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Hi everyone, I attempted to perform a Windows XP Repair by booting from CD-ROM with Windows CD in drive and everything go's smooth only until the system is finish and reboots. Windows begins to load and just when you think the desktop is going to be displayed it says "Please Wait" with the mouse displaying an hourglass with a black sceen with a Windows logo in middle of screen, it remains this way even after many hours. I seem unable to enter certain Windows programs like Disk Defragmenter saying the file doesn't exist, all my previous restore points are gone!

Now for the kicker, my Windows installation was in perfect condition because after a few attempts I found out why my system32 errors were happening, my graphics card 8-pin connector was barely making contact with the graphics card and now I want my Windows back in working order without having to format and start over! I'm starting to find things that are not working, address bar will not work, I need to get my Windows back in working order!

Pleae help me...
 
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And I'm calling BS on this whole argument. You need to start backing up your claims with facts. Give proof, or stop making these claims.
 
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Now let's have a look at some actual customer reviews, people who purchased Asus P5 motherboards:

Review number 1

Pros: Seems to work reasonably well once it's booted.

Cons: It thinks it has a new processor installed that needs to be configured in BIOS each and every time it's started. Two beeps to boot it and setting the BIOS to ignore errors to complete POST is annoying at best. It seems to work ok once it starts, but the board is definitely defective. Clearing the CMOS and configuring the CPU is ineffective.

Other Thoughts: I have used Asus boards for years and never had a problem. I'd return this one in a heartbeat, but had to put it in service because of critical time constraints. The board is flawed but for now it's working in a 24/7 environment with a Q9550 CPU and 2 gb dual channel 1066 GSkill RAM. We'll see how long it lasts and deal with it when it dies. By the way, it has the latest BIOS update available, 2204. There's no way I'd recommend this board to anyone.

Review number 2

Pros: none.

Cons: purchased on 4-15-10, board died on 6-6-10.

Other Thoughts: with so many bad boards i would suggest finding an alternate option.

Review number 3

Pros: Could be good if it worked

Cons: Second DOA board i've recieved. A bit frustrating since i'm on a budget and it costs me 17 dollars to ship it since i'm on the other side of the country. By now I could have purchased the P5Q Pro Turbo and been a step ahead of this nightmare of a board.

Review number 4

Pros: Worked great.... for a few months

Cons: i built 2 computers with this board and the first one i put together i replaced everything in the machine before sending back the Mobo and the replacement Mobo was DOA then my second computer i built with it starting dieing as well...

Review number 5

Pros: Fine when it works

Cons: Does not last. Had two boards both die in 3-4 months of use. I thought once was a fluke..but twice. I am in the process of dealing with rma now.

Other Thoughts: I have had asus boards last 4-5 years on average. Looks like I am going to be building more with evga now.

Review number 6

Pros: NONE

Cons: DOA, like many others. What a frustrating experience.

Review number 7

Pros: none

Cons: 2 DOA boards,asus did bad with this one

Review number 8

Pros: Fast when it worked lots of features

Cons: Asus rma dept is very seldom open the one day I actually got to speak with anyone I was told that they are open till midnight but at four in the afternoon I get a message stating rma dept is now closed they did not rma the board tried to blame everything else but if you google this board others are having the same trouble with a faulty bios the board will only post if the cmos is cleared first and dont try to save any changes and exit or board will not post but after clearing cmos it will boot up to windows fine and run for as long as it is still powered on

Other Thoughts: I bought asus on their reputation and the three year warrenty but it does not look like that matters at all the company that made my cpu also makes mainboards and they do stand behind their products this was a workstation that was needed everyday for my wifes work at home job has been broken for 11 days now

Review number 9

Pros: The price wasn't bad.

Cons: I received the mobo along with all the other components for a build for my sister. After putting everything together I foolishly took it to her house for setup without powering it up. Of course it didn't work when I got there. I did some troubleshooting and found the mobo was dead. RMA, got a replacement. Dead on arrival twice.

Other Thoughts: If you want to take chances, buy this item.

Review number 10

Pros: Great all around board. Stable.

Cons: I am trashing any p5q board because non of them will run on a gigabit network in vista or windows7. If you check the ASUS sight, there are dozens of posts and complaints about this but ASUS will not even acknowledge the problem. If you need a gigabit NIC and are running vista or higher, it will not work!!!

 
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:lol: I hope your evidence isn't based on Newegg reviews. Many of those people don't have the patience or qualifications to actually diagnose a problem.

I'm not saying every board will be good. Some will be DOA, but the majority will normally be reviewed very positively.
 
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Review 11

Shame on ASUS

Pros: Great board, as long as you're not expecting it to come with a warranty.

Cons: 6 months after building my gaming rig I ran into some very strange issues. I began getting random hard resets while playing games, my computer would no longer power on after going into sleep mode (I actually had to reset the bios to get it to come back up), and occasionally it would freeze at the bios splash screen during the POST. Several weeks of testing later, the problem was traced to the motherboard. After obtaining an RMA # from ASUS I mailed the defective board (at my expense of course) to their service center. About a week later I received a package from ASUS inside of which, to my surprise, was the exact same board I had sent out. I still do not know if my RMA was denied, and if so why, as I have not received any further communication from ASUS.

Other Thoughts: I built my HTPC about a month ago using the exact same parts minus a new motherboard (NOT from ASUS) and it runs flawlessly.

My Old Rig:
Core 2 Duo E7400
ASUS P5Q SE Plus
EVGA 896-P3-1257-AR GTX 260
G.Skill F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2-1066

I am an experienced system builder, having built many systems for myself and others. Prior to this incident I had considered ASUS motherboards to be the ideal choice. Now, thanks to their lack of communication, I will be very hesitant to buy ASUS in the future.

Review 12

Didn't work at all

Pros: The motherboard was dead on arrival...

Cons: see above

Other Thoughts: I was trying to replace an older Intel motherboard to get higher FSB support for a Core2 Duo processor. Neglecting the fact that it didn't work out of the box, the Asus didn't seem anywhere near as solid or robust physically as the Intel MB.

Review 13

Started well

Pros: Good board while it works.

Cons: Died after 9 months of moderate use.

Other Thoughts: Great while it lasted, but it really didn't go the distance I expected.

Review 14

Pros: Easy to install, works well out of the box.

Cons: Dies after 11 months like many others. I sent it in for RMA and they decided the CPU pins were bent and wanted to charge more than it costs to buy the thing in the first place.

Review 15

Worked great for 8 months. Has an LED on it (unlike the Gigabyte that it replaced).

Cons: Everything starts to fire up as normal when I turn the machine on (the LED even turns on!!!), but the system won't post. Real pain! Just submitted an RMA, but it's such a hassle sending these things back!

Other Thoughts: Why don't these things last?!?!

Review 16

Pros: working well when it is working

Cons: Suddenly dead after 11 months. LED is still on, fans of video card and CPU are still spinning, no post after powering on.

Review 17

Pros: Great motherboard when working

Cons: Just died after 9 months of use for no apparent reason.

Other Thoughts: Not a trustworthy product.

Review 18
Don't do it
Pros: Price, Asus brand, Good customer service with first board RMA

Cons: I bought this board in June and it lasted about 6-8 weeks. RMA'd it back to Asus and it was confirmed bad and I was sent a replacement. The new board lasted maybe 2 weeks. It worked great up until it didn't work at all. There has to be an issue with this particular board somewhere as I have read (after my purchase) that this happens somewhat often.

Other Thoughts: I love Asus boards and have never built with another. I am not writing them off for future builds but I will take more time to read reviews for sure.

Review 19

Pros: Easy to install and configure. Worked pretty well until.....

Cons: My first complaint is the dimm slots are staggered. This isn't a problem unless you want to install a memory cooler. I understand this was my fault for not seeing it in the overhead picture.....but in my defense they are so slightly offset that it is hard to tell. In addition, I have done many builds and not come across a mobo whose dimm slots are offset. To top the whole thing off...after having the mobo for 35 days I started getting BSOD after the system was up for a few hours. After troubleshooting extensively I have narrowed the problem down to the B1 dimm slot. Fails memtest after running for a few hours. The memory is fine in the A1 slot.

Other Thoughts: If you want to use a memory cooler like the Corsair Dominator ships with....DON"T BUY THIS BOARD! In addition, you are taking your chances on this board as myself and others have had dimm slots go out. I would say it points to a manufacturing defect of some kind.

Review 20

buy something else

Pros: price?

Cons: this MB quit after a couple weeks and at the time I was too busy to diagnose just what the problem was so I took it to a repair shop and the dude had it for over 2 months so when I finally got it back and found out the MB was bad it was too late to send it back. get another brand this one won't last you.

Other Thoughts: I realize that if I had figured out the problem sooner I could have sent this MB back - but that's not the point. It died after two weeks.


 
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Overall, only about 50% of the people who bought it said they were able to run it with no problem.
20% said they were totally dissatisfied, and would not buy another Asus product again.
And out of all the people who returned it the first time, the majority received replacements that were DOA or failed shortly after.

Now my own experience: I bought an Asus board which had all of the problems that this poster mentioned. I attempted to call Asus several times, and they did not answer, I finally got a hold of them and they said they would call me back, which they did not.
After several more attempts I got a hold of a tech, who gave me his e mail at Asus, and told me to e mail him so we could troubleshoot. He never answered my e mails.
Two months later (that's 60 days or more) Asus returned my phone call. I had already replaced the Asus board with a Gighabyte board which, by the way, worked perfectly on the very first boot, and has been working ever since with absolutely no issues.

Asus used to be good, now they have issues.
If they would answer the phone, return phone calls, answer e mail, test their boards before selling them, that would be an improvement.
 
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I don't know where you're getting those reviews, but as I said, most reviewers are unqualified to be diagnosing a motherboard. If you are so interested in user reviews, here is that particular motherboard reviewed on Newegg.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16813131219
I still don't put much stock in them, but you can see the overwhelming satisfaction with that board.

You still have given NO proof.
 
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I'll admit some boards have issues, but why are you only focusing on the negitave reviews? :heink: You are only showing us one side of the wall, I want to see both sides of the wall! It's true most don't have the necessary skills to diagnose a toaster, let alone a computer. I've seen some of those reviews and laugh when I see those people that clearly don't have a brain God gave an ant! :lol: I've had many successful Asus mobos that lasted up until they needed upgrading, every manufacturer has their bad board designs and it's not limited to Asus mobos. Here a review of both positive and negative, I'll show you both sides to the wall, notice the brand of motherboards. 😀 -->

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16813128423

4x Winner of Customer Choice Award - Intel Motherboards
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131614&cm_re=asus_1366_motherboard-_-13-131-614-_-Product
 
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Review title: best power supply ever

Pros: This power supply owns your fase off. Every once in a while it shoots flames out the back grill. The first time my friends saw it happen they were like, "whoa you rule!" One time I was at a LAN party and totally owning fools playing CSS. I got a rad headshot and this PSU started smoking and i was like this is satans power supply! at that point i knew i was in love with it. I tested the 12v line and it was putting out 15V, how sweet is that??? thats like 3 extra volts of pure power, which is I'm sure is totaly upping my megahurts. Oh yeah and at least once a day this thing will make rad noise like an electric guitar wailing. If your hardcore, this PSU is for you.

Cons: None at all. this thing weighs only like 1/2 pound so your LAN rig is way easy to carry. I cant even believe how sweet this thing is.

Other Thoughts: This power supply is for true hardcore overclockers! if you had problems with it before its only because you dont even know what you are doing!!!!
 
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Posted recently on Tom's Hardware:
I've sent my Motherboard ASUS M3A32 to be repaired, i didn't mind paying for the shipping since the motherboard was worth 200+ dollars. I sent it in because the Ethernet did not work. when i received it back it did not work with my computer
. It showed no display, it was strange since my computer had the same exact hardware as it did before. I called to troubleshoot with them, as they told me what i needed to do. My computer got worse, the PC did not even stay on. They claimed that my other parts were the issue, when i installed my temporary motherboard everything worked the first time through. If a support agent told me that they fix repairs but do not troubleshoot them how do they know the root of the problem? i'm not sure if i should call to demand for a new one or to let it go. That day i was on the phone for more than 5 hours, put on hold 3/8 times and when i was put on hold they hung up.

I post this to see what i should do. Is it worth the headache to call them to receive a new one. There is no reason i should have to pay to resend it so that they can just send it back the same claiming its fixed.

Yes that's right we're all unqualified idiots, and the rank service we receive from Asus is just our imagination.
 
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The last review was on 11/11/2008 as that mobo is unavailable at least on Newegg, I can show you a review just like that one with any motherboard manufacturer so what makes this one so special? So what do you think about the two reviews that I posted links to with Asus scoring 77% with Gigabyte a lower score of 54%? It seems like you are anti-Asus and Pro Gigabyte, all of your evidence is one-sided. :heink: Yet for everytime anyone else provides a counter review your only answer is another bad review, there will always be customers who fall through the cracks as some techs (if you dare call them that!) are lacking any common sense! Eric a level 3 tech support rep for Asus was an ace when my brother's Asus P5Q Deluxe just quit working due to a nasty power surge that fied all the light bubles in the house, he sent my brother a new replacement no questions asked! 😉 Gigabyte makes an excellent mobo and I'm looking at some for consideration along with Asus mobos.
 
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How do I take an image of my OS without having another HDD as I only have one? I want to have a back-up image instead of reinstalling everytime until such time I'm ready to upgrade, thing is I'm 6 months away from being able to buy a new mobo because I'm on a budget every month and am $80 dollars away from getting my water cooling system up and running.
 
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Because I'm POd at a manufacturer that evades resolving customer problems, people with the worst problems, that Asus is fully aware of, are the ones most ignored.
You call, they ask you the model number, they tell you they will call you back, then they ignore you.
And if I were you...I would just call the vendor and tell them you want an exchange for a different brand.
It's true that about 50% receive good motherboards, and that's where the good reviews come from.
And what about the other half, who either have one problem or another, or wind up with the conclusion that they will never buy another Asus product again?
And i am in the 20% who will never buy another Asus product.
50% problems or totally dissatisfied is a really poor track record, one of the worst, if not THE worst.
 
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OMG.....where do you get these numbers?? The reviews show overwhelmingly positive reviews. And you're not even citing your sources. If you're going to quote something, give your source. That's how it's properly done. For all we know you're writing those yourself, or chicken pecking various bad reviews.

Asus is one of THE best manufacturers. Don't let your past experience cloud your opinions. Though, you're obviously jaded, don't pass that poor advice to others.
 
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I was trying my best to avoid this thread, but you're just too much.

Asus is suffering from their own good reputation and subsequent popularity. That's it.

So, millions of people hear how well-made and rock-solid an Asus board is. They all go out and buy one for themselves since they are that good.

Who bought them and what abuse did the boards suffer the second they came out of the box?
How many people are just too stupid to use proper anti-static measures when handling a bare circuit board filled with CMOS chips? How many people drop somethng (a screw maybe?) on/in the board, fail to retrieve it and power it on 20 minutes later only to get the bang of their life. How many people don't know how to plug the power plug(s) into a board? How many no-brainers bought a great Asus board, just to destroy it through their own negligence and stupidity and then cried foul that the board was DOA?

Look at the sub-prime mentality of so many new posters right here at this forum. They can't even get the question typed into a box. It's not confusing to make a post here, but wow, the number of people who can be out-smarted by a text-box is amazing.

I see so many of your post that make me cringe and now I see you hate Asus. It causes me to "consider the source."

I used to buy Asus boards, never had one fail, ever. I switched to DFI Lanparty boards when the Lanparty NF II Ultra B hit the market. Now I have a Lanparty 790FX and I'm wondering what's next because the party is over at DFI, there will be no more Lanparty boards. I'll ask you what's the crappiest board out there and buy it, knowing full-well it must be great if so many people buy it, abuse it and then gripe about it.
 
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Yeah, Tom's XP forum has never had this kind of help to cringe about. 😱

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It's not a static problem, it's a chipset problem.
Throw all the darts you want at the messenger. I did not install the bunk chipsets, and I did not stop Asus from answering the phone.
This is a quality control issue. I did not create it.
You might be pissed that I recognized the problem when others did not, you might be pissed that "fix it" programs do not repair defect chipsets.
That's not my fault, that's your issue.
 
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It's a people-at-large are stupid problem.
It's a "I'll just act like nothing happened" problem.
It's a "what was that?..... oh" problem.
It's a "That's what soundguruman at Tom's hardware forum said to do... why didn't it work"? problem.
and it's always going to be a "We'll just blame Asus" problem.
 
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As usual,
you are engaging in the criticism,
but have absolutely no working solution of your own.

And replacing the motherboard with a working one WILL fix it. Just as that solution has fixed so many others.

And for sure, I do blame Asus, there's no question in that matter.
 
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You still have provided no proof. Just obscure, non-cited claims. Your crossing the lines of thread disruption and posting false information. If you want to keep posting on this forum, provide facts, and sources!
 
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Yea, I've heard that one from you before and when I prove you wrong, you quietly disappear....

Can you remember your words....

I don't hear many constructive answers from you today, but if you have a better idea, why don't you just say so? What's your solution (besides complaining) to the mouse malfunction?
Click to expand...
Oh sorry, I didn't see your solution for solving the mouse problem...cause you don't have one?
Click to expand...

That from the same guy who "advised"[sic]...

There's a trick you can try...
make sure the mouse and keyboard are plugged in.
put the XP disk in the machine, start the machine and hold down F8, select boot from disk, windows will then load a bunch of drivers. After all these drivers load, it will get to the setup screen.
Don't start the setup. Shut the computer off by unplugging from the power, take out the disk, then restart the computer.
Click to expand...

How about you unplug your computer while it's running. (do us all a favor)

Hey, let's not forget the final outcome of your rant ....
and unlike you, I'll show my source:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/248970-45-mouse-working

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Two words...

Norton Ghost.

It will burn to spanned CD/DVD's.

OK, that cost a bit of money... let's see here.. something for free...

Or... here's one that will backup an entire partition... and it's free..
http://www.todo-backup.com/

As they say on TV..."But wait! There's more"...

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/10/12/13-great-free-backup-programs-for-windows-mac-and-linux/
 
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I also want to ask a question...

What's this "instead of reinstalling everytime" thing? Just how often do you reinstall?

I haven't reinstalled Windows in years.
Maybe you're playing too rough?
 
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lsass.exe is bad.

To Fix:

Put your Windows XP CD in the drive and boot computer.
At proper prompting, start recovery console.
Enter DIR C׃
The installed Windows files and folders should scroll on screen, this is good, and important.
Enter cd D׃\i386 (assumes drive D is your CD, adjust as needed)
Enter expand lsass.ex_  C׃\windows\system32
Enter cd C׃\windows\system32
Enter attrib lsass.exe -r
Enter rename lsass.exe lsass.bak
Enter rename lsass.ex_ lsass.exe
Enter Exit
Enter <Enter key> (machine restarts)

Let me know how this worked.

FAQ
Why was it important that my Windows files and folders scrolled down the screen?

This proves that even at the DOS level, your Windows Drive C is also the DOS drive C.
If Windows was installed as a result of booting with the CD, no matter which DOS partition
it was installed to, Windows would still call it's partition drive C.
If you did not see your Windows files and folders scroll, then you would need to search other drive letters to find the Windows installation.

 
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