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 :(

been trying to update bios, but i get a time out when i try to download the latest version

Load Fail-Safe Defaults ?

try to flash to latest version, reseat memory

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

known bug? try the abit support forums
http://forum.abit-usa.com/

is your ram set to SPD instead of manual? try manual!
what ram are you using?


http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread...aving+settings


http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread...pagenumb er=2

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
edit²: it has been folding for 12+ hours at default bios settings

don't ever use fekking twinmos
sucks MAJOR ***

I can testify against that.

anyway. board is prolly b0rked.

it is normal that when u change your mp or fsb , that there is that "do not power off while saving bios" but after 3 seconds you're computer has to boot.

what are you're temps, maybe you're cooler is not good working or something and so the computer does not boot

this is how it goes:

enter bios, change settings, save settings
reboot
i see the graka info on screen, THEN i see the massage
reboot again
blank screen

anyway, even if that's normal, it isn't normal that when i set fsb from 133 to 134 that it doesn't even post
while at default (133) i could f@h all night

temps are ~40°

mailed a rma request now, so i hope i get a replacement

Ja wij weten dat de NF7-S een overclock mobo is maar abit garandeert niet dat het lukt en dat ook de garantie vervalt als

Hij stuk gaat door het overclocken!!!!

Maar als u denkt dat hij niet naar behoren werkt, stuurt u hem retour naar ons en zullen wij hem testen.

Als blijkt uit de test dat het bord bij ons wel naar behoren werkt zijn wij genoodzaakt om onderzoekskosten ( € 25,00)

En verzendkosten te bereken naar u.

Als wij hem naar abit opsturen en blijkt dat het bord naar behoren werkt zitten daar ook kosten aan vast als het niet onder de garantie valt.

Werkt ie namelijk wel op de standaard settings dan kunnen wij u eigenlijk al zeggen dat abit dit niet onder de garantie

Afhandelt hellaas, daar kunnen wij hellaas ook niks mee.

Laat het ons maar weten of u hem naar ons opstuurt.

U moet hem wel goed verpakt en compleet naar ons opsturen bij geen goede verpakking wijgeren wij de zending.

dus geen rma waarschijnlijk :(

jammer

post your problem at the Abit forums Jakkerd!

yes chief!
;)

euhm, running the mobo at 134 is technically not overclocking the mobo. These guys are certified up to 200.

Does it work at 166 with a FSB 166/333 CPU ? Cause I can't seem to find your CPU specs.

2100+ tbred B
forgot to write down stepping code :)

hadn't thought off that, tx :)

i'm getting some other ram this weekend from a friend, probably won't help
but worth a try

and if it doesn't, another rma request will be mailed

in case anyone wonderd, it was the ram
alltough it worked flawless at 266MHz, it was totaly borked
tested it yesterday on a friends rig, and now his win-install is completely hosed
went to the shop today, they gave me some takems sticks (he had only 50d twinmos in the shop, so we cheated a little :))

running fine at 11*200 atm

glad it worked out, luckily the board wasn't b0rked