I can’t figure this out?
Specs:
Asus main board: A7N8X PCB 2.0, BIOS ver. 1010
CPU: Athlon XP 2700
RAM: 2×512 Coursair 400 MHz Cas 2.5 (running in dual channel mode) @ 200 MHz external freq.
Here is the head scratcher… when I power down the PC and turn the power off at the surge protector, I have to stop the machine and then re-start it for the monitor to kick in. This only happens if I turn the power off at the surge protector. If I leave the surge protector power on the machine & monitor start right up.
The monitor shows no signs of problems. The power supply is brand new it’s a Allied 500 watt switching power supply. It is AMD and Pentium certified.
The only system changes I have made since the build are the power supply and the memory. I switched from Cas 3.0 to Cas 2.5
I have considered a weak CMOS battery but the machine doesn’t revert to defaults at all. Memory would be my next consideration, but the machine operates just fine other than the power and boot thing. I do on line gaming mostly.
I am not clocking the machine at all other than maybe running the memory at 200 MHz external. The chip set has a 400 MHz buss, the CPU is running at 166 external. I was using the same memory setting before switching to the Cas 2.5 The memory in use is on the list off the Asus site.
Thoughts……………?
Thanks in Advance.