Q: Hey everyone, Ive got a little problem with my computer. I just my crappy Abit KN9 SLI RMAed a few weeks ago and yesterday the new mobo. I have reinstalled, double checked everything and hooked it up. Heres the important part, I pushed the power button and the computer is on and everything lit up and spun. Problem is the screen did not return from standby and I couldnt hear the hard disk to work or wheezing. 977 503 After a few attempts and turning the PS and I decide to reset the CMOS. Inside I saw the statement was made with the CMOS reset and I had turned everything into the reset mode, so I hit him back to default and then the computer wouldnt turn, although the voltage lights. So I turned it back after a few tries and restarts, but no display.
guess my question is what do I bake? Or would a porblem with this motherboard? Can I just replace the CMOS chip when I baked it? If I feel bad fried like an idiot, but I was frustrated by this whole RMA process, so I think Im in a rush, bad idea! Thanks for your comments,
Brent
Computer specs: 3800 + X2
AMD AM2
Abit KN9 SLI
OCZ Gold DDR2-800 160GB 16mb digital 2GB
Western Caviar
Maxtor 7900GT 512MB 80GB
EVGA knock
Best Answer: Yes, it is quite simple. Open My Computer, click Tools menu, choose Folder Options, click File Types tab, find the entry listed as extension ZIP, click the Change button and choose Compressed (zipped) folders. It's as easy as that. If your computer's in a bad mood you may have to log off Windows and log back in to complete the fix.
Re:Exactly what I was thinking, its like there is a short or crossed line. I wouldn't think it would work at all with the jumper removed either. Ill try removing parts and see what happens, but if I dont get a result I like quickly I'm going to get ABIT to ship me a replacement ASAP before I ship another board back. Can't wait another 3 weeks to ship my old board out and get a new one back ya know!
Re:Power switch shouldn't work at all with cmos jumper in the reset position.
Re:Put the CMOS jumper where it should be, then disconnect everything from the motherboard except the CPU and CPU fan. Remove the memory modules. I mean bare minimum, motherboard, power button, CPU and CPU fan. See if you can get it to turn on enough to turn the CPU fan on. It should give continuous long beeps, asking for memory. Add a stick of memory and see if it works. It should give no beeps, just run. Then turn it off, add a video card if you need one, and plug a monitor in. If you have onboard video use that instead for now. Now you should be able to see the POST screen. If it works to this point then just add keyboard, mouse, hard drive(s), optical drives one at a time until it quits working, then you know where your problem is.
I don't believe you can corrupt the CMOS by working the jumper wrong, so it doesn't sound like the board is dead.
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Here is the situation now: I unplugged the PSU and all power connections to the MB, while doing this I reset the CMOS and did a reseat for the memory modules. Reconnected everything, put CMOS switch back to default and tried a restart. Again the power switch wont work with the CMOS jumper in the standard position, but will work with it in the reset position or when I leave it completely off. Even when the computer does work it still wont load the BIOS and the HDD LED is stuck on, all other components are working(Disk drives open, HDD's spinup). Would people agree its a bad mobo still? Any other tests I could try? Try back later,
Brent
Re:Alright Ill try reseating and unplugging and reseting what I need to! I doubt anything has gone bad, since it was perfect before I returned the board, but if all else fails Ill check it and post back here when I'm done later this evening.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
You can't fry anything by turning it on with the CMOS jumper set to the reset position. It sounds like a gimpy board to me. You might try completely unplugging the PSU from the wall and turning the PSU off and reseating all the power wires to make sure the board is reset.
Yup, I know my CMOS won't reset unless the PSU has been unplugged for about 10 secs.
Re:You can't fry anything by turning it on with the CMOS jumper set to the reset position. It sounds like a gimpy board to me. You might try completely unplugging the PSU from the wall and turning the PSU off and reseating all the power wires to make sure the board is reset.
Re:Sounds like they sent you a bad motherboard, but could also be ram or the video card, try 1 stick of ram at a time to see if you can get video. If that doesn't work see if you can test a third stick that is known to be good.
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