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 > > The PCBUILD web site always needs good submissions. If > you would like to contribute to the website, send any > hardware tech tips or hardware reviews to: > [log in to unmask] The PCBUILD web site always needs good submissions. If you would like to contribute to the website, send any hardware tech tips or hardware reviews to: [log in to unmask]