Well Daryl, it sounds like your dream machine is more like a nightmare. At
the @5K you spent on this system, I guess I'd be demanding satisfaction from
wherever you bought it. Did you buy this system complete, or did you build
your own? I got the impression that your system was built for you. If so,
I'd make them figure it out...or tune into this discussion.


-----Original Message-----
From: Daryl Goddard <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, July 08, 1999 3:04 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Asus P2-BS


>I've just spent @5K on my dream system.
>Asus MBrd,PIII 500, 512MB Micron RAM, 20G HDD, 6xDVD, Teac CD burner,
>3Com 10/100PCI NIC, Diamond MX300, Asus TNT AGP vid, USR 56K modem,
>Logitec cordless Kb/mouse.
>The darn thing locks up constantly,crashes indiscriminately, ect...
>I'm running '98 and minium apps (I want to see it stable before I start
>loading apps)
>After several weeks of problems I purchased Ultra-X Pro Diagnostic
>Toolkit, I've ran all the software tests (could'nt get the PCI Hardware
>testing board to work, waiting to get together w/ tech supp)
>Been on the phone w/ tech supp for most of the systems hardware &
>software manufacturers.
>One of the several (I won't bore you)symptoms was my sound card would
>randomly appear & dissappear (during boot up). Some times it worked
>other times not. Tech supp at Diamond suspected the MX300. So I removed
>it & lockups, ect.. seemed to be gone except what appear to be typical
>'98 problems. Now Explorer won't launch.(it launches in safe mode
>though)
>I'm contemplating up grading to a Asus P2B-ds w/ PIII 550's just to see
>if it will help, I'm going nuts. Any & all suggestions will be
>appreciated
>
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