K8N neo Platinum Win XP SP2 random system crashes/Blue screen

I have recently built a new pc with the items as listed in my signature. Some of the compontents were new (RAM, HDD and VIdeo) and some were second hand (CPU, M/B, Keyboard and Mouse). I found that when I install WIN XP the system seems ok. But after I install any SP1 or SP2 which are required to run the USB2.0 my system crashes randomly and I get a windows blue screen and an auto restart. in the last week it sometimes lasts a day or so then it crashes. Other times it will crash within 5 minutes of start-up. I found a forum topic about a similar problem the other day but when I went looking for it again I couldn't find that topic. In that topic there were comments about PSU's and their ability to run the K8N Neo Platinum. In my specs are my PSU details. Can anyone advise if my PSU may be the problem or if there is any other problem.
I have made a WIN XP boot disk with SP1 and I have an SP2 disk I was given by a PC shop. If you are able to help or need further info to be able to help please let me know.
Regards
Kewlcop

Quote from: PStang on 18-March-05, 05:14:57
i had random shutdowns and blue screens until i uninstalled core center
LOL!
Yet another reason NOT to use Core Center!
This ought to have it's own sticky - Experiencing random reboots & blue screens? Uninstall Core Center first!

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Quote from: Fredrik on 18-November-08, 05:19:33
Thanks!
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Quote
Originally posted by phreakymind
Hello everyone,
I am running the Board for a while now and it was rockstable.
System is:
A643200+ C0 Zalman CNPS 7000 A-Cu
MSI K8N NEO Platinum Bios 1.2
2x512MB OCZ 3700 EB
windows xp pro sp1
old card: Ati 9800 XT
new card: Saphire X800 Pro modded to XT.
After installing the Card properly, i installed the catalyst 4.8 Drivers and direct9c
After testing a little Bit benchmarking stresstesting, i rebootet and the system and it hangs at the windows xp bootscreen. i reloaded a restore point and tried to reinstall the drivers. no luck.
then i reinstalled windows xp on moday with the same drivers and everything seemed to work fine. windows booted normally, the card worked fine.
yesterday after work. same thing. lookup at the bootscreen of windows.
i uninstalled the catalyst drivers in windows safe mode then rebooted.
normally when i install the card it installs the x800pro and x800 secondary and then finds the rage theater chip and installs it too.
after freezing and getting into windows i can install the card drivers, but the theater chip isnt recognized anymore.
the card is working fine on 3d. i played yesteray for 4 hours at a time and no problems. but after rebooting i cant get into windows.
so i contacted the seller of the card and he told me i am the thired customer who hast issues with the card on this board.
same problem. random freezes on boot sequence, but others seem to have problems in 3d which i dont. i only cant boot.
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Load BIOS default to try again.
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Latest Update (this is a real Twilight Zone one ):
LOL, well I should have known better than to be optimistic about anything where this drive is concerned. With Windows drivers installed, it seemed to work okay as a storage drive. So I then installed XP on it, and sure enough it hangs when loading the OS. As the next test, I did a clean install of XP on an IDE drive I have installed, which worked fine (could boot no problems). I then cloned that to the Maxtor drive (the clean OS had no nVidia drivers installed), and not only did the Maxtor drive fail to boot, but so did the IDE drive (even though nothing has changed on that drive!) Both would hang at the Windows loading screen. So then I deleted the partition on the Maxtor drive, so it was effectively back to the situation where the IDE drive booted okay previously (with a blank Maxtor drive attached), but now it continued to fail to load. If I unplugged the Maxtor drive, however, then the IDE drive would boot. If I then re-attached the Maxtor drive, the IDE drive would still boot, even though that would be exactly the same situation in which it didn't boot before the Maxtor unplug and replug. In short, it simply makes no sense whatsoever. ???
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(9) Once another drive has managed to boot again, the Maxtor drive can be reattached (with data/partitions having been deleted), and it will boot again. If it still has the OS on it, however, it will cause the first drive to hang again.
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Thanx in avance

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Stop 0x00000050 (0xD731FB75,0x00000008,0xD731FB75,0x00000000)
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Thanks in advance....

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Changed BIOS settings:
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- CPU Ratio to 12x instead of Startup
Set the DRAM configuration myself, instead of Auto:
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- Min RAS#: 8
- Row precharge: 3
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I could scan my entire system for virusses while running Prime95 without crashes.
Only thing I still have to look at is the memory bandwith. According to Sisoft Sandra, my memory is performing worse than PC2100 memory. I'll try some other benchmarks this weekend to verify this...

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Hello,
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Antec SmartBlue 350w
So I bought the parts ... 2 months ago. I used it for about 1 month ...ran like a dream. Died ... RMA'ed the motherboard, and a month later, I get it. I assemble the system, doesn't post the first time I turn it on. Shut it off, posts ... attempts to log onto the Windows partition that is on the hard drive i used it with ... gets into Windows logon screen, and crashes. On several occasions, I noticed the system switched off on its on for some reason. Switch off the system, try again, and it crashes. Switch it off (by holding on the case switch, then switching off the power supply). This time, I switch the PS back on again, and the system fans start, but nothing comes on screen, or posts. I noticed on the video card, the fan starts up, but then stops after it realizes that the system hasn't posted (heatsink is cool). I know the video card works because I just pulled it out of my spare system ... and it works just fine. I have no idea what is going on. I don't know what to do. Any help is greatly apprecitated.
Quite frankly, I am rather dissappointed with MSI at the moment. I fork out my hard earned money for a good motherboard, it dies out of the blue for no reason, I RMA it, and a MONTH later, i get a crappy refurb (looks quite used too!). Is there any customer satisfaction involved? I would like to get on the phone and actually talk to some one about this.
Thanks guys!

Just remembered to attach the diagnostic d-bracket. I get red, red, green, red.
Hopefully this'll help.
EDIT: So I cleared the CMOS. I can get the system to POST now. This posting thing is still iffy ... posts sometimes, and decides not to at other times. Only problem is, is a stability problem. I managed to get the system to boot into the WinXP install I had before. Just freezes out of the blue. Also froze when I tried to install a new copy of windows. Freezes on random occasions. The motherboard I had previously booted on first try, and installed without any problems. It never froze, or crash. Why would this motherboard crash?
Also found that the fan on the v-card does not spin when it is not active. It spins fine when there is something displayed on the monitor.
Bios is V1.4. CPU temp at around 38-40°C. NB temp at around 28-30°C. Temps seem to be normal.

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