MSI 694D Pro v1 (Bad Caps?)
Hi All,
I've had an ongoing problem with my old dual processor system (based on an MSI 694D Pro v1), causing random lockups, BSODs and mouse freezes in windows XP SP2, which prompted me to build a new dual core system (based on an MSI 945P Platinum). Now that my old machine is a spare I've been playing with Linux and Windows Vista beta 2, and have noticed something quite odd. When installing Vista it couldn't see the boot disk attached to the ATA100 controller, but linux could and suffered the standard lock ups, and disk access problems (note this isn't a harddisk issue as I've already tried a brand new XP boot disk with the same results).
However when I moved the boot disk to the standard IDE primary connector, Windows Vista detected the drive, installed and has been working quite happily (albeit slowly) ever since, without lockups or BSODs (do they exist in Vista?).
Question: Could badcaps cause the ATA100 promise controller (PDC20265 chipset) to go on the blink, or could the chipset have died independently, and leave the rest of the board fine? I've done a visual examination of the board and all the capacitors look fine but from what I've read that's no guarantee that they are working. Finally is it worth getting the motherboard repaired, as I was planning on putting Vista on the new system when its released and putting XP or Linux back on the old system.
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.
Ps. If its worth repairing please could someone recommend a good repairer in the UK.
Thanks
Kaitain
I've had an ongoing problem with my old dual processor system (based on an MSI 694D Pro v1), causing random lockups, BSODs and mouse freezes in windows XP SP2, which prompted me to build a new dual core system (based on an MSI 945P Platinum). Now that my old machine is a spare I've been playing with Linux and Windows Vista beta 2, and have noticed something quite odd. When installing Vista it couldn't see the boot disk attached to the ATA100 controller, but linux could and suffered the standard lock ups, and disk access problems (note this isn't a harddisk issue as I've already tried a brand new XP boot disk with the same results).
However when I moved the boot disk to the standard IDE primary connector, Windows Vista detected the drive, installed and has been working quite happily (albeit slowly) ever since, without lockups or BSODs (do they exist in Vista?).
Question: Could badcaps cause the ATA100 promise controller (PDC20265 chipset) to go on the blink, or could the chipset have died independently, and leave the rest of the board fine? I've done a visual examination of the board and all the capacitors look fine but from what I've read that's no guarantee that they are working. Finally is it worth getting the motherboard repaired, as I was planning on putting Vista on the new system when its released and putting XP or Linux back on the old system.
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.
Ps. If its worth repairing please could someone recommend a good repairer in the UK.
Thanks
Kaitain
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