop and not even flicker)
Reformatting doesn't help. Replaced the memory and it didn't fix the
problem.
 
Aspire Turbocase with 400W power supply. (yes 400) I used to have a
Supercase with a 300W PSU
Lite On 16x DVD drive (used to have a 52x CD ROM drive by Lite On)
Lite On 32x CD RW drive
Panasonic 3 1/2" floppy drive
A7V333 motherboard Revision 1.x. BIOS 1017 (I've done BIOS update)
Athlon XP 2400+ CPU 2GHz (used to have 1800+)
Chaintech GeForce3 Ti200 128MB DDR video card with TV out (gold)
Creative Soundblaster Live! 5.1 sound card
Linksys 10/100 network card (used to have Belkin 10/100 network card)
Western Digital 7200RPM 80GB hard drive 2MB cache
Western Digital 7200RPM 120GB hard drive 8MB cache (added on since initial
boot)
Kingston 512MB PC-3000 memory
3 case fans
Windows XP Home
The computer is about 1 1/4 years old.
 
P.S. I have a logitech corded elite keyboard and a logitech corded optical
mouse
Logitech Z-560 speakers
Proview 19" monitor
Canon i250 printer
Visioneer 5800 scanner
3 antec tube lights (blue)
 
When you added the Sound Blaster 5.1 sound card did you dissable the onboard
sound in the bios?...If not then try doing it...there could be a conflict.
 
Did that.
BigBadger said:
When you added the Sound Blaster 5.1 sound card did you dissable the onboard
sound in the bios?...If not then try doing it...there could be a conflict.
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I've been lurking here and I am not a tech. Was wondering if you cleared
CMOS on your board after you installed the new cpu? If your problems started
right after the new cpu then this could be what you need to do. If you have
always had this problem then it probably will not fix it....FWIW
 
I replaced the CPU because of this problem because you see, the 1800+ I
chipped. It still worked, but because of this problem, I thought that it
might be related to the CPU even though CPU's usually quit working
completely when they go. Nice try.
 
Did that.
BigBadger said:
When you added the Sound Blaster 5.1 sound card did you dissable the onboard
sound in the bios?...If not then try doing it...there could be a conflict.
Click to expand...
 
Travis King said:
Did that.
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have you looked to see if there is an IRQ conflict with the sound device
also have you tried latest drivers for sound device/system board and via 4
in 1 driver package.

I have seen in the program 'cpu idle' that there is an option that appears
with via chipsets to "Fix Audio" - says "This setting can on some systems
fix the audio issues experienced with via chipsets - use with caution" - not
sure what these issues are though
 
I happen to have CPU Idle and I have tried that, but it didn't help. I
think I might have tried the 4 in 1 driver package too. BIOS is up-to-date.
 
Random suggestions:

Check in Device Manager to see if you have any hardware conflicts, or
unrecognized devices. Remove, reconfigure or disable anything that
shows up there as a problem.

Make sure that all the BIOS settings are set to sensible,
non-overclocked defaults.

Check that you have up-to-date (and correct) drivers for all your
hardware.

Borrow (or buy very cheap) an alternative mouse and keyboard and see
if that makes a difference.

Disconnect all the hardware you can run without - unplug the scanner
and printer and take out the sound card, the network card, DVD, CDRW,
tube lights, etc, and whichever hard disk you aren't booting from and
all but one stick of memory and see if you still have problems. If you
do then it is pretty likely to be a motherboard problem, given that
you've already changed the CPU, sound & memory.

You could also try running a copy of Knoppix from a bootable CD to see
if a completely different OS suffers from the same problems.

It doesn't sound like an overheating problem, but you could try
running some software like SpeedFan or MBM and check that the system
temperatures and PSU voltages are in spec.

Failing all else, sell the board on eBay and buy something different!
:-)

John
 
John Skilleter said:
Random suggestions:
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Get rid of these first is my suggestion.

The sound your describing, I get with unshielded cabling once in a while.

Lights a big source of EM a lot of times, try without them. Short of getting
an oscilliscope, not much way to check if its onboard interference or
speaker/cabling related.
 
I've had three different sets of speakers since my initial boot of my
computer and all of them do this. I had Cyber Acoustic speakers that were
4.1, I had the Altec Lansing 4100 system that overheated a lot, and now I
have Logitech Z-560's, which are the best set of speakers that I've ever
owned with NO problems.
 
I have a few spare keyboards and mice, so I guess I'll have to try that.
It's funny how both the keyboard and mouse act up at the same time. (the
mouse will still stay lit, but it won't respond)
John Skilleter said:
Random suggestions:

Check in Device Manager to see if you have any hardware conflicts, or
unrecognized devices. Remove, reconfigure or disable anything that
shows up there as a problem.

Make sure that all the BIOS settings are set to sensible,
non-overclocked defaults.

Check that you have up-to-date (and correct) drivers for all your
hardware.

Borrow (or buy very cheap) an alternative mouse and keyboard and see
if that makes a difference.

Disconnect all the hardware you can run without - unplug the scanner
and printer and take out the sound card, the network card, DVD, CDRW,
tube lights, etc, and whichever hard disk you aren't booting from and
all but one stick of memory and see if you still have problems. If you
do then it is pretty likely to be a motherboard problem, given that
you've already changed the CPU, sound & memory.

You could also try running a copy of Knoppix from a bootable CD to see
if a completely different OS suffers from the same problems.

It doesn't sound like an overheating problem, but you could try
running some software like SpeedFan or MBM and check that the system
temperatures and PSU voltages are in spec.

Failing all else, sell the board on eBay and buy something different!
:-)

John





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http://www.skilleter.org.uk http://www.ilkley.org
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I have this exact problem with my work pc. Its like I can hear the pc
doing calculations. fortunately i don't use anything to do with sound
so it don't bother me.

Its electromagnetic interference, from everything in your case. Try
moving your speakers further away from the pc, if that works you need
better shielded speakers.
 
It can't be my speakers because I've hooked them up to different computers
and never noticed any problems then.
 
Hi
Just to put my penny's worth in.
I have one of these boards running a Duron 1600 and 256MB of Kingston 2100
DDR, latest bios but not the latest chipset drivers. (Taking one at a time
cos they seem to bother the on board sound, it didn't even work with one
update think it was 4in1 447v)
What version are you using????
I've had the odd time where the keyboard and mouse do not respond, only
several reboots seem to cure it.
I don't have the extra IDE ports on my board but 2 hdd's and 2 cd's on the
primary and secondary. Not exactly overwhelmed with this board it seems a
bit flakey, look at the bios and it falls over. Can also lock up during boot
up.
I'm thinking of trying another p.s.u. mines a 300W I think this could be a
bit under powered.
 
I've got a 400W PSU and I still get problems. I used to have a 300W PSU.
Funny thing, I also have the motherboard WITHOUT the RAID. I like Asus, but
I've had quite a few problems with this board since I've had it. When my
keyboard and mouse quit responding, pressing the reset button on my computer
would make it worse. It was better to shut down the computer completely and
turn it back on. That's probably why they discontinued this board quite
some time ago. (It was only out for about a year to a year and a quarter
before I noticed that I couldn't find it anymore on Newegg.) I've also seen
some parts like a Creative 56k modem that's been on there for at least 2 1/2
years now.
 
One thing to look at r.e. your power supply is whether or not it is a very
good one. I have a Turbolink CWT - 420W P/S. I had a cheapo one in there
(PowMax) but the amp-output didn't compare with the specs on this one and it
make the computer act flaky... I replaced all of them (on the 5 computers in
my house) when one of them went south and, in the process screwed up one of
the systems... took quite a while to get the system running right again.
This might not be your problem, but you could try it...

Also, do you have the microphone circuit muted? (irregardless of whether or
not you have a microphone)
 
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