P5G41C-M LX stuck on brand image

[c4passion]

Hi all, i have this mobo, the problem:
i power on the pc, it show Asus Logo on screen and it hangs there, no power off, no bios acces... i have to force shutdown presing the power button or removing power supply cable.
I cant see bad capacitors on the board.... any tip?

[Dan81]

Re: P5G41C-M LX stuck on brand image

Hi all, i have this mobo, the problem:
i power on the pc, it show Asus Logo on screen and it hangs there, no power off, no bios acces... i have to force shutdown presing the power button or removing power supply cable.
I cant see bad capacitors on the board.... any tip?

Try hotflashing a newer BIOS if the BIOS chip is a square PLCC chip.

If that doesn't work then I'm out of ideas.

[stj]

Re: P5G41C-M LX stuck on brand image

go into the bios with the "del" key and turn off the quickboot logo so you can see the diagnostic text.

[Dan81]

Re: P5G41C-M LX stuck on brand image

go into the bios with the "del" key and turn off the quickboot logo so you can see the diagnostic text.

He said he has no BIOS access,as it hangs on the logo.

[stj]

Re: P5G41C-M LX stuck on brand image

he may get in by pressing the button before the logo apears.

this is why you dont set the stupid logo on in the bios.
it may be bitching about the ram or a bad gfx card, but if you cant see it then you dont know.

i'd like to know what cards and how many dims are in this machine!

[c4passion]

Re: P5G41C-M LX stuck on brand image

System hangs, no beeps, I can't enter to bios, it freezes on Asus logo screen

[stj]

Re: P5G41C-M LX stuck on brand image

did you reset the cmos with the jumper?

[c4passion]

Re: P5G41C-M LX stuck on brand image

did you reset the cmos with the jumper?

yes, it was the fisrt thing i have done.
tryed another 2 processors, varius tested rams, and the same.

[stj]

Re: P5G41C-M LX stuck on brand image

what cards are fitted?

[Majestyk]

Re: P5G41C-M LX stuck on brand image

Bad PSU?
(just to rule this out)

[pfrcom]

Re: P5G41C-M LX stuck on brand image

Using PS/2 or USB keyboard ?

If USB, try a PS/2 keyboard to see if its Del key gets into BIOS settings

[RJARRRPCGP]

Re: P5G41C-M LX stuck on brand image

If this occurs with 4 sticks, take half of them out, increase the DRAM voltage, save then put the other sticks back in.

(Increase the DRAM voltage to 1.90 V for DDR 2)

[brethin]

Re: P5G41C-M LX stuck on brand image

Replace the Cmos battery with a new one, Some ASUS boards will do this when the battery drops below 3v.

[c4passion]

Re: P5G41C-M LX stuck on brand image

First the aswers:

what cards are fitted?

wirh integrated card: Nothing changes
with graphic card: The same thing
i have tried various cards, X300, hd 5450, hd 3850...

Bad PSU?
(just to rule this out)

the psu is working fine, i have tried at least 4 working PSU and no changes.

Using PS/2 or USB keyboard ?

If USB, try a PS/2 keyboard to see if its Del key gets into BIOS settings

Im using ps2 and usb, it freezes always in same point.

If this occurs with 4 sticks, take half of them out, increase the DRAM voltage, save then put the other sticks back in.

(Increase the DRAM voltage to 1.90 V for DDR 2)

It happen with 1 or 2 modules

Replace the Cmos battery with a new one, Some ASUS boards will do this when the battery drops below 3v.

I will try this.... I dont know that.

it get stuck on this screen:

[momaka]

Re: P5G41C-M LX stuck on brand image

Does the "Num Lock" key on the keyboard stop responding too? Keep pressing so that it turns ON and OFF. If it stops responding, the motherboard truly is getting stuck on boot. May need to reflash BIOS chip externally.

[Dan81]

Re: P5G41C-M LX stuck on brand image

Does the "Num Lock" key on the keyboard stop responding too? Keep pressing so that it turns ON and OFF. If it stops responding, the motherboard truly is getting stuck on boot. May need to reflash BIOS chip externally.

Well,he'll have a hard time flashing the chip I guess,since it's neither DIP32 nor PLCC.

[stj]

Re: P5G41C-M LX stuck on brand image

what is it, SPI ?

if it is then it may be pretty easy from a parallel port.

[Dan81]

Re: P5G41C-M LX stuck on brand image

what is it, SPI ?

if it is then it may be pretty easy from a parallel port.

Yes,it's a SPI flash.

[pfrcom]

Re: P5G41C-M LX stuck on brand image

Does it have an SPI port ?

http://www.mylesgray.com/hardware/fi...n-motherboard/

http://mondotech.blogspot.com.au/200...spi-flash.html

http://rayer.g6.cz/elektro/spipgm.htm

[c4passion]

Re: P5G41C-M LX stuck on brand image

it have pararel and serial port, i will check those links