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I have a MSI-5184 motherboard bought in very early 2000, and after 5 years of usage and torture (yeah, frequent usage), the board begins to show its age. Late last year, I tried to install Win XP into the computer, and it keeps doing the BSOD. Previously, it didn't have this problem. I could even run XP on this comp long time ago, but not this time. Only Win 98 can be run properly.
I installed the USB card into the comp too. A nice soundcard also. Well, trying these combinations did not actually cause a conflict, since I've disabled the USB inbuilt in board earlier. Great.
Unfortunately, the system becomes very unstable after several cards installed in the comp. Sometimes, the system fails to boot. Sometimes, the machine keeps forgetting the USB device and make the whole system haywire. Sometimes, it hangs on the BIOS menu. And even worse, it hangs on the Verifying DMI Pool data....
Hang, hang, hang. I thought it was something to do with installing too much devices. I did putting all the cards into another comp similar to my m/b, but it didn't cause ANY problems.
Last week, the comp of mine started acting up again. All the USB are forgotten again. And, it keeps on hanging like it's no tomorrow. I opened it up. I saw caps with convex tops, and I suspect it's all the bad caps. I counted it and got around 7 or 8 of them. What do you think?
I have a MSI-5184 motherboard bought in very early 2000, and after 5 years of usage and torture (yeah, frequent usage), the board begins to show its age. Late last year, I tried to install Win XP into the computer, and it keeps doing the BSOD. Previously, it didn't have this problem. I could even run XP on this comp long time ago, but not this time. Only Win 98 can be run properly.
I installed the USB card into the comp too. A nice soundcard also. Well, trying these combinations did not actually cause a conflict, since I've disabled the USB inbuilt in board earlier. Great.
Unfortunately, the system becomes very unstable after several cards installed in the comp. Sometimes, the system fails to boot. Sometimes, the machine keeps forgetting the USB device and make the whole system haywire. Sometimes, it hangs on the BIOS menu. And even worse, it hangs on the Verifying DMI Pool data....
Hang, hang, hang. I thought it was something to do with installing too much devices. I did putting all the cards into another comp similar to my m/b, but it didn't cause ANY problems.
Last week, the comp of mine started acting up again. All the USB are forgotten again. And, it keeps on hanging like it's no tomorrow. I opened it up. I saw caps with convex tops, and I suspect it's all the bad caps. I counted it and got around 7 or 8 of them. What do you think?
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