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Guest · Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 7:32 pm Post subject: K7S5A + XP Pro= NO BOOT!

Well after running this mobo with a AMD K7 and 2000 Pro for a couple of
years, I decided to go against my very own rule of "if it's not broke
don't fix it" and "upgrade" to XP Pro SP2. Well, stability seemed fine
at first but then started getting checksum errors so flashed bios and
bought new battery for mobo. Things started to improve but then would
get a drive error that A: was not responding at shutdown but I never
installed a floppy drive and set bios to not even look for it. Then
programs started freezing and would have to end them from task manager.
Finally, they would freeze and the only alternative was to shut off
power. Well, finally, it now just won't boot at all and the bios doesnt
even appear on the monitor!!! When I power up, the HDs start spinning,
no bios info then everything just stops. Again have cleared cmos by
removing power supply cables, removing mobo battery and set jumper to
clear. Even disconnect HD and put in CD to boot.....no luck

Now I know why I put off this "upgrade" for so long!! Before I started,
I did do a backup but some of the data is on my mac (i'm using now) and
some on my slave HD on the windows machine. Here is the detail of the
system before XP. It's a little scattered, but you can see my info:

IF ANYONE HAS ANY IDEAS I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT!!!!!!!

CPU Info
CPU 1/1
AMD Athlon(tm) Processor
Manufacturer
AMD
Family

AMD Athlon(tm) Processor
Architecture
32-bit
Internal Clock
1.0 GHz
Internal Clock Maximum
1.2 GHz
External Clock
66.0 MHz
Socket Designation
Socket-A
Upgrade
LIF Socket
HyperThreadingTechnology
N/A
Capabilities
MMX, CMov, RDTSC, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, PA
Version
AMD Athlon(tm) Processor
Caches
Level 1
128 KB
Level 2
256 KB
DirectX Info
Version
9.0b
Long Version
4.09.00.0902
DirectDraw
Version
5.3.0000000.900
Primary Device
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Display Device 1/1
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Driver 8.1.8.7
Description
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Total Local Video Memory
128 MB
Total Local Texture Memory
128 MB
Total AGP Memory
256 MB
Driver File
nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version
8.1.8.7

Memory Info

Total Physical Memory

512 MB

Motherboard Info

Supported Slot Types

ISA, PCI, AGP
Manufacturer

ECS
Model

K7S5A
Version

1.0
BIOS Vendor
American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Version
07.00T
BIOS Release Date
04/02/01
BIOS Properties
Plug and Play, Flash, AGP
AGP
Revision

2.0

Name

SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter

Manufacturer

SiS

USB Devices

Description

USB Root Hub

Driver Date

6-19-2003

Driver Version

5.0.2183.1

Monitor Info
SyncMaster 730B(Analog)
Operating System Info
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 2000
Version
5.0.2195
Service Pack
Service Pack 4
Windows Environment
32-bit
Locale
US

Hard Disk

74.52 GB

38.06 GB

Perry Webb · Guest

Are you sure the power supply is working properly?

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Ken · Guest

gatorcellman@yahoo.com wrote:

sweldon · Guest

Try another video card. If that doesn't do it my guess is bad mobo.
I've had bad ECS boards, 848P-A7 and PT800CE-A and PowerColor ATI 9250
card in the last 3 months. Disconnect HD and CD/DVD.

inwiththenew · Guest

I've seen problems like this before, quite a few times, the video card has
become unseated, you could try taking the video card out and pushing it back
in firmly. Probably won't be the problem, but it is worth a shot.
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Kyle · Guest

FWIW, I debugged a k7s5a that had all sorts of weird problems with HD
corruption and finally discovered that when I cleaned all the dust and
dirt off the mobo with a small paint brush that the HD problems went
away. Dunno if anyone else mentioned this, but you should have a look
at the capacitors near the CPU in the 3-phase power supply circuitry,
if any are leaking or bulging you may have a bad capacitor problem.
Also, remove and reinsert memory sticks, just to be certain the
connections there are made up.

--
Best regards,
Kyle
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| I've seen problems like this before, quite a few times, the video
card has
| become unseated, you could try taking the video card out and pushing
it back
| in firmly. Probably won't be the problem, but it is worth a shot.
| <gatorcellman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
| news:1132858018.616523.94600@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| > Well after running this mobo with a AMD K7 and 2000 Pro for a
couple of
| > years, I decided to go against my very own rule of "if it's not
broke
| > don't fix it" and "upgrade" to XP Pro SP2. Well, stability seemed
fine
| > at first but then started getting checksum errors so flashed bios
and
| > bought new battery for mobo. Things started to improve but then
would
| > get a drive error that A: was not responding at shutdown but I
never
| > installed a floppy drive and set bios to not even look for it.
Then
| > programs started freezing and would have to end them from task
manager.
| > Finally, they would freeze and the only alternative was to shut
off
| > power. Well, finally, it now just won't boot at all and the bios
doesnt
| > even appear on the monitor!!! When I power up, the HDs start
spinning,
| > no bios info then everything just stops. Again have cleared cmos
by
| > removing power supply cables, removing mobo battery and set jumper
to
| > clear. Even disconnect HD and put in CD to boot.....no luck
| >
| > Now I know why I put off this "upgrade" for so long!! Before I
started,
| > I did do a backup but some of the data is on my mac (i'm using
now) and
| > some on my slave HD on the windows machine. Here is the detail of
the
| > system before XP. It's a little scattered, but you can see my
info:
| >
| > IF ANYONE HAS ANY IDEAS I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT!!!!!!!
| >
| > CPU Info
| > CPU 1/1
| > AMD Athlon(tm) Processor
| > Manufacturer
| > AMD
| > Family
| >
| > AMD Athlon(tm) Processor
| > Architecture
| > 32-bit
| > Internal Clock
| > 1.0 GHz
| > Internal Clock Maximum
| > 1.2 GHz
| > External Clock
| > 66.0 MHz
| > Socket Designation
| > Socket-A
| > Upgrade
| > LIF Socket
| > HyperThreadingTechnology
| > N/A
| > Capabilities
| > MMX, CMov, RDTSC, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, PA
| > Version
| > AMD Athlon(tm) Processor
| > Caches
| > Level 1
| > 128 KB
| > Level 2
| > 256 KB
| > DirectX Info
| > Version
| > 9.0b
| > Long Version
| > 4.09.00.0902
| > DirectDraw
| > Version
| > 5.3.0000000.900
| > Primary Device
| > NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
| > Display Device 1/1
| > NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
| > Driver 8.1.8.7
| > Description
| > NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
| > Manufacturer
| > NVIDIA
| > Total Local Video Memory
| > 128 MB
| > Total Local Texture Memory
| > 128 MB
| > Total AGP Memory
| > 256 MB
| > Driver File
| > nv4_disp.dll
| > Driver Version
| > 8.1.8.7
| >
| > Memory Info
| >
| > Total Physical Memory
| >
| > 512 MB
| >
| > Motherboard Info
| >
| > Supported Slot Types
| >
| > ISA, PCI, AGP
| > Manufacturer
| >
| > ECS
| > Model
| >
| > K7S5A
| > Version
| >
| > 1.0
| > BIOS Vendor
| > American Megatrends Inc.
| > BIOS Version
| > 07.00T
| > BIOS Release Date
| > 04/02/01
| > BIOS Properties
| > Plug and Play, Flash, AGP
| > AGP
| > Revision
| >
| > 2.0
| >
| >
| > Name
| >
| > SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
| >
| >
| > Manufacturer
| >
| > SiS
| >
| > USB Devices
| >
| > Description
| >
| > USB Root Hub
| >
| >
| > Driver Date
| >
| > 6-19-2003
| >
| >
| > Driver Version
| >
| > 5.0.2183.1
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > Monitor Info
| > SyncMaster 730B(Analog)
| > Operating System Info
| > Operating System
| > Microsoft Windows 2000
| > Version
| > 5.0.2195
| > Service Pack
| > Service Pack 4
| > Windows Environment
| > 32-bit
| > Locale
| > US
| >
| >
| > Hard Disk
| >
| > 74.52 GB
| >
| > 38.06 GB
| >
|
|