ABIT IC7-G Powers OFF

Harry Card · Jul 12, 2003

Please help me if you can. I have just built this system which consists of: Thermaltake 1000D case.
Antec True Blue 480watt PS.
IC7-G
2 sticks Corsair 256meg PC3200 RAM
Abit Siluro FX5200 128 meg video card.
WD 40 gig Hard drive on SATA 3 using Serrilell 2

The system starts and runs great 98% of the time.
There are a few times when I hit the power button that it acts like it is going to start, and then just shuts off. If I power it up again, it runs fine. This is a strange problem to me. ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY appreciated. Thank you in advance

Harry

TomG · Jul 12, 2003

so you are using the Silicon Image SATA controller, right? this has nothing to do with your problem but why go that route instead of the SATA 1/2 controller which do not reside on the PCI bus?

anyway, have you monitored temperatures at all? I doubt that is the issue either since it is happening so close to boot time but just checking. what do you see happening on the screen when it is going to have a "not start" episode? does the POST information appear as normal and then the system shuts off or what?

any beeping or other unusual events?

John Lewis · Jul 12, 2003

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 17:05:34 GMT, "Harry Card"
wrote:

Please help me if you can. I have just built this system which consists of: Thermaltake 1000D case.
Antec True Blue 480watt PS.
IC7-G
2 sticks Corsair 256meg PC3200 RAM
Abit Siluro FX5200 128 meg video card.
WD 40 gig Hard drive on SATA 3 using Serrilell 2

The system starts and runs great 98% of the time.
There are a few times when I hit the power button that it acts like it is going to start, and then just shuts off.

YEP ! Mine very occasionally did the same (V1.0 BIOS). No other bad symptoms at all.

Zero occurrence since updating to V1.1 BIOS when released (and later V1.5). Coincidence ?? Probably not, since Abit were fiddling with power-on delays in these later BIOS releases.

Don't worry, be happy................

John Lewis

If I power it up again, it runs
fine. This is a strange problem to me. ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY appreciated. Thank you in advance

Harry

TomG · Jul 12, 2003

excellent point... I forgot to ask what bios he was running.

Wozzle · Jul 13, 2003

Hi
I have an Abit IC7 with a p4 2.8 HT and I have experienced similar. I turn on the computer it sounds like it's going to boot I wait to see the monitor led turn on and screen to appear but it just powers down again. Then I just turn the computer on again and it boot's just fine. I have not yet found a solution :/

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 17:05:34 GMT, "Harry Card"
wrote:

Please help me if you can. I have just built this system which consists of:
Thermaltake 1000D case.
Antec True Blue 480watt PS.
IC7-G
2 sticks Corsair 256meg PC3200 RAM
Abit Siluro FX5200 128 meg video card.
WD 40 gig Hard drive on SATA 3 using Serrilell 2

The system starts and runs great 98% of the time.
There are a few times when I hit the power button that it acts like it is going to start, and then just shuts off. If I power it up again, it runs fine. This is a strange problem to me. ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY ...

TomG · Jul 13, 2003

well, the other poster and I worked off the group on his situation and it turned out that the settings in the PC Health screen having to do with CPU overtemp shutdown and CPU fan detection were shutting his system down.

I asked him to be absolutely sure that the cpu fan was working correctly and not slow to spin up and then to disable any of the fan and thermal protection settings in the bios. he came back to me indicating that all was well.

in this case, I speculate that the fan RPM signal is not what the mobo bios detection logic wants to see in the first few seconds of operation and was causing the bios to false-detect a failed cpu fan. just a guess...

Chris Willetts · Jul 13, 2003

hey guys,

Just a quickie.

I've just setup a system with an IC7-E board and a 2.8 800fsb ht cpu with the stock cooler. My temps are: sys: 41c cpu:50.

The cpu goes up to about 65c under full load. My room temp is 25c at the mo.

Are these temps normal or do I need a better cooler, if so which on do you guys recommend.

Chris

TomG · Jul 13, 2003

take a moment to read through the group by searching on IC7 as this has been talked about tons. if you have the older style solid aluminum finned heat sink from Intel, then you may want to consider the Zalman CNPS7000CU AKA Zalman Flower.