So, I'm on my fourth S939 AGP motherboard within the past two weeks. The first motherboard was a "DFI NF3 Ultra-D" motherboard which was so buggy the company discontinued it. I had no audio, I couldn't get the BIOS to POST with my memory at 1T, and 50% of the time windows would freeze when it got to the loading screen. The second motherboard was a "MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum." It wouldn't POST in any of the dual channel configurations but I thought a simple BIOS flash would fix that (It didn't like the venice memory controller). Well, apparently I had an OEM motherboard that MSI made specifically for HP/Compaq and I could not flash the BIOS. I also had the same problem that my old motherboard had, which was windows freezing on the loading screen.
On my third motherboard I was getting desperate, so when I went to "Fry's" I bought whatever motherboard they had that was compatible with my stuff. That was the "Gigabyte GA-K8U-939." I brought it home, installed it, booted to windows, and then preceded to shut it down. When I tried to turn it back on it would not POST. It would turn on for only two seconds then shut off. I checked everything and when I went online I found that some other people had the same problem. I returned the motherboard for the exact same type (Gigabyte GA-K8U-939). I get home, install it, and it works fine.. or so I think. Whenever I play any games, within 10-15 minutes of playing them the game locks up and either a window pops up saying there was a problem with *.exe or it locks up and BSODs. I updated the BIOS to the latest one and still the same thing happens. To top it off I still get freezing at the windows loading screen occasionally.
You might have noticed that on all my motherboards (that could at least POST) windows sometimes would freeze when it was loading. I highly doubt it is my windows as I installed all three versions I had. I still have hope though, and am open to any kind of help! My specs:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8U-939 (BIOS f5)
Processor: AMD 3200+ (Venice Core)
Video Card: Gigabyte X800XT PE (Omega Drivers)
Memory: 2 x 512mb OCZ Gold DDR400
Power Supply: Antec TruePower 380w
OS: Windows XP w/ Service Pack 2
On my third motherboard I was getting desperate, so when I went to "Fry's" I bought whatever motherboard they had that was compatible with my stuff. That was the "Gigabyte GA-K8U-939." I brought it home, installed it, booted to windows, and then preceded to shut it down. When I tried to turn it back on it would not POST. It would turn on for only two seconds then shut off. I checked everything and when I went online I found that some other people had the same problem. I returned the motherboard for the exact same type (Gigabyte GA-K8U-939). I get home, install it, and it works fine.. or so I think. Whenever I play any games, within 10-15 minutes of playing them the game locks up and either a window pops up saying there was a problem with *.exe or it locks up and BSODs. I updated the BIOS to the latest one and still the same thing happens. To top it off I still get freezing at the windows loading screen occasionally.
You might have noticed that on all my motherboards (that could at least POST) windows sometimes would freeze when it was loading. I highly doubt it is my windows as I installed all three versions I had. I still have hope though, and am open to any kind of help! My specs:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8U-939 (BIOS f5)
Processor: AMD 3200+ (Venice Core)
Video Card: Gigabyte X800XT PE (Omega Drivers)
Memory: 2 x 512mb OCZ Gold DDR400
Power Supply: Antec TruePower 380w
OS: Windows XP w/ Service Pack 2
