Ok, I'm in the process of building the definition of 'budget' PC for a friend... and it has issues... This will have been my eleventh PC built, I have not worked with this specific motherboard, but I have built 7 athlon systems so far.
Epox 8KTA2
Athlon 1.2 Ghtz
256 Meg Micron PC133
Ok, I purchased the mobo/processor combo which was sold as a bundle from mwave.com, and it came with a nice aluminum hsf... nothing fancy...
I got the computer all set up, new case and power supply, and every time I have powered it on, everything acts normally, EXCEPT the monitor acts like nothing happened.... Nothing comes up, not a flicker, it just sits like nothing was turned on. All the fans come on, even the vid card fan.
The monitor works, I've tried it on different computers, it works fine. The RAM works! This was the first thing I suspected (after quadruple checking every jumper) and so I popped it into the nearest computer running with PC133 ram, and sure enough, the ram works fine.
I swapped video cards, I have tried a total of 3 different AGP cards, and even a TNT PCI card, with no luck, no post code, no bios, no nothing...
I tried re-mating the processor. I un-installed the heat sink, took out the processor, cleaned off the paste, and re-installed it with all the normal precautions...
The mobo has two sets of dip-switches which can be used for specifying clock speed/voltage settings. The manual says that I should first try leaving them at 'auto-detect' and when that didn't work, the next thing I did was set them myself, and still no luck. So I reset them to the auto detect settings.
The other jumpers on the board are all set to default settings (which in general are disabling of features litke STR, and KBPO.
SO, of the current user variable settings, I have both dip-switch banks set to auto-detect.
I have each of these jumpers set to default (which disables the function... --- CMOS clear, STR, Power Loss Recovery, KBPO
The CPU host clock select is set to 133, and the CPU Vio Voltage select is set to default settings as well...
There is an LED near the ram banks that my manual tells me is for "Power on and DIMM socket remain powered LED" When the system is on, it stays on.
Other observations: I thought maybe the processor was just not responding at all, but the base of the heat sink DOES become slightly warm, as you'd expect, I have no idea.
It took me a while to bring this problem here, because I was convinced that I was doing something stupid. (and I still hope I am-haha) From what I have observed I have seen or heard (or smelled hahah) NOTHING out of the ordinary.
ARGH ! Help !
Epox 8KTA2
Athlon 1.2 Ghtz
256 Meg Micron PC133
Ok, I purchased the mobo/processor combo which was sold as a bundle from mwave.com, and it came with a nice aluminum hsf... nothing fancy...
I got the computer all set up, new case and power supply, and every time I have powered it on, everything acts normally, EXCEPT the monitor acts like nothing happened.... Nothing comes up, not a flicker, it just sits like nothing was turned on. All the fans come on, even the vid card fan.
The monitor works, I've tried it on different computers, it works fine. The RAM works! This was the first thing I suspected (after quadruple checking every jumper) and so I popped it into the nearest computer running with PC133 ram, and sure enough, the ram works fine.
I swapped video cards, I have tried a total of 3 different AGP cards, and even a TNT PCI card, with no luck, no post code, no bios, no nothing...
I tried re-mating the processor. I un-installed the heat sink, took out the processor, cleaned off the paste, and re-installed it with all the normal precautions...
The mobo has two sets of dip-switches which can be used for specifying clock speed/voltage settings. The manual says that I should first try leaving them at 'auto-detect' and when that didn't work, the next thing I did was set them myself, and still no luck. So I reset them to the auto detect settings.
The other jumpers on the board are all set to default settings (which in general are disabling of features litke STR, and KBPO.
SO, of the current user variable settings, I have both dip-switch banks set to auto-detect.
I have each of these jumpers set to default (which disables the function... --- CMOS clear, STR, Power Loss Recovery, KBPO
The CPU host clock select is set to 133, and the CPU Vio Voltage select is set to default settings as well...
There is an LED near the ram banks that my manual tells me is for "Power on and DIMM socket remain powered LED" When the system is on, it stays on.
Other observations: I thought maybe the processor was just not responding at all, but the base of the heat sink DOES become slightly warm, as you'd expect, I have no idea.
It took me a while to bring this problem here, because I was convinced that I was doing something stupid. (and I still hope I am-haha) From what I have observed I have seen or heard (or smelled hahah) NOTHING out of the ordinary.
ARGH ! Help !
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