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Old 13th January 2004, 23:45   #1
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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
 
Old 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
 
Old 14th January 2004, 08:34   #3
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Load Fail-Safe Defaults ?
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Old 14th January 2004, 09:03   #4
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try to flash to latest version, reseat memory
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Old 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
 
Old 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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Old 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?


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After doing a little more testing, the bios will save fine if I use Geil value ram PC3200. As soon as I put the PC3500 in, the Bios will hang at save. I put the same ram in my dads NF7-S, and his would not save the bios either. I've tried adjusting the voltages and used two different PS, one a 300W and the other a 500W. From this, I'm assuming there is something wrong with the ram. ?


just set my ram timings to "optimal" instead of by SPD and upped the core voltage to 1.7v and it seems to be working, at least with the FSB at 170. The optimal settings look like they match the FSB better than the SPD setting.

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Now I have set the vcore back to 1.65 and upped the fsb to 11.5x180. Ram is optimal, 8 4 4 2.5. Feels pretty stable, even with seti@home running fulltime in the background. temp is hovering at about 40.5 c. Safe to say it was definetly the ram timings that made the difference
http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread...aving+settings


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it was the cpu
http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread...pagenumb er=2
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Old 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
 
Old 14th January 2004, 17:02   #9
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don't ever use fekking twinmos
sucks MAJOR ***
 
Old 14th January 2004, 19:12   #10
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I can testify against that.

anyway. board is prolly b0rked.
 
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