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My new computer ive been putting together isn't starting up. Heres the main parts i've been using:
Abit NF7-S v2.0
Kingston 2x512MB PC3200 DDR400
AMD XP 3200+ Barton & ZALMAN CNPS6000
Radeon 9600 128MBWhen i switch on the pc i get the bleep error from the motherboard (continous bleeps about a second long). I thought this was the error code for a RAM problem so i bought 1GB of kingstion ram which said on the nvidia website was definatley compatible (i was using a 256mb PC3200 stick before found under a bed!!)
Anyway i've tried changing the graphics card to an old TNT2, and making sure everything is plugged in properly.
What do you guys think the problem might be?
Hais
Intel 800MHz,
256MB SD-RAM,
10GB yes, it gets worse...
i have the same board as your. the first time i set it up, i got a similar problem as yours. and i found out that its actually that i put the ram in the wrong slot. did you follow the instruction in the user manual regarding installation of ram stick? you have to start from the slot which nearest to the floppy controller(if i remember correctly.).
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I insterted it correctly: from DIMM 3, DIMM 2, then DIMM 1. Thus the RAM sticks are in DIMM 2 & 3
Still got problems!! HELP!!
Intel 800MHz,
256MB SD-RAM,
10GB yes, it gets worse...
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Long(Beep) continuous - DRAM isn't inserted correctly.
Short(Beep) continuous - power supply has a problem.What power supply do you have?
Do you have the 4 pin 12V connector connected to the motherboard?
Have you tried clearing the CMOS?
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ok, try reset bios. after which, unplug everything from motherboard and try boot up with just a stick of ram, video card, cpu+hsf.
note : make sure ram stick sit firmly on dimm 3.
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Tried clearing the CMOS according to the manual & Still no luck.
Power supply plugged in to the motherboard fine, its a 400w Hi-point PSU which i allready tested to be working fine.
RAM is seated in pretty snug and have tried all combinations and different sticks.
BTW : http://www.logan.eclipse.co.uk/abit_nf7_(s)_v2_0.htm
looks like a good site for getting the most out of the board- shame mines not workin...Intel 800MHz,
256MB SD-RAM,
10GB yes, it gets worse...
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My standard answer for this, and it always works, at least if the board actually does.
PULL THE BOARD OUT OF THE CASE
There are "cases" of cases (pun intended) where some short or other in the mounting causes problems.
HOOK UP ONLY
The motherboard, processor, one stick of RAM
The power supply
The keyboard
A Display card if video is not on board.
Make sure the video card is one that you know works, and is not "fussy."
That's all--NO other cards, NO drives, NO floppy, NOTHING else.
Now see if it will post, and at least get into the bios/setup.
PAY ATTENTION to the audible beep codes. You can lookt them up on the motherboard support site, and in some well written manuals.
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Thats the method ive been using all along- nothin but Different combinations of RAM, CPU, HSF, PSU, Keyboard & Graphics card- allthough i did indeed try puttin all the drives/pci cards in at first.
Thats why im soo confused to see its not working!I may have to inspect the board closely to see there is no damage to it- especially round the RAM slots...
Any suggestions still grateful!
Intel 800MHz,
256MB SD-RAM,
10GB yes, it gets worse...
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Lookin on the net and found this:
Here is a classic problem with Younger NF7 mobo's.
On some young mobo's especially "young" ones, people have ran into trouble when they started over clocking and ran into a big problem that their system now does not boot and can't be resurrected. There is no video signal at boot time? Fans turn, Hdd spin up, red & green lights are on on the mobo....tried clearing CMOS but it does not help? Any ideas what to do next?
Answer to this as described above is you have hosed your BIOS chip. Most over-clockers will have encountered this in Ocing NF2 boards. It's a well-documented problem of the NF2 chipset saving new BIOS settings via the NB memory - which corrupts the data when FSB is "out of spec". It's generally a problem to younger boards but as they get "run in", they mature and the problem disappears. As I have said before, because of this flakiness its a good idea to have another bios rom and hot-flash the old one if this happens to you, if your into Ocing then a backup spare Bios rom or a Bios Saviour will not go amiss.
.... Not wat i wanted to hear
Intel 800MHz,
256MB SD-RAM,
10GB yes, it gets worse...
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