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13th January 2004, 23:45 | #1 |
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| do not power off while bios is saving settings my new nf7 arrived today, and it's not really working as it should :s if i change any setting in bios i get this message: "do not power off while bios is saving" and then my screen goes blank (fan on graka stops spinning too) if i clear cmos, i can load defaults reboot again: "do not power off while bios is saving", followed by a succefull post and boot but when i change anything in bios, after the reboot i will get the message again, followed by a blank screen i allready loosened the screwes on my HS, 'coz i read that too much pressure could cause some weird errors help pls |
14th January 2004, 00:36 | #2 |
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| been trying to update bios, but i get a time out when i try to download the latest version |
14th January 2004, 08:34 | #3 |
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| Load Fail-Safe Defaults ? |
14th January 2004, 09:03 | #4 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| try to flash to latest version, reseat memory
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14th January 2004, 16:16 | #5 |
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| flashed bios, reseated ram and loaded failsafe defaults -> no error loaded optimized defaults -> no error put everything to 'user define' ->no error changed multiplier, voltages, ram settings ->no error chang fsb with 1 MHz ->do not power off while bios is saving settings been testing some more, and if i change the fsb, even by 1, i get this error and then i get a blank screen, and have to clear cmos OR bios loads defaults after reboot (pc always reboots after the error message) i've even reinstalled the complete pc, wich din't help offcourse |
14th January 2004, 16:17 | #6 |
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| known bug? try the abit support forums http://forum.abit-usa.com/
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14th January 2004, 16:25 | #7 | ||
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| is your ram set to SPD instead of manual? try manual! what ram are you using? Quote:
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14th January 2004, 16:44 | #8 |
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| ram is twinmos pc3200 50B chips tried diffirent ram settings now, manual, optimal, aggresive, spd didn't help bad cpu would be weird, as it work just fine yesterday on that kx7 (tx for the links btw) edit: ram is 2*512Mb editē: it has been folding for 12+ hours at default bios settings |
14th January 2004, 17:02 | #9 |
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| don't ever use fekking twinmos sucks MAJOR *** |
14th January 2004, 19:12 | #10 |
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| I can testify against that. anyway. board is prolly b0rked. |
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