Help - Dead Computer

[Rags]

Hold down the insert key while booting. If you still have the beeping, double check your heatsink to make damn sure it's contacting the cpu properly. If it is, get another mb.

Rags

[Brian R.]

Oh well, INSERT had no effect. Now the question is: What mb to buy?

[paulcs]

Congratulations Brian! Daughters, by the way, are very resource intensive. They require high priority IRQ's, 9, 10, or 11, and they don't like sharing. Care should be taken to ensure proper alignment in the AGP slot.

I'd install the latest VIA 4in1 drivers and DirectX 7 before the first solid food feeding.

The blessed event aside, what kind of platform are you looking for?

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[Fat Tone]

Congrats Brian - prepare to join the club who have less time, energy and MONEY to spend on our beloved PCs. Are you sure it isn't just a coicidence and your daughter gets hungry every time you try to switch on - WAwaWAwaWAwa etc

Good Luck, Tony.

[Brian R.]

Thanks guys, I've already had my share of youngun's. This is the last one for me.

Anyway, I've had two of my three ABIT mbs die on me in the last year (BX-2 and BE-2). Probably get an ASUS. I guess I'll just buy one that will directly replace my BE6-2 (P2B?).

[DentyCracker]

Brian I feel your pain. About the motherboard of course. Congrats on your new daughter. Enjoy your time with her.
I feel your pain because my Abit KT7 which I got yesterday ain't booting either. I put in in my case (replacing VA503+ and K6-2 500). Put in the Duron 700, the G400 16 MB SH as the only card, connected the 20 GB Seagate HD, put 128 MB Micron Cas2 PC100 memory in, connected KB and mouse, plugged it in and ...(fanfare) ir starts up (I hear HD spinning up and fans spin as well) but it never goes past the memory test. There is a single short beep about 2-4 seconds after power on. BTW it does the memory test really fast, even with 384 MB it was quite quick. It doesn't respond to the KB (it displays press DEL to enter setup). Haven't tried Insert yet, will when I go home. Also it initially saw the 700 Duron (it IS a 700 Duron)as a 600. I cleared the CMOS the correct way (after unplugging the cable and waiting for a minute) at which point it saw it as a 700. Tried with another AGP card with same result. Tried with four different sticks of RAM, each PC100, (Micron, Infineon, Samsung, Hyundai) same result. I suspect I need a replacement mobo. The bottom of the HS is warm. I even removed the thermal tape off the HS and used HS compound, with no change in the result. The other thing is that I bent the thermistor in the middle of the Socket 462 to seat the Duron properly

[DentyCracker]

From Abit's website "Week 31 and later Duron has a new core and maybe incompatible with first release TL BIOS. UL or later BIOS can fix this issue. If you are suffering from it, contact our branch office please. Otherwise, there’s a DIY solution. Connecting the 4th line of L7 bridge on the CPU surface by a #2 pencil, thus you may successfully boot up system then update to UL BIOS. Please notice the DIY solution may cause warranty void in some cases"

methinks that is the solution will try when reach home

[Brian R.]

My motto is: "Failed parts are God's way of telling you to upgrade"

[DentyCracker]

Hehe

[HedsSpaz]

My motto is: "Failed parts are God's way of telling you to upgrade"

LOL!! I really wish you hadn't said that though, the last thing I need right now is a justification for upgrading.

A note on your problem, the few times that I've heard random nonsensical beeps from a computer it's always been caused by a short somewhere. Check all of the motherboard screws and all of the mobo tray riser bolts. If any of them are shorting you get some mighty crazy behavior.

More importantly, a hearty congratulations to you and your wife. You know of course that you have to put up some pics at some point though.

[Brian R.]

I have to figure out how to post graphics first. I haven't got an operational web page.

[paulcs]

Asus's most current Slot 1 BX board is the P3B-F. I think the P2B and P2B-F have been discontinued.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[nehalmistry]

holy crap.... 26 posts in less than two days ...... WOW.... thats the most i ever seen....

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P5A-B AMD K6-266@300
Matrox Milleniumm G200 AGP (oh, lets party)
Creative SB Awe32 (a classic, superb card)
Realtek 8029A NIC Card
64meg Ram
Ali V agp chipset
ICQ UIN: 24730025

[Brian R.]

Thanks Paul. Have any idea if I'll have to repartition and reformat my HD switching from the ABIT BE6-2 to the P3B-F?

By the way, I pulled all the cards out of the computer and inserted my old reliable Millenium PCI. Still have the European police sound effect.

[This message has been edited by Brian R. (edited 08 September 2000).]

[paulcs]

You won't have to repartition. Whether or not you should reformat and reinstall Windows is a matter of opinion. Some people prefer deleting everything in Device Manager, rebooting, and letting Windows reinstall the motherboard drivers. I prefer a complete reinstall of the OS.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[This message has been edited by paulcs (edited 08 September 2000).]