Mates, I successfully upgraded the bios on my kt7 motherboard to the A9 bios, but it will not POST on *reboot* unless I pull the power cord. (no video, no nothing) The processor is a T-bird 800. After pulling the power cord, the system will POST and boot just fine with the A9 bios. This problem occurs (1) after a normal shut down, (2) when performing a normal reboot, and (3) after exiting the Award bios setup utility. (i.e. on both a 'soft' and 'hard' reboot) The power supply The bios installation went fine. I followed the 'flash bios' instructions to the letter. I have retrieved the A9 bios upgrade from multiple sites and verified the md5sums. I have flashed numerous times -- all successfully completed -- same result each time. This system as been rock solid for years. The only hardware that has been changed is the hardrive. I needed the bios upgrade to handle the 250G drive. This box serves as a print and file server, so the main problem is that it will *not* come back online after a power failure unless somebody is physically present to pull the power cord and restart the system. Do you guys have any ideas about what I can try?? I have Googled the heck out of this issue without luck. I have eliminated the power supply as an issue -- new 350W, same result. Any help or insight to the problem would be greatly appreciated.
dr wrote: | | Mates, | | I successfully upgraded the bios on my kt7 motherboard to the A9 bios, but | it | will not POST on *reboot* unless I pull the power cord. (no video, no | nothing) The processor is a T-bird 800. After pulling the power cord, the | system will POST and boot just fine with the A9 bios. This problem occurs | (1) | after a normal shut down, (2) when performing a normal reboot, and (3) after | exiting the Award bios setup utility. (i.e. on both a 'soft' and 'hard' | reboot) The power supply | | The bios installation went fine. I followed the 'flash bios' instructions | to | the letter. I have retrieved the A9 bios upgrade from multiple sites and | verified the md5sums. I have flashed numerous times -- all successfully | completed -- same result each time. | | This system as been rock solid for years. The only hardware that has been | changed is the hardrive. I needed the bios upgrade to handle the 250G drive. | This box serves as a print and file server, so the main problem is that it | will *not* come back online after a power failure unless somebody is | physically present to pull the power cord and restart the system. | | Do you guys have any ideas about what I can try?? I have Googled the heck | out of this issue without luck. I have eliminated the power supply as an | issue -- new 350W, same result. | | Any help or insight to the problem would be greatly appreciated. | Hi David - Two easy things to look into: .. Did you manually clear the CMOS after the flash? If not, pull the power cord and move the CCMOS1 jumper to pins 2 and 3. Wait a few moments and replace CCMOS1 back on pins 1 and 2. Replace the power and boot. Press DEL at the POST and reenter all your settings, starting with Load Optimized Defaults. .. Meter the motherboard battery. Doubtful it's causing your problem .. but if it's under 3 volts, replace. Next is the dicey part. Carefully inspect the capacitors on the board. Look for any that are leaking brownish/reddish crud or are domed. If you find any, this could be the problem. Abit has entered into a class-action settlement over leaking caps on their boards. See http://www.abitsettlement.com/ for more information. Unfortunately this settlement only applies to the United States (you don't say where you're located). The board can be RMA'd back to Abit for repair without cost under the terms of the settlement. RMA instructions can be found at https://rma.abit-usa.com/ (North American support .. for other areas, see http://www.abit.com.tw and click on the link for your region). Additional information on the bad cap problem at http://www.motherboardrepair.com (and this is also a good source for repair). Jef
I don't know, but I'd check/replace the cmos battery, then go into bios and exit with save after checking everything over again. I assume you completely cleared the bios after the version upgrade. Might try an earlier bios. I think large drive support was added in the 64 bios. Interesting problem, wish I could help more, and would be interested if you found the problem. Good luck.
Jef, thanks for the response. I did clear the CMOS as indicated each time i flashed. Still no joy. It would be strange if it was a capacitor issue because the board was booting just fine before the bios upgrade. The problem appeared with the upgrade to A9. I'll look at the capacitors just to check, but I really don't think that is probable given the problem appearing at the exact time of the bios upgrade. Thanks again for the information great information on the class settlement. -- -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax www.rankinlawfirm.com --
Wes, I think I'll try going back to the 7N bios to see if that helps. 7N shows large drive support so it should work for what I need. Thanks.... -- -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax www.rankinlawfirm.com --
If you need more to try, LOL... Will it post after you push the front panel reset switch? I would be tempted to disconnect the new drive and see if it starts posting normally. Did the old hard drive fail or are you upgrading? Sounds like the power supply reset is working - posts after removing all power, but that the mobo reset isn't working. Forrest Motherboard Help By HAL web site: http://home.comcast.net/~mobo.help/ < snip >
Nope. Doesn't matter if I shut down, reboot, whatever, if it tries to go through the boot process after being running, then I have to pull the cord to *reset or whatever* to get it to boot again -- really strange...... It started after the flash while the old drive was still installed. But I did pull power to all the new drives just to see if that was the issue -- no joy. No it still works fine. I was just *finally* going from a Mdk 7.2 install to a SuSE 9.3 install and it seemed like the perfect time to replace the 40G with a pair of 250G drives ; - ) Yep, I'm going to try the 7N bios and see if that helps. -- -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax www.rankinlawfirm.com --
