8RDA3+ H/w V2 BIOS POST Lock-up

Hey all,

Just wondering if anyone else has the same problem I have - Originally i
had the hardware v1 but that was destroyed in a lightning storm and the
replacement i was given was the v2.

Since then, on initial power up the BOIS will frequently lock up during
it's POST with either the Hex code 64 (displayed on screen will be the
dual ch memory text) or 74 (with the IDE detection displayed).

I have a reasonable Tt 400W Psup, a 2800 barton @ 2.2GHz, 2x512MB pc3200
at 2.5/3/3/8, FSB is 200MHz. Also running 1 DVD drive, 2x 160gb SATA
in RAID 0 and a MSI 256MB 6800GT.

I never had this issue with the v1 board and no other components have
changed besides the mobo.

And before anyone says "why don't you stop o/c'n it" the problem is
actually less frequent at current clocks & voltages. I have raised VDD
to 1.7V and VCore to 1.8V with temps of 32c NB, 41c CPU.

I just noticed that SiSoft Sandra is telling me that my memory is in
dual ch but despite my DIMMs being in slot 0 & 1 the bus width is at
64bit not 128bit which it was previously?? not sure if it's related??

zx9john wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Just wondering if anyone else has the same problem I have - Originally i
> had the hardware v1 but that was destroyed in a lightning storm and the
> replacement i was given was the v2.
>
> Since then, on initial power up the BOIS will frequently lock up during
> it's POST with either the Hex code 64 (displayed on screen will be the
> dual ch memory text) or 74 (with the IDE detection displayed).
>
> I have a reasonable Tt 400W Psup, a 2800 barton @ 2.2GHz, 2x512MB pc3200
> at 2.5/3/3/8, FSB is 200MHz. Also running 1 DVD drive, 2x 160gb SATA in
> RAID 0 and a MSI 256MB 6800GT.
>
> I never had this issue with the v1 board and no other components have
> changed besides the mobo.
>
> And before anyone says "why don't you stop o/c'n it" the problem is
> actually less frequent at current clocks & voltages. I have raised VDD
> to 1.7V and VCore to 1.8V with temps of 32c NB, 41c CPU.
>
> I just noticed that SiSoft Sandra is telling me that my memory is in
> dual ch but despite my DIMMs being in slot 0 & 1 the bus width is at
> 64bit not 128bit which it was previously?? not sure if it's related??

Soz, i stuffed up : VCore is 1.7V and Vdd is 1.8V

Also forgot to add that I emailed epox re this and the best they could
do is tell me to check for leaking caps in "engrish".