Gigabyte motherboard issues

[moab]

I just bought a new Gigabyte board and am having some issues. When I boot I get a bios checksum error intermittently. I have tried updating the bios to the latest version as well. In the bios it is not detecting 3 of my voltages including 12.5 even though it is plugged in and and required for boot. I am runnning the ram in slots 1 and 2 which is dual ram(faster). I tried going to 1 and 3 slots which is single config and then my game crashed when i tried to play it. I switched back to slots 1 and 2 and the game worked but still get the intermittent checksum error. My com ports have said "failed to start" ever since i bought it. They are enabled and i checked for conflicts and upgraded chipset drivers. Its a brand new board and 550 watt ANTEC ps. Could bad ram be causing all this?

 

[folken]

can you give us a little more info? exact motherboard name, cpu, ram brand/speed, etc.

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[moab]

GA-K8NSNXP-939
AMD 3500+
Leadtek winfast 6800 GT
SOUND BLASTER|AUDIGY 2 ZS PLTM RTL
2 sticks of Crucual 3200 DDR
Running 2 hard drives in striped Raid Serial ATA and one hard drive as backup in regular IDE mode
Antec 550 watt PS

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by moab on 09/24/04 04:11 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[Mr5oh]

Kind of strange you don't get voltage readings on three of your rails, plus checksum errors, and com ports notworking. I'd be leaning more towards a bad board right now. :frown:

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[endyen]

Make sure the 4 pin power plug is well inserted

 

[Mr5oh]

Since it sounds like you get your computer to boot the majority of the time, you could also try using a program like memtest to check your RAM.

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[moab]

Ran memtest and checked the connection with 4 pin. No problems. i called gigabyte tech support and they think the bios is corrupted. Updating it hasnt worked obviously so im sending the board back. Ill post back when i install the new board. Thanks for all your help