Strange hardware reset by using nt2000 not with nt4

HR, while PC-133 will work at 100MHz, the motherboard's memory bus may not support it. Another consideration might be a difference in timing between the two memory modules. Given the older PII and Asus MB, I'd exchange the memory module for one that closely matches the existing one in speed, timing and parity.

Dennis

Are you saying that you switched back to the old chip and it is still crashing?

yes i switched back and still crashing.
strange also that since about 8 hours the pc runs with nt4 fine.
i tried one boot with nt2000, and received a crash.


if the motherboad supports 113 mhz, i don't know.
shouldn't it be because of nt4 is working?
where do i see the parity and timing?

????
hreinart

hi,

does anyone know what would happen if i start the sp2 instalation and during this my pc would reboot.
can i restart my nt2000?

any suggestions?

Don't bother with SP2 at this point....I think you need to update your BIOS.  What motherboard are you using? Asus P2B? See this page http://www.asus.com/products/motherboard/bios_slot1.html for BIOS updates for various Asus Slot-1 motherboards.  Check back if you're not sure what model you have or which file to download.

-d

hi,
i checked the bios version.
when booting up i see:

P2B-S ACPI Rev. 1012
Award Plug&Play Bios v.1.0A
03/03/00 i440BX-P2B-S-00

i check the asus page ypou mentioned and found this:
P2B-S (ATX, onboard SCSI)
- BIOS Upgrade and Road Map :

bx2s1013.zip
P2B-S BIOS Ver. 1013. 07/27/2001
Update 7890 SCSI firmware to Ver.3.0.

bx2s1012.zip
P2B-S BIOS Ver. 1012. 05/04/2000
Use Adaptec 7890 SCSI BIOS to revision 2.20.
Add microcode update.

if i understood this right, i already use the 2nd latest version.
the new vewrsion just upgrades the aha controller.

then i looked for the update tool. i asume that i need pflash.exe, but it's not downloadable.

where would i get this?
makes it sense to upgrade?


thanks
hreinart

By all means do the update. The pflash.exe file in included in the zip file you download.

Remember, you will need to repair/rebuild the hardware abstraction layer by starting a fresh install, and then choose to repair the existing installation.

hi,

there is only an *.awd file inside the zip file, nothing elese.

There should be a popup window on the Asus site when you try to download the file.  Or look elsewhere in their downloads section for the flash program.

-d

You beat me to it Dog!

hi,

sorry i tried to download it from link, but no file found, even not anywhere lese on this web site.

http://www.asus.com/cgi-bin/dl.asp?filename=mb/flash/aflash.exe

Try that link.

-d

asus recommend to use pflash, is aflash still ok?

HR, try this page:

http://www.asus.com/products/motherboard/bios_tools.html

Which motherboard are you using?

P2B-S ACPI Rev. 1012
Award Plug&Play Bios v.1.0A
03/03/00 i440BX-P2B-S-00

this is what i see on the screen when i boot up

HR,

This txt file will explain the BIOS updates for your motherboard.

ftp://ftp.asus.com/pub/asus/mb/slot1/440bx/p2b-s/index.txt

This is the most recent BIOS update for your motherboard.

ftp://ftp.asus.com/pub/asus/mb/slot1/440bx/p2b-s/bx2s1013.zip

This is the aflash utility that will work with your motherboard.

ftp://ftp.asus.com/pub/asus/mb/flash/aflash.exe

This will explain how to flash the BIOS to the most recent:

http://www.asus.com/Products/Motherboard/flash.html

Hi,

This is still open today, and expert input was added since your last comment.  Can you please update/finalize this?

Thanks,

Moondancer
Community Support Moderator @ Experts Exchange

hi,

sorry for beeing late here!
i checked the bios with the vendor of the pc.
it should be ok.

i fear by replacing it to get more problems than i already have.

the system worked before, so the bios should be ok, or?

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The questioner has been provided with the necessary solutions for this problem as well as all the necessary links to obtain the updates and procedures to apply them.

hi,

i don't want to test this answer to see if it works, but want to close the question.

i still fear getting more problems than i now have.

I don't know why you would want to not try a solution that will most likely resolve your problem...but, its your choice of course.  The problem is probably related to ACPI implementation which ASUS had issues with on this board.  The BIOS update will fix the ACPI problems and probably resolve the issue.

-dogztar

hreinart, rarely, if ever, do BIOS updates cause problems unless there's something wrong with the system to begin with. BTW, thanks for the "B".

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Thanks Moondancer

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Grade changed.

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