tiredoflogins Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 My box crashed twice in last week. I formatted the whole thing, loaded win98 and then upgraded to win xp. The only thing I have presently is AOMx and Office XP. and ASUS Drivers for the motherboard. It has crashed once more. I am not sure what to do now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1K Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 Why don't you install Fresh XP with SP2..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 And also set BIOS settings to safe defaults! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiredoflogins Posted September 20, 2004 Author Share Posted September 20, 2004 Quick Question on BIOS. How do I change the settings to safe? I have disabled shadowing and caching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiredoflogins Posted September 20, 2004 Author Share Posted September 20, 2004 Why don't you install Fresh XP with SP2..?Would this require me to spend more money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbomcp Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 update bios to the latest version before installing xp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiredoflogins Posted September 20, 2004 Author Share Posted September 20, 2004 update bios to the latest version before installing xpWill somebody tell me how do I update the bios? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 I see no reason to install 98 before xp (it's something I'd really want to avoid) unless it's a upgrade disc...BIOS updating wise, if he was running xp fine before those 2 crashes (not like his post really says) then it won't help... It's definately not the first thing I'd blame anyways.-If you could post more information about the BSOD's, that would help a great deal-Having more information about your system would help a lot too (motherboard, etc)-You can check your ram with memtest86 to make sure it's good-You could try a disk scan (surface scan wouldn't hurt either)-I'd check the power supply voltages in system monitor... many PSUs go bad like that and it causes problems too...Could be just about anything right now and we don't have much to guess from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 You need to find out which make/model your motherboard is.Then go to the manufacturer site and download latest BIOS update.Make sure you get the one for your model.Depending on manufacturer, you might need to download a bios flashing utility too.You will need to follow the instructions given by manufacturer, tipycally:1) Make a boot diskette2) copy downloaded program(s) to diskette3) reboot from diskettePlease note that flashing BIOS is somewaht a risky affair:It is HIGHLY recommended that your PC is powered through an UPS and surge suppressor, as if the power fails whilst updating BIOS you could have an unbootable system.Also, given nowadays poor floppy quality, it is recommended that you double check the files on the floppy can be read without errors.If you post your Motherboard details, it would be possible to give you more detailed advice.jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiredoflogins Posted September 20, 2004 Author Share Posted September 20, 2004 I HAVE asus motherboard with n-vidia onboard AGP and 256 MB of DDR.AMD Athlon 1.7 Ghz card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeMaC Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 for asus mb's there are nice utilities that run from windows.dl it run it from windows and it'll do neccessary things at restart.. i don't use floppy anymore!!also even if u have a upgrade xp cd u can install fresh xp, u don't have to install 98 then xp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUnitBabyDaddy Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 how do i disable shadowing and caching in the bios? I get BSOD a lot even during installation. i've tried many different windows discs all have the same files not copying the first time through and i've tried different hd's and optical drives. please help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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