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| Thread ID: 22885 | 2002-08-01 14:44:00 | Funny Mobo Issues -- HELP! | colonel_k (1304) | Press F1 |
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| 67411 | 2002-08-01 14:44:00 | OK, here's the problem: Recently I bought a new Socket A motherboard (MSI K7T Turbo, based on the VIA KT133A chipset), 1.1GHz AMD Duron CPU, 250W ATX PSU and GeForce4 MX from Paradigm PCs. I took my old Pentium II-based PC which had died as a result of my stupidity (no comment), removed the broken PSU and motherboard, added the new motherboard, CPU and video card, installed everything and powered up. The fans and drives go, but otherwise nothing. I turned the machine off, checked the CPU which was installed correctly, installed a diagnostic tool and switched on again. This time the tool showed that I had an incorrectly installed or damaged CPU. I assumed the CPU was a dud as I had installed it according to instructions. I then decided to lower the bus speed from 133MHz to the default 100MHz (the mobo is an SD-RAM one) and switched it on again. This time the tool passed the CPU check, passed the chipset initialization check and was getting into the RAM check (not the same thing as the RAM count on first screen when turning a PC on, this simply checks whether RAM is installed), when the system powered down. By itself, automatically. I tried again, same thing. I thought that maybe the heat sensor for the CPU was detecting too much heat and shutting down the system, but as this happens about 2 seconds after the machine is turned on, I dismissed that theory. I have also tried swapping the RAM from another working machine to no avail. I need to know some way of stopping the machine from powering down on boot up, or knowing why it is doing so. The MSI site is USELESS as it has NO FAQ or troubleshooting guide. I am getting frustrated -- all help welcome. The motherboard is this: Microstar MS-6330V5 K7T Turbo2 Socket A Motherboard ATX, VIA KT133A Chipset, 266Mhz FSB, 3x168pin SDRAM slots 1xAGP 5xPCI 2xIDE ATA100, *Integrated AC97 Audio The PSU is ATX. The RAM is PC-133 SD-RAM from Dick Smith's. |
colonel_k (1304) | ||
| 67412 | 2002-08-01 21:42:00 | Re-set the CMOS, and if that works - don't use an FSB of 133 with a Duron! | wuppo (41) | ||
| 67413 | 2002-08-01 21:49:00 | Power supply should be 300 watts for that system. Bye |
Peter H (220) | ||
| 67414 | 2002-08-03 06:32:00 | durons are 100mhz fsb so use 100mhz fsb. could be powersupply, a good 250watt should be ok. what size ram, how many sticks? check bios settings. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 67415 | 2002-08-03 06:45:00 | Tweak was right, Durons still only have a 100MHz bus from memory. For why it won't make it past boot up I would probably blame ram. I wouldn't trust ram from Dick Smith's at all. Just because you got ram from another working computer and it won't work doesn't necessarily mean that the ram is fine and theres another problem. Your MSI board might not like low quality ram while the working machine you took the memory from might not matter. And if all else fails, it could be a power supply :) How exactly did you kill your P II pc anyway? |
Aggy (1049) | ||
| 67416 | 2002-08-03 09:49:00 | Colonel. Do tell us how it "Died". Tell the truth & shame the devil. I dare ya. Double dare ya. I won't laugh I Promise, (fingers crossed behind back) Poppa John ;\ ;\ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
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