Asus P5NSLI

[fearthisneo]

ok i have pulled my hair out all weekend with this board. i cannot get it to install windows. It posts fine recognizes all my hardware, but as soon as i go to setup xp it freezes, i managed to install it one time but it randomly freezes, i cant even get the drivers installed, that causes it to freeze. ive checked everything from timings on mem to voltages, even ran memtest for a few hours thinking maybe it was the ram. tested fine. i tried just the basic stuff i needed to boot disabled stuff i didnt need. all the same it freezes. my specs are as follows: any help would be great.

Asus P5NSLI
E6600
2GB G.skill F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ
2x EVGA 7900GT KO
Enermax 600w Noisetaker 2.0
Lite-on sata CDRW/DVD rom
Plextor 716sa
2x Maxtor sata 250gb 16mb 7200rpm
Creative Labs X-FI Platinum
Dell 2007WFP
all houseed in Lian Li PC-v2100b
custom watercooling

[CCC]

hmm thats strange, mine was a little unstable until i put a fan blowing directly on the northbridge hs.. it gets so hot its just silly.. that would be the first thing i would check.. you can also try different ram slots

[badboy]

I have this motherboard as a spare but am running it now but my 2x1gb OCZ pc6400 won't let the motherboard post all. All I get is beeping.

[fearthisneo]

north bridge isnt a problem i put waterblock on it. maybe it will improve with a bios update, when asus releases one, for now this board is a utter POS, glad i spent all that money on a conroe setup and the only thing it can do good is post

[pcdoc1]

Maybe a little research prior to the purchase would have saved you some grief... I don't think anyone here recommended that board. :)

[fearthisneo]

i only bought it because i have sli and im not shelling out 200+ for a rip off 590 sli board that uses old technology, if figured it just get it to tie me over then put it in something else

[coyotetu]

i only bought it because i have sli and im not shelling out 200+ for a rip off 590 sli board that uses old technology, if figured it just get it to tie me over then put it in something elsewell, sounds like you just shelled out 120'ish for a ripoff SLI board that doesn't work, and hey, I'm not being smug here, I'm frustrated as well, I bought this motherboard..

[Anemone]

Every gut instinct on this forum, and many commentaries have warned the NF boards for Intel come with a "caution" sign.

I truly feel for you and wish this weren't the case. SLI would be very nice but it'll have to come on a 975 or not at all :(

I hope you are able to return it.

[zert]

try differnt ram if you got some

[fearthisneo]

try differnt ram if you got some

i did, ill wait till they release a bios to see if that solves anything, if it doesnt then ill return it, and grab maybe the dfi infinity 975X