[This post acts more as a heads-up now.]
... Aprox. 15 min. after I had installed the 4-in-1 drivers v. 2.6 drivers, I heard a 'click' (not from the monitor) and the system went into what appeared to be a 'power save' mode. However, a 'any keystroke' wouldn't revive the system, and so I reset the system. It came back up fine; but the same thing happened after approx. 1 min. uptime. A 2nd, and then 3rd, reset had the same results.
1. in all of these instances, the fans remained on which suggested that the CPU was fine;
2. the hard-drives also powered down, which also suggested that the system went into some sort of power saving mode.
However, on the fourth and fifth tries, the reset button refused to function, and the power-on button was first 'balky' and then also refused to function. The only way I could revive the system was through a hard boot (after 20 sec. wait). The effects were the same as described: the system was fine for perhaps less than a minute, and then died (but the fans remained on).
On the 6th try, nothing at all came on--I did wait the standard 20+ secs. before repowering the system.
Up to this time I have been working fine with a bare bones system running with the W98 VGA driver; the only other thing I did tonight was load and enable the driver for the Hercules GTS II Ultra card (running with 32bit colour).
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Interesting enough, I was able to power-up into safe mode approx. 1 1/2 hours after the 'belly-up'. Mind you, as soon as the screen saver timer kicked-in the system died again. Obviously something seriously wrong with the 4-1 v. 2.6 drivers (the version on the stock driver CD-ROM).
This issue comes up regularly on other forums, particularly re. the KT7A. Something to beware of is that trying reset will cause the fans to falter for 2-4 sec., which probably is not too healthy for a T'Bird.
Would anyone be able to recommend a safer 4in1 driver, or should I just RMA the *%$#! board.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by bahngeist on 03/08/01 02:25 AM.</EM></FONT></P>
... Aprox. 15 min. after I had installed the 4-in-1 drivers v. 2.6 drivers, I heard a 'click' (not from the monitor) and the system went into what appeared to be a 'power save' mode. However, a 'any keystroke' wouldn't revive the system, and so I reset the system. It came back up fine; but the same thing happened after approx. 1 min. uptime. A 2nd, and then 3rd, reset had the same results.
1. in all of these instances, the fans remained on which suggested that the CPU was fine;
2. the hard-drives also powered down, which also suggested that the system went into some sort of power saving mode.
However, on the fourth and fifth tries, the reset button refused to function, and the power-on button was first 'balky' and then also refused to function. The only way I could revive the system was through a hard boot (after 20 sec. wait). The effects were the same as described: the system was fine for perhaps less than a minute, and then died (but the fans remained on).
On the 6th try, nothing at all came on--I did wait the standard 20+ secs. before repowering the system.
Up to this time I have been working fine with a bare bones system running with the W98 VGA driver; the only other thing I did tonight was load and enable the driver for the Hercules GTS II Ultra card (running with 32bit colour).
[edit point]
Interesting enough, I was able to power-up into safe mode approx. 1 1/2 hours after the 'belly-up'. Mind you, as soon as the screen saver timer kicked-in the system died again. Obviously something seriously wrong with the 4-1 v. 2.6 drivers (the version on the stock driver CD-ROM).
This issue comes up regularly on other forums, particularly re. the KT7A. Something to beware of is that trying reset will cause the fans to falter for 2-4 sec., which probably is not too healthy for a T'Bird.
Would anyone be able to recommend a safer 4in1 driver, or should I just RMA the *%$#! board.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by bahngeist on 03/08/01 02:25 AM.</EM></FONT></P>
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