Asus A7V-E Issues - Page 2

**greenbrucelee** · #16 16-Apr-2008, 10:40 PM

I didn't notice from the video but is there any controller errors, is it a SCSI hdd?

**hbroomhall** · #17 16-Apr-2008, 10:46 PM

You should get a prompt about the bootable CD. If you don't you have the boot order wrong.

Set it to boot from CD first.

Harry.

legacy2k · #18 17-Apr-2008, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by greenbrucelee

I didn't notice from the video but is there any controller errors, is it a SCSI hdd?

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no its basic ATA

the drives are in correct order also???

1, CD-ROM [Model Number]
2, HDD [Model Number] etc etc

i do have a video but youtube is being wierd

this is becoming quite a challenge!

Modey · #19 17-Apr-2008, 08:13 AM

Is the CDROM on it's own IDE channel? If not, try that, also it may be worth changing the jumper on the CD that controls it's Master/Slave/CS settings. Try it on Master or Slave.

**Raffaz** · #20 17-Apr-2008, 08:31 AM

After watching the video it seems that the HDD is primary master and the CD is secondary master. Like harry mentioned tho, it should tell you to "press a key to boot from CD".

You mentioned that you have tried alternative CDs and a different CD drive. Have you tried a different IDE cable to connect the CD drive? Can you confirm that the CDs you are using will bootup on another machine?

**TimoftheC** · #21 17-Apr-2008, 04:09 PM

Ok, if you don't even get the "invalid system disk" message when the blank hdd is the bootable drive, I would say that the bios hasn't finished loading or is failing at the hand off point. Not sure how to resolve that as never come across it before

Are you sure that the CPU is compatible with your motherboard? Will a bios update solve the problem?

Have you tried Asus's forum, I found it very useful when I had a Asus board that was giving me problems?

If you do resolve this issue legacy be sure to post it here as would be interested to hear what the solution and/or problem was.

**hbroomhall** · #22 17-Apr-2008, 06:54 PM

Does that CD boot on any other machine? I see that it is a copy, and sometimes if they aren't copied correctly then the CD won't boot.

Another things to try is test the CD works at all. Fit a floppy, iof it doesn't have one, and boot with a Win98SE boot disk. Then do a dir of the CD. This will at least test that the hardware is probably OK.

Harry.

**TimoftheC** · #23 17-Apr-2008, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by legacy2k

iv just got my hands on a Asus A7V-E motherboard

im trying to put together a pc that i can use practically for experimenting with while i do my course but iv come across a problem

while in POST it will detect the CPU, Ram etc then move onto the HDD's/CD rom all is fine....

then i starts the other screen (the one with all the info on about your ram/cpu speed/hdd's etc etc) where it attempts to boot from what ever device you've told it to, from here it shows all the info you expect but just wont boot regardless of what device you try, it just sits there with the little blinking dot like in DOS. iv tried unplugging all the drives, leaving some drives, different disks, clearing the CMOS, all sorts yet still nothing?

i tried it with no drives & also all the drives so its not a jumper issue?

i am running a 2600+ Athlon XP in this motherboard but its an oldish board and had SD ram therefor the FSB is at 100mhz and the CPU is running at 1100Mhz, could this be the problem? as thats a big drop for a CPU made to run at 166Mhz/333Mhz (DDR) at 2088Mhz

Specs:

Athlon XP 2600+ (with a barton core i think)
160MB SD Ram (PC100)
20GB HDD
CD Rom Drive
GF4 MX400 AGP
350Watt PSU
Asus A7V-E Motherboard

any ideas?

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Had a look on the Asus site AD (had some time to kill) and I don't think the xp 2600+ processor works with that motherboard. It only seems to support up to a Athlon 1400 (200 MHz FSB).

The spec sheet is here: - http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/c...Language=en-us

**hbroomhall** · #24 17-Apr-2008, 06:58 PM

Thinking about this further I see that you don't seem to get the message about ECSD which you normally get just before the boot.

So I'd agree with TimofthC that there is a problem in the BIOS somewhere. Normally the next thing I'd try is a 'postcard' to try and determine just where it is hanging.

Harry.

**TimoftheC** · #25 17-Apr-2008, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by hbroomhall

Thinking about this further I see that you don't seem to get the message about ECSD which you normally get just before the boot.

So I'd agree with TimofthC that there is a problem in the BIOS somewhere. Normally the next thing I'd try is a 'postcard' to try and determine just where it is hanging.

Harry.

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Hi Harry - when you say "postcard" are you referring to one of those plug-in boards with lots of pretty lights that give out an error code if the bios fails? Do you own one and if so, how useful do you find it?

**hbroomhall** · #26 17-Apr-2008, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by TimoftheC

Hi Harry - when you say "postcard" are you referring to one of those plug-in boards with lots of pretty lights that give out an error code if the bios fails? Do you own one and if so, how useful do you find it?

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Yes - I own two of them - one ISA and one PCI.

Basicaly - when the BIOS boots it writes byte values to a port - but on a normal PC this port is fresh air! The postcard implements this port, and displays the value on a couple of 7 segment displays.

When the BIOS hangs the last value shown tells you where the BIOS is in the boot sequence.

I have found such cards *very* useful. But I have to say that the most common use I put it to is to see if the processor is starting, rather than where the BIOS is jamming.

Harry.

legacy2k · #27 17-Apr-2008, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by hbroomhall

Does that CD boot on any other machine? I see that it is a copy, and sometimes if they aren't copied correctly then the CD won't boot.

Another things to try is test the CD works at all. Fit a floppy, iof it doesn't have one, and boot with a Win98SE boot disk. Then do a dir of the CD. This will at least test that the hardware is probably OK.

Harry.

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yea the CD works as i tryed it on my other pc

i might try a bios update

surely if the CPU wasn't compatable then it just wouldn't work at all???

**nugget** · #28 21-Apr-2008, 03:01 PM

Okay, you've tried taking out a couple of components but haow about taking out all of them including the cpu and graphics card. When you start then, you should get the bios beeps telling you what is missing etc. Start replacing the components one by one (maybe graphics first).

Also, where did the board come from and was it working then? If so, what has changed since?

Just checked you link to the ASUS site and I think you might be right. The motherboard doesn't seem to support such a 'late model' cpu. You could try a bios update but......

Ripster · #29 09-Jun-2008, 08:21 PM

hi there, not sure if you have found a solution to you problem yet, but heres 1, i had the same prob when i tried putting in a 1800+, would not boot off NOTHING, so i put my 900 back in and wala, ive read that it does not take more then 1GHZ chips, thoe ive got my 1800 to come up as 1250MHZ, but it wont boot, so let me know if you guys no a solution for that.

Thanx
Cory

Ripster · #30 09-Jun-2008, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by greenbrucelee

I didn't notice from the video but is there any controller errors, is it a SCSI hdd?

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hi there, not sure if you have found a solution to you problem yet, but heres 1, i had the same prob when i tried putting in a 1800+, would not boot off NOTHING, so i put my 900 back in and wala, ive read that it does not take more then 1GHZ chips, thoe ive got my 1800 to come up as 1250MHZ, but it wont boot, so let me know if you guys no a solution for that.

Thanx
Cory