I bought an ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe motherboard, and installed an AMD Phenom 9600, u run it at stock clock.

My system freezes when running the following applications: 3Dmark 06 (whole suite only, individual batches of tests run fine), SIS soft Sandra (radnom), AMD Overdrive utiliy (allmost everytime), cpu-z (all versions, and allmost every other time), WPrime (allmost every time), and i cant install AMD cool n quite or ASUS probe PC utility because of a "Failed to install I/O driver" error message. 3D mark freezes between loading tests, when it scans for system configuration.

Allso cpu-z does not detect my FSB rating, and my memory. These are screenshots from cpu-z

[img]E:\temp\NOVI SLIKI\AMD Phenom\CPU.jpg[/img]
[img]E:\temp\NOVI SLIKI\AMD Phenom\Memory.jpg[/img]

I have flashed my BIOS version to v.0801, and i have reset my RTC in CMOS.

My rig is>
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ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe
AMD Phenom 9600
ASUS 8800GTS 640
Audigy 2
2x1GB DDR2 667 PQI
PSU - Deluxe 550W (ASUS reccomends a 600W min)
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I suspect theres something wrong with the System I/O chip, but im not an expert, so pls. help out.

P.S. the machine can run crysis for hours without a glitch.

Pls. help out.

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i had this problem before...but not with phenom..it was intel 3.0ghz...anyway i think the cpu is fine. they way i solved it is by disabling most of the I/O shield parts (sound/ethernet...etc) and then run the tests...if everything worked fine then enable those parts one by one...after each one run the tests again till u pin-point the failed part..in my case it was the soundcard.
Asus had lots of I/O issues in the past...but i thought they fixed it.

Thanx, oh and not to forget, my RAM isnt listed in the Manual supported RAM for my mother board by ASUS. I have 2 x 1 GB DDR2 667 PQI,

OK, i managed to fix the problem or so it seems so far.

The cure appears to be a utility called Marvel Raid Utility, once i disabled it everything started working fine. 3Dmark06, cpu-z, WPrime, SuperPi, everything, that in paralel with all background apps opened and active. Funny, could be that because i dont have two or more HDD's, that the utility cept looking for raid and cause havock, atleast thats my lamens reasoning.

As long as everything works. Ill post if i expirience any changes or futher crashes.

NO deal, the motherboard still freezes!!!

I turned off the Marvel raid utility, i turned of the onboard soundcard, it still just freezes at random, under Vista and XP... last time it froze was during Diablo II, i mean common, theres no way that game can stress my machine?! so can it be a faulty BIOS revision, or do i really have a defective mobo.??

i got the same board but a 9500 and i get freezes, BSod's constantly under vista. i dont have xp to try but it takes me 3 boot attempts to get into vista everytime i start my computer. freezes at the load bar, freezes load programs at start up then its all fine. cant figure it out. plus i get the random ingame ....... has encounted and error and needs to close (replace ....... with any game)

i too have the same problem
similar rig....
amd phenom 9600
asus m3a32mvp
asus en8800gts
gigabyte800w ps
have you guys checked out the bios setting under the pcie?
try maxxing out your watts that the vid cards are allowed (0-255)

i managed to get the system working fine by changing the video cards around, only problem is i dont want to have to downgrade my ASUS en8800gts. seems like the power settings for pcie is holding this mobo back or perhaps im just setting it wrong, if someone with this mobo has got it working with either the Aeh3870x2 or the en8800gts plz post your bios settings for the pcie sections

Hello I have an ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe/wifi with a phenom 9500 and I receive the same freezes. I have a Asus 3870 graphic card so... I supose it;s a problem from the processor or mobo... but I cant realize where is it. I have read about some L3 cache problem on R2 revision processor but I dont know this is the problem?? Let's find out ppl what is wrong here...

PS: I was playing Crysis and no problem ... no freeze nothing, I manage to finish it .. but when I pun the NFS last Pro Street I received 2 days 2 blocking... one of them it was with the graphic card fan on maximum and the fan keep running at the full speed but no response from the keyboard ... try to put on sleep ... nothing...

I also have an ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe/wifi with an AMD 6000+ and HD
3870 video card. Bios 0801

And my PC crashes every 2nd time i launch Overdrive, occasionally crashes when launching Winamp, and i have woken up to a black no-responsive system a couple of times as well.
My Cool`N`Quiet doesnt work at all.

However, the system has never crashed during gaming or stress.

You guys must of missed all the Posts about Phenom being busted. Well thats the price you pay for being loyal to a inferior company. RMA and get yourself an Intel setup!

* roadrunner197069 You guys must of missed all the Posts about Phenom being busted. Well thats the price you
* pay for being loyal to a inferior company. RMA and get yourself an Intel setup!

I bought a Pentium Prescott e0 stepping when it came out. It froze up on me too.
Finally gave up on it and replaced it with an AMD 64 3700.

Now don't be telling me that Intel is better then AMD. Intel chips consume more watts then AMD chips. Intel's also cost more to purchase!

No one knows yet what is wrong with the Phenom platform. Some work perfectly, others do not.
There's a reason for everything. Wait for the dust to settle.

Yeah, this does not sound like a processor issue. This sounds like a Motherboard issue. I would try to just RMA it and or return it and get something else.

There may be something with the processor (any Phenom) with that board. That seems like one of the main same differences.

This is my two cents on this, I will let you guys know if I find a answer.