asus p2b hangs with win98

bardos · 02-10-2001, 02:09 PM

Problems with my asus p2b. I was wondering if anyone had ever heard of this problem.

One morning win 98 decides to freeze on start up. The desktop appears and the mouse moves, but it has no effect on anything.

I reinstall win98se and it hangs at the Plug and Play detecting devices screen with 11 minutes to go.

Constantly.

I have done this 10 or 20 times, with minimal hardware, swapping out video card, reseating and checking of RAM etc.

Now for the really weird part. Win95a will install. Have a yellow question mark in device manager for PCI bridge, though. But a win98 install will hang in the same place constantly. Does this mean the mobo is toast?

eric

genetrex · 02-12-2001, 01:20 AM

I've heard of a similar problem with another asus board, but with the Via chipset. The problem had to do with IRQ sharing between the slots and deivices. In the via chipset version and the case I know about the USB ports shared their IRQ with one of the slots conflicting with a sound blaster live. It might be worth pulling the periperals and seeing if the system will load, if you haven't done so already. Good Luck!

genetrex · 02-12-2001, 01:27 AM

Addition to previous reply. I forgot to mention that Win95a does not know about newer devices like the PCI bridge and requires drivers from from Intel to get rid of the yellow ?. I have installed them on BX chipset boards but not on anything newer as '98SE (and 98??) don't need them. There are drivers for both the PCI bridge and IDE bus mastering availabe but the bus mastering drivers don't like to co-exist with real mode drivers installed, specifically MSCDEX.

genetrex · 02-12-2001, 01:36 AM

Look like I need to read more carefully. I see you've alredy tried minimal hardware. Have you made any changes to the BIOS? In my experiancs not having the Plug and Play Aware Op System set to Yes can create problems which lets the Op System control resources normally handled by the motherboard (only applicable for '95, '98 and 2000). You might try turning off some of the board periperals too, i.e. USB if the bios allows (just as a test) and desperate people have even been known to disable primary and seconday caches just to run a quick test on those memory components.

DeMenAce · 02-13-2001, 02:42 PM

Try installing the latest chip drivers for that mobo. I was having similar problems with a Tyan MB with a VIA chip set, installed the lateset drivers and it fixed the problem. Also, how old is the CMOS battery. That may be the whole trouble!

TIHFY

02-10-2001, 02:09 PM	#1
bardos stop nuking gay whales Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: andalucia, spain Posts: 114	Problems with my asus p2b. I was wondering if anyone had ever heard of this problem. One morning win 98 decides to freeze on start up. The desktop appears and the mouse moves, but it has no effect on anything. I reinstall win98se and it hangs at the Plug and Play detecting devices screen with 11 minutes to go. Constantly. I have done this 10 or 20 times, with minimal hardware, swapping out video card, reseating and checking of RAM etc. Now for the really weird part. Win95a will install. Have a yellow question mark in device manager for PCI bridge, though. But a win98 install will hang in the same place constantly. Does this mean the mobo is toast? eric
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02-12-2001, 01:20 AM	#2
genetrex Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 3	I've heard of a similar problem with another asus board, but with the Via chipset. The problem had to do with IRQ sharing between the slots and deivices. In the via chipset version and the case I know about the USB ports shared their IRQ with one of the slots conflicting with a sound blaster live. It might be worth pulling the periperals and seeing if the system will load, if you haven't done so already. Good Luck!
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02-12-2001, 01:27 AM	#3
genetrex Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 3	Addition to previous reply. I forgot to mention that Win95a does not know about newer devices like the PCI bridge and requires drivers from from Intel to get rid of the yellow ?. I have installed them on BX chipset boards but not on anything newer as '98SE (and 98??) don't need them. There are drivers for both the PCI bridge and IDE bus mastering availabe but the bus mastering drivers don't like to co-exist with real mode drivers installed, specifically MSCDEX.
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02-12-2001, 01:36 AM	#4
genetrex Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 3	Look like I need to read more carefully. I see you've alredy tried minimal hardware. Have you made any changes to the BIOS? In my experiancs not having the Plug and Play Aware Op System set to Yes can create problems which lets the Op System control resources normally handled by the motherboard (only applicable for '95, '98 and 2000). You might try turning off some of the board periperals too, i.e. USB if the bios allows (just as a test) and desperate people have even been known to disable primary and seconday caches just to run a quick test on those memory components.
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02-13-2001, 02:42 PM	#5
DeMenAce GOD is LOVE Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 21,978	hangin' Try installing the latest chip drivers for that mobo. I was having similar problems with a Tyan MB with a VIA chip set, installed the lateset drivers and it fixed the problem. Also, how old is the CMOS battery. That may be the whole trouble! TIHFY __________________
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