P4T-E BOOT ISSUE

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I am having a strange problem and am looking for a solution. I have a
P4T-E with a 2.4GHz CPU (the 400MHz version) running 512 of PC800 RAMBUS
memory. I recently changes the CPU from a 1.9 to the current 2.4. Now
whenever I boot it the system seems to hang for several seconds at the
Award Plug and Play line of the BIOS boot up process. It did not do
this with the 1.9 installed. After the sevearl second pause it seems to
boot just fine. It's just odd and I can't seem to pin down the problem.
The really weird thing is that it boots just fine out of the case on the
floor. Anyone else seen this? Two other clues: sometimes I have no
keyboard access and all of the time a PS2 mouse will not work, I have to
use a USB mouse. I am open to ideas from someone with some insight into
what might be causing the problem. Shorting out again the case? If so
why the pause and then the boot. I would have expected it to hang and
stay hung if it was shorting on the case somewhere. The really weird
part is that everything is great when the 1.9 is in.
 
John said:
I am having a strange problem and am looking for a solution. I have a
P4T-E with a 2.4GHz CPU (the 400MHz version) running 512 of PC800 RAMBUS
memory. I recently changes the CPU from a 1.9 to the current 2.4. Now
whenever I boot it the system seems to hang for several seconds at the
Award Plug and Play line of the BIOS boot up process. It did not do
this with the 1.9 installed. After the sevearl second pause it seems to
boot just fine. It's just odd and I can't seem to pin down the problem.
The really weird thing is that it boots just fine out of the case on the
floor. Anyone else seen this? Two other clues: sometimes I have no
keyboard access and all of the time a PS2 mouse will not work, I have to
use a USB mouse. I am open to ideas from someone with some insight into
what might be causing the problem. Shorting out again the case? If so
why the pause and then the boot. I would have expected it to hang and
stay hung if it was shorting on the case somewhere. The really weird
part is that everything is great when the 1.9 is in.
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Does it hang when it does the "Asus P4T-E" ?

I.e. P4 ...... T-E
or something
Mine has always done it with my 2 gig p4 (bios 1005)
apart from that i have no problems, it works just fine ;-)

Cheers,

KWhite
 
KWhite said:
Does it hang when it does the "Asus P4T-E" ?

I.e. P4 ...... T-E
or something
Mine has always done it with my 2 gig p4 (bios 1005)
apart from that i have no problems, it works just fine ;-)

Cheers,

KWhite
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I had a similar problem when I was overclocking my p4t-e. I had a microsoft
wireless mouse that seemed to hang the computer up for several seconds while
it tried to initialize. The light on the mouse would flash repeatedly for
several seconds. I moved the mouse to another usb port and the problem went
away. Try disconnecting the usb devices and installing them back, one by
one and see if the problem goes away. If you see the system hang as
mentioned, try that usb device in a different usb port. This worked for me.

Good Luck,

Henry
 
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