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Sorrow

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06-01-2004 at 10:21:51 PM

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.epox (More info?)

I just got my new board a little less than 2 weeks ago now.
Everything has been find up to this point. However, this
morning I noticed some very odd behavior: when I turned
on my PC, it just sat there for a full minute showing nothing
but the following info on the screen:

-----
Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally
Copyright (C) 1984-2002, Phoenix Technologies, LTD

10/17/2003 For nForce2-S Chipset

Main Processor : AMD Athlon (tm) XP 2100+

Pres DEL to enter SETUP
10/17/2003-nVidia-nForce-6A61BPACC-00
-----

It doesn't start counting memory (like it normally does, it
doesn't continue booting, it doesn't do anything. Just sits
there for about a full minute. Then, in a rush, it shows the
full memory count (ie, it doesn't count up but just shows
the full amount), CPU real speed (which I haven't over
clocked; it's still set to the default speed) and then the board
diags (CPU temp, fan speeds, etc).
Again, this just started this morning after having no problems
for almost 2 weeks. Would would be causing something like
this to occur? What is it getting hung up there?

Also, in the board diags, it's showing the "Power Fan" as going
really slow -- about 1100 RPMs. What is that? Is that the
fan for my power supply? Why would it be going so slow?
It's a brand new Antec 400W PSU and I don't see anything
interfering with the fan at all.

Any ideas as to what might be going on with my board would
be greatly appreciated!

thnx,
Christoph

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Sorrow

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06-02-2004 at 12:56:14 PM

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Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.epox (More info?)

> I just got my new board a little less than 2 weeks ago now.
> Everything has been find up to this point. However, this
> morning I noticed some very odd behavior: when I turned
> on my PC, it just sat there for a full minute showing nothing
> but the following info on the screen:
>
> -----
> Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally
> Copyright (C) 1984-2002, Phoenix Technologies, LTD
>
> 10/17/2003 For nForce2-S Chipset
>
> Main Processor : AMD Athlon (tm) XP 2100+
>
>
>
> Pres DEL to enter SETUP
> 10/17/2003-nVidia-nForce-6A61BPACC-00
> -----
>
> It doesn't start counting memory (like it normally does, it
> doesn't continue booting, it doesn't do anything. Just sits
> there for about a full minute. Then, in a rush, it shows the
> full memory count (ie, it doesn't count up but just shows
> the full amount), CPU real speed (which I haven't over
> clocked; it's still set to the default speed) and then the board
> diags (CPU temp, fan speeds, etc).
> Again, this just started this morning after having no problems
> for almost 2 weeks. Would would be causing something like
> this to occur? What is it getting hung up there?
>
> Also, in the board diags, it's showing the "Power Fan" as going
> really slow -- about 1100 RPMs. What is that? Is that the
> fan for my power supply? Why would it be going so slow?
> It's a brand new Antec 400W PSU and I don't see anything
> interfering with the fan at all.

A follow up on this:
I've flash upgraded to the newest version of the BIOS that is
available on EpOX's site and I'm still having this problem. So I
am not sure that the problem is the BIOS.

Any ideas as to what might be going on with my board would
be greatly appreciated!

thnx,
Christoph

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06-03-2004 at 06:16:27 PM

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"Sorrow" <jcboget@yahoo.com> wrote in news:2i5te5FjlpioU1@uni-berlin.de:

>> I just got my new board a little less than 2 weeks ago now.
>> Everything has been find up to this point. However, this
>> morning I noticed some very odd behavior: when I turned
>> on my PC, it just sat there for a full minute showing nothing
>> but the following info on the screen:
>>
>> -----
>> Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally
>> Copyright (C) 1984-2002, Phoenix Technologies, LTD
>>
>> 10/17/2003 For nForce2-S Chipset
>>
>> Main Processor : AMD Athlon (tm) XP 2100+
>>
>>
>>
>> Pres DEL to enter SETUP
>> 10/17/2003-nVidia-nForce-6A61BPACC-00
>> -----
>>
>> It doesn't start counting memory (like it normally does, it
>> doesn't continue booting, it doesn't do anything. Just sits
>> there for about a full minute. Then, in a rush, it shows the
>> full memory count (ie, it doesn't count up but just shows
>> the full amount), CPU real speed (which I haven't over
>> clocked; it's still set to the default speed) and then the board
>> diags (CPU temp, fan speeds, etc).
>> Again, this just started this morning after having no problems
>> for almost 2 weeks. Would would be causing something like
>> this to occur? What is it getting hung up there?
>
This is just a guess on my part, but are any hard drives or CD-ROMs going
bad and not spinning up and being detected? From the screen shot posted,
there was no hard drive information.

Somewhere in the BIOS, there should be a way to enable/disable the full
memory check, etc. Did something get changed by mistake?

--
Frank Hahn

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06-04-2004 at 01:04:04 AM

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Hi, he is on the right track, unplug all drives and remove any other cards
besides video card, just power supply cpu, memory(1 stick) and motherboard,
I bet the problem is gone. Add parts back 1 at a time until you find the bad
part, sounds some part is not power up resetting and letting bios proceed.

doug
www.lynncomp.com
Epox direct reseller
"Sorrow" <jcboget@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:SpKdnbcRk5LubyHd4p2dnA@eatel.net...
>I just got my new board a little less than 2 weeks ago now.
> Everything has been find up to this point. However, this
> morning I noticed some very odd behavior: when I turned
> on my PC, it just sat there for a full minute showing nothing
> but the following info on the screen:
>
> -----
> Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally
> Copyright (C) 1984-2002, Phoenix Technologies, LTD
>
> 10/17/2003 For nForce2-S Chipset
>
> Main Processor : AMD Athlon (tm) XP 2100+
>
>
>
> Pres DEL to enter SETUP
> 10/17/2003-nVidia-nForce-6A61BPACC-00
> -----
>
> It doesn't start counting memory (like it normally does, it
> doesn't continue booting, it doesn't do anything. Just sits
> there for about a full minute. Then, in a rush, it shows the
> full memory count (ie, it doesn't count up but just shows
> the full amount), CPU real speed (which I haven't over
> clocked; it's still set to the default speed) and then the board
> diags (CPU temp, fan speeds, etc).
> Again, this just started this morning after having no problems
> for almost 2 weeks. Would would be causing something like
> this to occur? What is it getting hung up there?
>
> Also, in the board diags, it's showing the "Power Fan" as going
> really slow -- about 1100 RPMs. What is that? Is that the
> fan for my power supply? Why would it be going so slow?
> It's a brand new Antec 400W PSU and I don't see anything
> interfering with the fan at all.
>
> Any ideas as to what might be going on with my board would
> be greatly appreciated!
>
> thnx,
> Christoph
>
>

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