[TechAssist] Re: ASUS A7V133 AMD Athlon motherboard problem
- From: "Bruce Tiedeman" <btied@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 13:50:18 -0500
You will probably need to borrow another CPU to try. This will determine if
the board runs at all, then attempt to go up in speed.
Bruce.
B&T Electronics
139 Margaret St
Sarnia Ontario
Canada
N7T 2Y3
(519) 344-1850
btied (at) sympatico.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 9:54 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] ASUS A7V133 AMD Athlon motherboard problem
>
> I have a problem with an ASUS A7V133 motherboard. This board is
> for AMD Athlons, Athlon XP's and Durons.
>
> I am trying to run an Athlon XP2000+ on the board, which it is supposed
> to support with a BIOS update. I can't update the bios because the
> board freezes before the POST is through, so it won't read a floppy
> disk, IDE drive, or even a bootable SCSI cd rom with the SCSI card set
> up as a boot device with its own bios.
>
> I don't have a slower AMD chip to try on the board, although I have it
> running at 1250 Mhz rather than 1400 Mhz it is made for. I can't get it
> to boot on slower settings. If I could somehow get the BIOS upgraded,
> maybe this 2000+ chip would work, if that is my problem, but I'm not
> totally convinced that really is my problem. During POST, the SCSI bios
> comes up and says that it detects a bootable CD disc in the CD rom
> drive, but it still freezes after that.
>
> I have gone into the BIOS and disabled all floppy and IDE ports, and I
> have removed everything from the computer but the video card, which I
> have tried different ones. I have a 400W power supply meant for AMD
> chips pushing this mother. I have also removed the battery from the CMOS
> in case that was corrupted. Reinstalled and same problem exists. I have
> tried different RAM but I am basically using a 256 meg Crucial strip,
> 133 Mhz SD ram. I've checked the board jumpers and that seems to be ok.
>
> Do you have any ideas? I can't figure out what could be wrong when the
> system sees a bootable cd in the drive but still won't get through the
> POST to start booting. A corrupt eeprom runs through my mind but don't
> know how to solve that other than to order a new one but that isn't
> gonna happen because I would get a different board first. I got this
> board at an auction cheap and it looked new, no dust but I could tell
> that it had marks from the mounting screws being tightened down, so it
> appears someone had this board installed at some point. maybe they burnt
> it by overclocking?
> --
>
> Thanks for any suggestions, and yes a new board is on my mind.
>
>
> Gary McCartney
>
> McCartney Electronics
> 7134 Fife Rd, RR 7
> Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4
> Fax: (519)821-1530
> email: gary (at) number63.ca
>
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