Thanks for the quick response.
FYI - No new updates available from ASUS - none for years now, everything's current.
Removed Samsung USB for phones (had read complaints, and now I'm trying everything)
USB in a nutshell - I'm already in the deep end, and I live in Italy so my brain has low saturation thresholds... Not sure I can get my head around it!
Thought to reinstall chipset drivers, which is done via the onboard graphics driver package (ATI Catalyst install manager). Option "uninstall manager" indicated none to uninstall...(?)
- installing
Had configured driver verifier after posting. Might this yield any insights?
Also, would verifier cause sluggish overall behavior I'm now experiencing?
WmiPrvSE.exe has used an hour of CPU time in the past 24 - is this driver verifier related?
Can I disable verifier?
What to do with results?
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Blue screen again during chipset install. Multiple reboot attempts with all the right noises, but no boot screen, no POST. Let sit for 2 hours & booted fine. Completed chipset install...
Next step I'm thinking to swap in old 2 x 2G Corsair RAM which worked fine until Feb...
Your thoughts?
Any chance the MB is bad?
Thanks again, Wm./
