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Motherboard bad? Stop Errors, Gfx card problems, etc...

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randomdude

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Nov 19, 2004
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Very desperate for help. Here is the problem:

With my Radeon 9800pro installed I boot up and get artifacts / gibberish on screen and then it freezes after the black Windows XP startup screen. So I took out the 9800p and booted using integrated video on my motherboard. Removed all old ATI drivers. Now every 3 or 4 times when I boot up the monitor doesn't come out of standby (the light goes back and forth from green to amber, then just stays amber) and I constantly get stop errors (usually Kernel_data_in_page_error, sometimes IRQ_not_less_than_or_equal). Once in a while it just randomly restarts. Also, sometimes the harddrives are not detected, it just pauses after the mem test on startup.

I have tried the following to fix:
Tried a new video card
Tried new memory
Formatted / clean install

The only way I can boot normally is if I unplug and take out my 9800p and use the integrated video on my motherboard. Still get stop erros, etc... About 6 months ago the video card worked fine. My only other idea is that the Motherboard (AGP slot maybe?) is bad or the power supply is too small (but I doubt that).

Specs are as follows:

P4/3.0C with Intel 865GBF motherboard
Win XP - SP2
512mb Kingston HyperX (also tried testing w/ PNY)
Radeon 9800pro 128mb
Antec True 350watt
WD Raptor HD

Latest BIOS/Chipsets/CAT drivers...
9800p is plugged in, BIOS is on AGP...

Thanks for any help, posts, suggestions. Like I said, I am desperate and really don't want to replace my motherboard if I don't have to.
 
you don't say if getting stop errors with clean install prior to reinstalling radeon. Is possible errors caused by ati sw incompat with something else installed. Also, if you didn't properly ground yourself and the workarea, only takes a millisecond to damage the mb. Personal guess would lay fault with bad mb.
 
mcall, thanks for the reply. Yes, the stop errors happened with clean install and before installing the radeon. I tried to take every precaution by grounding myself with a wrist strap whenever I opened my case. I wish there was some sort of diagnostics, or some clue in the event log, but I haven't seen any.
 
mcall is right if you switched your ram and your vid card then most likely your mobo is bad? Did you buy the mobo used if not did you ever jam it maybe with a screwdriver or possibly you esded electric static discharge! If i were you i would by a new mobo and try it out! See if it works and if not then you could have a bad vid card but most likely it is your mobo!
 
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