Abit BH6 sporadically hangs. Help!

[msuryadarma]

I have an Abit BH6 1.0 and I've had it for 5 years. I just recently upgraded (about a few months ago) to P3-650 Slot 1. I have 256 MB of RAM (2 128-MB sticks). The BIOS is flashed the the SS version (latest). Computer is running XP SP1 and it's been great until a few days ago.

My computer hangs in windows after only booting up for about 5 minutes. It just stops, no errors, no nothing. I have to hit the restart button. Now when I turn it on, sometimes it doesn't boot at all (no memory count, no display, nothing), and sometimes it will get into the memory count and then hangs. If I try some more, it will hang at the windows boot process. Basically it just hangs anywhere it wants. As always, no error message is given.

I have been running my P3 at 728 MHz (overclocked to 112 MHz) since I got it without any problems, and I brought it down to 650 after the problems, but problem still remains.

At first I suspected it was my HD, but then I used a different HD and problem still presists.

What could it be? Do I need a whole new MB? Is it the CMOS battery? Is it the BIOS chip?

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Psi]

(msuryadarma) wrote in

At first I suspected it was my HD, but then I used a different HD and problem still presists.

What could it be? Do I need a whole new MB? Is it the CMOS battery? Is it the BIOS chip?

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Check your ram with memtest or swap out the ram. I had a stick go bad on me with similar results.

 

[joe~V~3838]

how about fans ? how are they running?
sounds like cooling/heat problem? what voltage you using? put new thermal grease on heatsink?? and see if it still locks up? could be battery, a few others have posted about blank bootups and it was a bad battery, they got a new one at radio shack...... good luck

joe

msuryadarma wrote:

I have an Abit BH6 1.0 and I've had it for 5 years. I just recently upgraded (about a few months ago) to P3-650 Slot 1. I have 256 MB of RAM (2 128-MB sticks). The BIOS is flashed the the SS version (latest). Computer is running XP SP1 and it's been great until a few days ago.

My computer hangs in windows after only booting up for about 5 minutes. It just stops, no errors, no nothing. I have to hit the restart button. Now when I turn it on, sometimes it doesn't boot at all (no memory count, no display, nothing), and sometimes it will get into the memory count and then hangs. If I try some more, it will hang at the windows boot process. Basically it just hangs anywhere it ...

 

[Jens C. Hansen [Odense]]

msuryadarma wrote:

I have an Abit BH6 1.0 and I've had it for 5 years. I just recently upgraded (about a few months ago) to P3-650 Slot 1.

Upgraded from what?

I have 256 MB of
RAM (2 128-MB sticks). The BIOS is flashed the the SS version (latest). Computer is running XP SP1 and it's been great until a few days ago.

My computer hangs in windows after only booting up for about 5 minutes. It just stops, no errors, no nothing. I have to hit the restart button. Now when I turn it on, sometimes it doesn't boot at all (no memory count, no display, nothing), and sometimes it will get into the memory count and then hangs. If I try some more, it will hang at the windows boot process. Basically it just hangs anywhere it wants. As always, no error message is given. ...

Look for bulging caps on the BH6.
If there are no bulging caps, try another PSU.

 

[msuryadarma]

Thanks to all who replied.

Fans are running fine, no problem. RAM I'm not sure, I will check tonight and swap it around.

Sometimes the comp doesn't boot at all (no video signal), so I didn't think RAM could do it.

Will keep you all posted. Thanks.