I've just completed a new build. I've been using the machine just fine, installed a bunch of programs, it smokes through everything. I've got an ASUS M2N-SLI Delux Motherboard.

But the gee golly blue LED on the front of the case keeps blinking every .8 seconds or so, like it keeps thinking about something. I read up on Google that people were having trouble with the ASUS Cool 'n Quite and PC Probe utilities. They were slowing their systems down and they were getting the blinking as well. I uninstalled Cool 'N Quiet and PC Probe but it's still blinking. Anyone know why it's doing that? It's driving me insane...

Hello and welcome to PC Help Forum.

On the front of my tower I have 2 lights the green one stays continualy powered on.
The blue light blinkers all the time at diffrent rates,if my pc is idal it blinks very slowly.
If I am using my PC to surf net or to play music it blinks faster.

The blue LED light is supposed to blinker as it shows PC is reading data on your computer.

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Thanks Jelly Bean. It's just strange to me because I have another computer that I've built and it doesn't do the constant blinking thing. Nor has any other computer I've owned. I might have to give ASUS a call...

Honestly myne blinks at diffrent rates,my laptop does the same.

I have 3 computers intotal and all three blink.

I am building a new PC in about 2 weeks hopefully and I bet it also blinks.

You can ring them just to set your mind at ease.

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The blinking LEDs are a countdown timer! It's a bomb! RUN!


Hehe.. j/k

Most computers have LEDs of a sort on the front, generally if they blink it's to show HDD activity like JB said

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No way!?!?!?! Computers have LEDs on the front that show HDD activity??? Jeez I never noticed that even though I've owned a computer for 11 years and have built two of them.

Golly thanks guys. You learn something new everyday.

haha

But no it just seemed odd that it does it once every second with no programs or applications running. Never seen such behavior before. Oh well. I tried to update the BIOS and now Windows won't start. Bad news. I just ordered a new chip. Hopefully that'll work.

Your welcome.

Why will windows not start?

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The BIOS was corrupted during the flash. I had to get a new Motherboard because you can't physically change the chip. But I've realized that another small problem has turned into a big one.

Take a deep breath...

I've got an M2N-SLI Delux Motherboard, with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400 and G.SKILL 2GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 (PC2 6400) on it. The first time I turned the system on, and before I installed Windows, the screen got all scrambled with little digital looking fuzzy squares and then the system froze (it does the same thing with the new Motherboard). I reset the system and then it didn't do it again. I installed Windows and everything was fine until I turned the computer off, let it sit for a couple of hours, and then turned it back on. It did the screen scramble thing again after about 3 minutes. If I reset it seems to stablize and not do it again. Is this a RAM voltage, CPU, or BIOS problem?

Just for fun I changed the RAM votage to 1.9V. The manufacturer of the G. SKILL says it can run from 1.8-1.9V. I haven't let it sit for a while though. Any one know exactly what the screen scramble means?

I turned the machine off and let it sit overnight.

10 hours later...

I turned it back on in the morning and after about 3 minutes of using Windows it did the screen scramble thing again, froze and then restarted itself. So obviously it's not a RAM problem. Keep in mind Windows works just fine. And after the initial freeze, if the system is restarted it works for days and is just fine. Also keep in mind that this was happening before I installed Windows.
Is it possible that there is a cooling problem with the processor? Is there such a thing where if the CPU is too cool it spazzes out and then a system error occurs??


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Hello,firstly could you post your computer specs on your thread please.

Then could you check if everything is plugged in correctly on MB and in correct ports.Is your cooling working on CPU?Is it connected correctly?
Are you using onboard graphics or a PCI card type?

Have you reinstalled all drivers and BIOS and chipset drivers Via device manager?

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http://www.microsoft.com/en/gb/default.aspx
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/Home/
http://www.petri.co.il/index.htm

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Yes everything is plugged in correctly. I have a Zalman 9500A 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler for socket AM2. It is functioning normally. The CPU temperature fluctuates between 30 and 33 degrees Celsius. I used the specified amount of Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound between the CPU and heatsink. All case fans are also functioning normally. My EVGA 7600GT is plugged correctly into its PCI Express x16 slot.

The same error has occurred with two different motherboards of the same model.

I have not yet successfully updated the BIOS. The first time a BIOS update was performed, a system failure occurred. However, it was done through the ASUS EZ Flash utility, and not by making a bootable floppy disk and so forth. I guess I should try and update the BIOS first. I do not believe it is a driver problem seeing as though the error occurred before Windows was installed.

I've updated my profile with my hardware information. Let me know if you can't see it.

Thanks!