Siffreddi Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 I noticed some people are experiencing a similar problem, but hopefully someone can help. I just built a new system and when I run any game my system crashes within 1-10 minutes. By crash I mean the screen goes black and the system reboots itself. The windows environment is operating fine (no crashes yet). I monitored the temperature of CPU & GPU and ruled out heat as a possible cause. I noticed that my memory type is not listed for the P5AD2 on Corsairs site, but could that be causing this problem? I downloaded the memory test from Microsoft and LRAND & WMATS+ fails, but I'm not sure what this means. I have tried latest drivers from ASUS and Ati. All memory settings in BIOS are set to default (Auto) Windows XP Pro SP2 ASUS P5AD2 Premium Intel LGA 775 3.6Ghz Corsair TWIN2X1024-4300C3 ASUS Ati AX800XT PCI-E WD Raptor 74Gb SATA :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 10, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 10, 2004 Please make sure that you have the latest bios and then load setup defaults and set the Dim Voltage to 1.9 Volts and see if that will solve the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siffreddi Posted December 10, 2004 Author Share Posted December 10, 2004 Thank you for the quick reply RAM GUY. I will give it a shot tonight. My BIOS are v.1008 but I will try the new 1009 release tonight. Thank you again for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 10, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 10, 2004 No problem, in most cases (About 98%) setting the Dim Voltage will solve that, but please let me know. I have no problem replacing your modules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddlycalm Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 I had an identical system as your, and ss I posted on the sticky above that addresses this board, a lot of people are having problems and it's not the power supply, memory or BIOS settings. The boards, and in particular the ones released first, seem to have a range of problems although these uncommanded reboots under load are the most common. After changing everything out like everyone else, and trying 5 differenct power supplies, I returned the board. The second board never made it into Windows, it would get to a certain place then reboot the system every time. I went to an Intel D925 board and it's been stable as a rock for two months now. Collectively, we all have wasted a lot of time on a board that clearly wasn't ready for release. Asus has been pretty good over the years, but they dropped the ball on this one. Best of luck. oc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siffreddi Posted December 13, 2004 Author Share Posted December 13, 2004 RAM GUY.....Thank you sooo much! I did exactly what you said and everything is running very well. I played Doom 3 and Far Cry for about 5 hours without any problems. Well...The 3.6 LGA 775 runs quite hot and it might be a problem in the summer, but that is a different problem alltogether. My only regret is that I did not find this forum sooner. I wish ASUS tech support read these forums. They wanted me to replace power supply, video card, etc. :mad: Oddlycalm, thanks for the info. I will watch for similar problems and, if I must, get a different mobo. :(: I am very suprised to hear of all the problems with the P5AD2 as I have been one of the ASUS faithful for the past 8 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 14, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 14, 2004 Well I dont think its the MB, these CPU's do run hotter, but maybe a newer Bios as the board matures will solve that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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