Motherboard problems

[FedRebel]

I recently installed a Mach Speed P4MSD-800 in my computer

When I boot up, the following appears...

Phoenix AwardBIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally
Copyright (c) 1984-2003, Phoenix Technologies, LTD

Main Processor : Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 3.20 GHz(133x24.0)
Memory Testing : 982016K OK + 64M shared memory + 1 M TSeg memory
CPU Brand Name : Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 3.20 GHz
EM64T CPU

DDR DIMM Speed : 400
IDE Channel 0 Master : ST340015A 3.01
IDE Channel 0 Slave : WDC WD1600BB-14GUC0 21.02J21
IDE Channel 1 Master : LITE-ON COMBO SOHC-4832K 0TK1
IDE Channel 1 Slave : LITE-ON DVDRW SHW-1635S YGS3

IDE Channel 2 Master : None
IDE Channel 3 Master : None

Floppy disk(s) fail (40)



Press F8 to Enable System Configuration
Press F9 to Select Booting Device after POST
Press F1 to continiue, DEL to enter SETUP
08/02/2006-P4M800CE-8237-6A7L6B09C-00

F8 will not work
F9 will not work

F1 displays the following...

HardWare Monitor...
CPU Temp : 75*C
CPU FAN Speed : 2481RPM
System Fan Speed : 2445 RPM
CPU Vcore : 1.36V
+ 3.3 V : 3.26V
+ 5(V) : 4.97 V
DRAM Voltage : 2.62V
Verifying DMI Pool Data...............

Then it freezes

When I press DEL, I get the BIOS setup which freezes at various times, and if I manage to exit BIOS Setup the system will reboot and absolutely nothing will appear on the monitor

[SCRawl]

Just a quick hit, but isn't that CPU temperature absurdly high? Perhaps the CPU fan failed in the recent past.

[Braedley]

Or not enough thermal paste? You did use new thermal paste, right?

Also, are you using a wired keyboard? Wireless keyboards often aren't recognized until the OS boots up.

EDIT: oops, didn't read the end of the post. Yeah, something's fucked.

[SCRawl]

Or not enough thermal paste? You did use new thermal paste, right?

Also, are you using a wired keyboard? Wireless keyboards often aren't recognized until the OS boots up.

He got it to recognize the Del and F1 keys, which implies to me that the keyboard was being recognized.

[Edi]

The CPU temp problem could also result from too much thermal paste.

If the påroblems persist even with a wired keyboard, then it's time to take the thing back and depmand warranty replacement.

Edi