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Paul
Thanks, I'll try the tips you suggested tomorrow. I don't have a copy
of windows so I won't be able to use the program you mentioned. I'll
look for a linux version of one. I'll report back on what happened.
thanks again
On 2004-12-22 05:39:39 -0500, nospam@needed.com (Paul) said:
> In article <41c8f925$0$1257$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>, James Wall
> <jimwall@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I've run into an issue this this MB. Whenever I power up the computer
>> it proceeds to the POST screen and then waits until I hit F1 to
>> continue the boot routine. Is there a setting I can use to have it not
>> wait and directly? I'v been through the manual and I don't see
>> anything that effects this.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> I can think of a couple possible ways of stopping it.
>
> In the Main menu, there is "Halt On" [No Errors],
> and that can be used to make the POST sail past
> any problems.
>
> But, it is likely the board is complaining about a
> fan header you've connected to a fan. The fan monitor
> has a minimum number of RPMs it is looking for, indicating
> that the fan is working. If you go to the Power Monitor
> page, and move the cursor over a fan, and set the fan
> to "Ignore", that might also cause the BIOS to ignore
> a fan that is running too slow to register. For example,
> I have one motherboard here, and the lowest the fan monitor
> will register is 1800 RPM. If the fan runs slower than that, it reads 0
> RPM. So, you could set a fan like that
> to "ignore", and then use something like Asus Probe to
> do your fan monitoring for you in Windows. Sometimes Asus
> Probe can set the monitor chip for lower than the BIOS
> value.
>
> That same motherboard is annoying, because what is happening
> with the power supply fan, is it runs at slightly less than
> 1800 RPM when the computer first starts. It stops the computer,
> just like yours. By the time I enter the power monitor page, the fan by
> then is operating just slightly faster than 1800 RPM, and then it looks
> like nothing is wrong. So, if that is happening to you, that would
> explain why nothing looks amiss in the Power Monitor BIOS page - it
> could be the error condition has gone away, by the time you entered the
> page.
> Many power supply fans now run at a low enough RPM, to cause
> this problem when you monitor them.
>
> HTH,
> Paul
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