Need serious help....

cjinx · Post by **cjinx** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 5:02 pm

I just traded another PCAbuser for a Abit KT7-Raid board and it will not boot my 1.2ghz T-bird. Is 1gig the limit for the board? Or is there a bios update for it? Even if there is a bios update, I can't do it until I buy another cpu to boot the machine, right? Anyways, any help would be appreciated. I hope the cpu isn't just "dead"......Thanks

-Chris

blade_146 · Post by **blade_146** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 5:18 pm

chris i had the board running my bird at 1.3 the whole time i had it. did you double check all the cables and especially the one for the power switch. i've left that one off before and like to never figured out what was wrong. i hope there is nothing else wrong. if you cant get it and want to send it back for me to check i'll pay the shipping both ways and if the board is dead i'll help you get a new one.

cjinx · Post by **cjinx** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 5:24 pm

No, actually, the board gets power. There's just no boot sequence or anything. I turn on the power and everything comes on...fans, cdrom drives, the whole nine...But the monitor shows no picture...IS this a dead cpu or what? I've never actually come into contact with one so I wouldn't know. Anways, I tried to clear the BIOS 'cause I thought that maybe you were overclocking, but that didn't work either...Oh well. Maybe I can find someone else with a mobo that can test out the cpu for me...

smb · Post by **smb** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 5:49 pm

Ahh, I just blew a 1.2g cpu Thursday. sounds like you may have done the same, yours is the same symptoms as mine. My heatsink slipped or something, and the cpu burn out. I took it out of the socket, and only the corner had ASII. A sad day indeed.

blade_146 · Post by **blade_146** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 6:19 pm

yeah i was overclocking but only at 104 fsb. but you said you cleared the cmos so i guess that cant be it. can you get into the bios at all? how did you store the chip while you were waiting on my board to arrive? i've never had anything to fall prey of static(knock on wood) but i guess that is a possibility. i would try taking it all out and check to cpu and reseat it and try again. i wish you the best. that would really suck to go through all this just to switch boards.

cjinx · Post by **cjinx** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 6:55 pm

Anybody got a Duron I can borrow for testing

Rayzor · Post by **Rayzor** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 9:28 pm

I'm not sure if this' even related, but maybe try clearing the cmos, y'know, unplug & take the battery out.

EDIT: Nevermind, I see you tried it already

G'luck

Ray

Sal ! Ouch!

cjinx · Post by **cjinx** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 10:40 pm

Actually, I didn't try the "battery removal" method. I'll try it tomorrow and see if it works. Any specific time limit it should be out? 1 minute or 1 hour?

PreDatoR · Post by **PreDatoR** » Tue Aug 07, 2001 1:03 am

Take the battery out and short the neg and pos together. That will drain any juice left over. I've never tried it and would only recommend it at your own RISK! lol I'll be gettin' my 1.2 tomorrow. I have a 900 i'd be willing to sell for cheap

Jen · Post by **Jen** » Tue Aug 07, 2001 9:13 am

I had same problem with my Abit KT7A. I had to pull the ATX cable off and take the battery out and let it sit for 15 min. Then it worked after that. Made me a nervous wreck that day

Jen

hammer01 · Post by **hammer01** » Tue Aug 07, 2001 9:20 am

There is a 3 pin fan plugin that you need to have your cpu fan plugged into for the board to boot at all, I believe. Take a look at the manual that is where I found it.

cjinx · Post by **cjinx** » Tue Aug 07, 2001 4:44 pm

Ya know what hammer01, that sounds crazy enough to work...I'll try it when I get home tonight...Thanks-

-Chris

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Tue Aug 07, 2001 8:28 pm

Hope it ain't the vid card !!

Lmandrake · Post by **Lmandrake** » Wed Aug 08, 2001 5:48 am

I am sure you checked all the cables, but I once had a similar prob and it was a loose power connector at the floppy. It was on, but when i pulled it and reseated it, the system worked.

good luck...

cjinx · Post by **cjinx** » Wed Aug 08, 2001 5:17 pm

Well, all those tricks, and still no beeps......Damn...this is frustrating

Hey Todd, I sent out the GTS today, d/c numbers are in PM. Sorry about the delay....Hey guys, any of ya know any mobo voodoo, i.e. cut chicken heads, sacrificing my roomates fiancee, etc? LMK-

-Chris