Asus A7V333 with AMD Athlon XP 1.800+ .. got error

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Hi Guys,

I've got a problem. I just bought the ASUS A7V333 Mainboard and a AMD Athlon XP 1.800+ CPU. Now, everytime when i boot the system the ASUS PostMe System tells me "System failed, CPU test" I don't know where the problem is. The board was designed vor the Athlon CPU's . And the cpu and mainboard also aren't damaged !?!?!?!

Can you help what I've got to do so that the mainboard accept my new processor ????

Greez
 

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is the cpu installed correctly...ie. did you make sure that the little gold notch on the cpu is matched up with the correct corner of the ziff socket...also...is the heatsink properly mounted?
 
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Hi,

Of course is the processor right in the mainboard. There's no other way to put it in ;)

No one i asked could help me...so i brought the PC to a local service here in my city, today at 10am (im in germany) ..so 5 minutes ago (ca. 3pm) i called them and asked if they found the problem. The operator laughed and said that the service guy is on the mainboard for nearly 3 hours and is going to run amok 'cause i doesn't find the error ;) the guys are called "PC-Specialist" *LOOOOOL*


...and i'm going to run amok soon too if nothing changes with it!

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In 3 hours, they should have either found the delima, or discovered broken hardware.

Chances are they're gonna charge ya for their ignorance, as well...

DIM POST, STUPID
POST = INPUT $X
STUPID = PEEK 420, 255
IF POST >= STUPID, THEN GOTO H3LL
 
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Yes they charged 22€ but that's ok ;)

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I just bought the same mobo & CPU. I'll reveive it tonite. The 2 items are supposed to work properly. So I'll give you more info tomorrow.
 
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that would be very cool from you 'cause i'm gonna get mad here..even the "PC-Specialist" (Local technical service here) didn't find the problem!

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I'm receiving the exact same error. I've got the a7v333 with an XP 2100+. Everytime I set the cpu speed and reboot I get the system failed cpu test message. For cpu speed it gave me options of manual, 1300, and 1733. I choose 1733, thinking that is the speed that the xp 2100+ actually runs at. Anyone have any ideas? I've reset the bios once, but I can't seem to reset it again.
 

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I have the a7v333 with XP1900+ and it has worked prefectly from day 1.

One thing you could check - it's easy to see if a cpu pin is bent, but have you checked to see if there is one missing?

Just a thought - hope you get it sorted!

Oh, I'm sorry. Did I accidentally blow your head off.......again?
 
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Hey Spirit..does your mainboard & cpu work correctly ??... No pins are bend or broken the motherboard and the cpu are not damaged!

I going to send the MoBo back to ASUS tomorrow to recieve a new one. If it works then all you guys with the same problem will know that you've got a broken mainboard!

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hey guys, im really sorry for you, but your problems are in a way good for me ...

i was worrying if i should take the Gigabyte with KT333 or the Asus. i'll go for Gigabyte now.

thanks, at least in a way ... ;)

GzG

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Hmmm...What kind of RAM are you using with the board? I have the same A7V with an XP 2000 and haven't had that problem. The choice between 1300 and 1733 from the board is based upon the multiplier of the CPU (13*100FSB, or 13*133FSB). Forgive me if this is a stupid post, but are you using RAM to support the 1733 speed?
 
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I have 2 512MB sticks of corsair pc2700 (cls2 latency) so I don't think that was the problem. I had the CPU checked today at a local shop in a different board, and was told that it checked out fine. Came up clean in a different mobo at 1733mhz.

I did get it to post last night in the in the a7v by manually setting the voltage and bus speed on the board, but then it would only recognize it as a XP 1700+. I'm beginning to think I got a bad board. I thought maybe it was a BIOS issue, but it has revision 5.
 

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Got the same problem though I'm trying to use a Xp 2100+. If anyone has found out a fix please let me know.
 

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When I received my new system, I switch it on and nothing started. I bring back the system and my supplier checked it and the conclusion was...
mobo failure !!!
He changed it and now every thing is ok, no error message during post.
The system spec are the following:
Athlon 1800+ retail
ASUS A7v333 with sound but without RAID
GE 2 Ti 200
512 M ram PC 2700

I hope this failure was only a badluck??
 
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HTH!
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I have this board and had the same problem. I figured out how to fix it after some trial and error : just unplug the 16-1 pin game connector from the motherboard ( see page 39 of the user's manual ) I really don't know why but it seems that having the game connector connected messes with the motherboard's POST. That means you'll have to buy yourself a gameport to USB adaptator if you want to use a joystick... =/

Fok Speling Misstake
 
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If this works (I'll try it tomorrow) your my god ;)

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I've been fighting with the same problem for the past several days now. I've returned the board to find out it was faulty, I also returned the cpu to find out it was faulty as well. what are the chances huh?. so I've had the two different places test the parts before I left with them to make sure they are working, get them home and put that 2100+ into that A7V333 and no go. I was starting to think that maybe it was the power supply. I get different error messages with different power supplies. Even when switching to an AMD certified ps, still no go. the only thing I can think of now is that I'm running bois ver 1005, and there is some fixes for the 2700 RAM in 1006. I'm going to try that tonight.
 

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I have an Asus A7V333 with an AMD 1800+ and mine works fine. One thing I did notice that may be different than yours is the BIOS. Mine has the 1006 BIOS in it already. That might be your problem. I also did not mak any changes geared towards overclocking, I'm running defaults on everything. Like I said not one problem on boot up.
Asus A7V333
AMD Athlon XP1800+
Corsair PC2700 256MB DDR CL 2.5 at least that is what i have it set at, it is actually 2.0 memory
An old Voodoo 4 video card.
 

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I managed to update my bois last night to 1006 from 1005 but it didn't make a difference. I've returned the board once and they tested the new one with an T-Bird 1gig before i left to make sure it was working. I also returned the cpu as well and they tested on a non-asus board there to make sure it was working. it seems to be a combo of the two, which is why i was thinking it was the power supply. with my 300w power supply i can't even get it to boot into the bois, it will start up, fans run,the monitor first starts up and then turns off and no errors reported. if I plug my old 230w running my athlon 650, in I can get into the bois but no matter what I set for a frequency, even underclocking, I error out on restart with a system failed due to system over clocking error. If I clear the cmos, and then initially set the clock speed on the first boot to 1300, the system will restart and i can get to a command prompt from booting from a floppy. but the next reboot I get the system failed due to cpu over clocking. this weekend I'm going to test it with other parts and other power supplies to see if I can get it up and running.

system specs:
AMD Athlon XP 2100+
Asus A7V333 (now bois version 1006)
ATI Radeon 6500 64Meg
256 Samsung DDR333
 

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the power supply could be the problem, my case came with a 350W ps, and it seemed to be enough. Bare in mind I'm rather new at this so my suggestions may be totally off base. I'm just telling you what happened with me. I hope everything works out, let me know.
 

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Hi. first post, so be kind!

I built a completely new system about a month ago, with:
A7V333 RAID
AXP2000+
Corsair XMS2700 DDR333 (256Mb on 1 stick)
Leadtek Geforce 4 TI4600
DVD ROM
CDR
300W PS

And I didn't have any problems, except when I tried fiddling with my jumpers & it wouldn't POST, but leaving it on jumperfree mode and it was fine, so I would say that a 300W PS should be sufficient...

I take it that to underclock back to 1300Mhz you're setting the FSB down to 100 from 133, so maybe you've been unlucky and got a bad stick of RAM as your system seems more stable at the lower bus speed. What have you got the RAM speed set at? (1:1 or 5:4 I think are the options).. Try setting it to 1:1 if you have it set to the other one...

Obviously if this works then you should get it replaced because it can't work at the speed it's rated for...

HTH

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with the 300w power supply, I don't get any posts, if it is jumper free or manually set.

In the bois, the ram speed is actually set to auto, so I could try and set it to the one of the two optional settings. I'll have to try that tonight, if still no go, that'll be something I'll try this weekend, is trying a different stick of RAM