Okay, I'm out of ideas.
First, I'm well aware that this PC is sorely out of date.
I've had my own little file server running on this K7N2 mobo for a long while, but it's always been unstable. I think I finally figured out why, but am stumped at the reason.
This mother board has a 24 pin ATX connector on it. I have a 24/20 pin connector on my power supply.
This PC has been running for yeas (though unstable) with just 20 of the 24 pins connected. AT first I couldn't figure out why I would have done this when I build it, but that quickly became clear.
When only the big 20 pin connector is inserted, the mobo will post, I can get to the bios, etc. I only run in to problem when the Athlon XP 2400+ that is installed into the mobo lacks enough power because of the missing pins.
The baffling part is, when I plug the other 4 pin connector in, the mobo absolutely refuses to do ANYTHING. When I flip the PS on, I can see some lights come on over the LAN port, but it absolutely refuses to do anything else.
If I remove the extra 4 pin connector, it will post just like old times again.
So, I'm here to ask you guys if you can think of anything I'm doing wrong here. I'm completely baffled and about to give up and order a new mobo for a different CPU I have laying around here.
First, I'm well aware that this PC is sorely out of date.
I've had my own little file server running on this K7N2 mobo for a long while, but it's always been unstable. I think I finally figured out why, but am stumped at the reason.
This mother board has a 24 pin ATX connector on it. I have a 24/20 pin connector on my power supply.
This PC has been running for yeas (though unstable) with just 20 of the 24 pins connected. AT first I couldn't figure out why I would have done this when I build it, but that quickly became clear.
When only the big 20 pin connector is inserted, the mobo will post, I can get to the bios, etc. I only run in to problem when the Athlon XP 2400+ that is installed into the mobo lacks enough power because of the missing pins.
The baffling part is, when I plug the other 4 pin connector in, the mobo absolutely refuses to do ANYTHING. When I flip the PS on, I can see some lights come on over the LAN port, but it absolutely refuses to do anything else.
If I remove the extra 4 pin connector, it will post just like old times again.
So, I'm here to ask you guys if you can think of anything I'm doing wrong here. I'm completely baffled and about to give up and order a new mobo for a different CPU I have laying around here.
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