L7VTA 1.0 - restart hang, no video

I have the following setup on my server, with a peculiar problem:

L7VTA 1.0 (Latest 1.7b BIOS)
2 x 512mb PC2700 memory
AMD 2100+XP
40Gb hd
8mb PCI Graphics card (PCI not AGP!)

(RAID & USB have been disabled from BIOS, because they are not used).

When ever I restart windows, exit from bios settings or press reset switch,
the machine will hang on boot. There's couple of beeps coming out of the
board and then the boot doesn't continue. The screen is blank as if there is
no video, tough the cables and gfx card are perfectly installed/connected.

When I switch power off and back on, the boot continues normally. Video is
ok, no problems. The machine also beeps during "successfull" boot, but it
sounds different. The manual doesn't specify the beeps anywhere (ie. what
does 1 long, two shorts mean etc)

This is REALLY beginning to annoy me. I have written about this to ECS and
they asked me to flash to latest bios (which I did) and try switching
graphics card to different PCI slots. I've tried it in PCI 1 and 2 slots,
but the results where the same.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. It's a server so it doesn't need a
high end gfx card, so the PCI card should work just fine. The PCI card was
in my previous server and worked without any problems (different mobo).

More details on the beeps:

When I power-on the computer, it beeps:
one long, three short beeps

The video is ok, machine continues to boot.

When I restart/reset/exit bios, it beeps:
one long, two short beeps

No video, boot hangs.



"Tommi" <> wrote in message
news:G7RRa.21913$ k...
> I have the following setup on my server, with a peculiar problem:
>
> L7VTA 1.0 (Latest 1.7b BIOS)
> 2 x 512mb PC2700 memory
> AMD 2100+XP
> 40Gb hd
> 8mb PCI Graphics card (PCI not AGP!)
>
> (RAID & USB have been disabled from BIOS, because they are not used).
>
> When ever I restart windows, exit from bios settings or press reset
switch,
> the machine will hang on boot. There's couple of beeps coming out of the
> board and then the boot doesn't continue. The screen is blank as if there
is
> no video, tough the cables and gfx card are perfectly installed/connected.
>
> When I switch power off and back on, the boot continues normally. Video is
> ok, no problems. The machine also beeps during "successfull" boot, but it
> sounds different. The manual doesn't specify the beeps anywhere (ie. what
> does 1 long, two shorts mean etc)
>
> This is REALLY beginning to annoy me. I have written about this to ECS and
> they asked me to flash to latest bios (which I did) and try switching
> graphics card to different PCI slots. I've tried it in PCI 1 and 2 slots,
> but the results where the same.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. It's a server so it doesn't need a
> high end gfx card, so the PCI card should work just fine. The PCI card was
> in my previous server and worked without any problems (different mobo).
>
>
>

I'm having the same problem with my l7vta 1.0. which I reinstalled
yesterday.
I've had the problem earlier with a different setup on the same mobo,
but somehow it disappeared.
If I find a solution I will post it here.
Could you be so kind to post your solution if you find one?
Or perhaps mail to



On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 13:49:45 +0200, "Tommi"
<> wrote:

>I have the following setup on my server, with a peculiar problem:
>
>L7VTA 1.0 (Latest 1.7b BIOS)
>2 x 512mb PC2700 memory
>AMD 2100+XP
>40Gb hd
>8mb PCI Graphics card (PCI not AGP!)
>
>(RAID & USB have been disabled from BIOS, because they are not used).
>
>When ever I restart windows, exit from bios settings or press reset switch,
>the machine will hang on boot. There's couple of beeps coming out of the
>board and then the boot doesn't continue. The screen is blank as if there is
>no video, tough the cables and gfx card are perfectly installed/connected.
>
>When I switch power off and back on, the boot continues normally. Video is
>ok, no problems. The machine also beeps during "successfull" boot, but it
>sounds different. The manual doesn't specify the beeps anywhere (ie. what
>does 1 long, two shorts mean etc)
>
>This is REALLY beginning to annoy me. I have written about this to ECS and
>they asked me to flash to latest bios (which I did) and try switching
>graphics card to different PCI slots. I've tried it in PCI 1 and 2 slots,
>but the results where the same.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated. It's a server so it doesn't need a
>high end gfx card, so the PCI card should work just fine. The PCI card was
>in my previous server and worked without any problems (different mobo).
>
>

Excellent, it worked! I changed AGP aperture size from 128mb to 4mb and the
machine stopped complaining and restarts wont hang the machine.

I have to admit, I had no clue AGP aperture setting would have any effect on
PCI cards, but apparently it does. Thanks so much for posting the fix.


"afplelstrudel" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I think I've found a solution:
> We're usin PCI-graphic cards in a AGP capable machine.
>
> You have a 8MB card , Mine is only 2MB, but the bios per default
> allocates a great deal of RAM to the AGP funktion (128MB in my case).
>
> What worked for me was to go to the BIOS=>advanced chipset features=>
> AGP & P2P bridge control=>AGP aperture size, and set it to 4 MB.
>
> It is the least possible but still twice the amount of RAM on the
> graphics card (I think that is the golden rule of the aperture size)
>
> So if you try setting it to 4, 8 or 16 MB you should solve the problem
> (I hope)
>
> Changin the AGP drive strength didn't seem to matter
>
> Please tell me if it also worked for you
>
> Apfelstrudel
>
>
> On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 11:56:19 +0200, afplelstrudel <>
> wrote:
>
> >I'm having the same problem with my l7vta 1.0. which I reinstalled
> >yesterday.
> >I've had the problem earlier with a different setup on the same mobo,
> >but somehow it disappeared.
> >If I find a solution I will post it here.
> >Could you be so kind to post your solution if you find one?
> >Or perhaps mail to
> >
> >
> >
> >On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 13:49:45 +0200, "Tommi"
> ><> wrote:
> >
> >>I have the following setup on my server, with a peculiar problem:
> >>
> >>L7VTA 1.0 (Latest 1.7b BIOS)
> >>2 x 512mb PC2700 memory
> >>AMD 2100+XP
> >>40Gb hd
> >>8mb PCI Graphics card (PCI not AGP!)
> >>
> >>(RAID & USB have been disabled from BIOS, because they are not used).
> >>
> >>When ever I restart windows, exit from bios settings or press reset
switch,
> >>the machine will hang on boot. There's couple of beeps coming out of the
> >>board and then the boot doesn't continue. The screen is blank as if
there is
> >>no video, tough the cables and gfx card are perfectly
installed/connected.
> >>
> >>When I switch power off and back on, the boot continues normally. Video
is
> >>ok, no problems. The machine also beeps during "successfull" boot, but
it
> >>sounds different. The manual doesn't specify the beeps anywhere (ie.
what
> >>does 1 long, two shorts mean etc)
> >>
> >>This is REALLY beginning to annoy me. I have written about this to ECS
and
> >>they asked me to flash to latest bios (which I did) and try switching
> >>graphics card to different PCI slots. I've tried it in PCI 1 and 2
slots,
> >>but the results where the same.
> >>
> >>Any help would be greatly appreciated. It's a server so it doesn't need
a
> >>high end gfx card, so the PCI card should work just fine. The PCI card
was
> >>in my previous server and worked without any problems (different mobo).
> >>
> >>
>

I have the same problem only with an AGP 8x card.

Sytem starts up, no video, sometimes I hit reset and the video
comes through, most times not. I also checked and reinstalled
everything on the system and it still does does the missing video
routine.
Did you ever find a reason that the machine wouldn't boot with the
video working or does anyone else have a suggestion?

VERY frustrating!!!

Thanks,

Rob S.

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 13:49:45 +0200, "Tommi"
<> wrote:

>I have the following setup on my server, with a peculiar problem:
>
>L7VTA 1.0 (Latest 1.7b BIOS)
>2 x 512mb PC2700 memory
>AMD 2100+XP
>40Gb hd
>8mb PCI Graphics card (PCI not AGP!)
>
>(RAID & USB have been disabled from BIOS, because they are not used).
>
>When ever I restart windows, exit from bios settings or press reset switch,
>the machine will hang on boot. There's couple of beeps coming out of the
>board and then the boot doesn't continue. The screen is blank as if there is
>no video, tough the cables and gfx card are perfectly installed/connected.
>
>When I switch power off and back on, the boot continues normally. Video is
>ok, no problems. The machine also beeps during "successfull" boot, but it
>sounds different. The manual doesn't specify the beeps anywhere (ie. what
>does 1 long, two shorts mean etc)
>
>This is REALLY beginning to annoy me. I have written about this to ECS and
>they asked me to flash to latest bios (which I did) and try switching
>graphics card to different PCI slots. I've tried it in PCI 1 and 2 slots,
>but the results where the same.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated. It's a server so it doesn't need a
>high end gfx card, so the PCI card should work just fine. The PCI card was
>in my previous server and worked without any problems (different mobo).
>
>

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 13:52:02 -0400, In this world we created Rob S.
<> wrote :

>I have the same problem only with an AGP 8x card.
>
> Sytem starts up, no video, sometimes I hit reset and the video
>comes through, most times not. I also checked and reinstalled
>everything on the system and it still does does the missing video
>routine.
>Did you ever find a reason that the machine wouldn't boot with the
>video working or does anyone else have a suggestion?
>
>VERY frustrating!!!
>
>Thanks,
>
>Rob S.

Remove and re-inser the video card and make sure it,"Clicks" into
place.also the newer cards draw more current so how good is your power
supply?



>On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 13:49:45 +0200, "Tommi"
><> wrote:
>
>>I have the following setup on my server, with a peculiar problem:
>>
>>L7VTA 1.0 (Latest 1.7b BIOS)
>>2 x 512mb PC2700 memory
>>AMD 2100+XP
>>40Gb hd
>>8mb PCI Graphics card (PCI not AGP!)
>>
>>(RAID & USB have been disabled from BIOS, because they are not used).
>>
>>When ever I restart windows, exit from bios settings or press reset switch,
>>the machine will hang on boot. There's couple of beeps coming out of the
>>board and then the boot doesn't continue. The screen is blank as if there is
>>no video, tough the cables and gfx card are perfectly installed/connected.
>>
>>When I switch power off and back on, the boot continues normally. Video is
>>ok, no problems. The machine also beeps during "successfull" boot, but it
>>sounds different. The manual doesn't specify the beeps anywhere (ie. what
>>does 1 long, two shorts mean etc)
>>
>>This is REALLY beginning to annoy me. I have written about this to ECS and
>>they asked me to flash to latest bios (which I did) and try switching
>>graphics card to different PCI slots. I've tried it in PCI 1 and 2 slots,
>>but the results where the same.
>>
>>Any help would be greatly appreciated. It's a server so it doesn't need a
>>high end gfx card, so the PCI card should work just fine. The PCI card was
>>in my previous server and worked without any problems (different mobo).
>>
>>



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