VA-20 Boots only Once then needs CMOS Reset.

"Wes Newell" <w.newell.RemoveThis@TAKEOUTverizon.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.01.25.15.52.37.64039@TAKEOUTverizon.net...
 > On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 08:34:10 -0600, Jeffrae wrote:
 >
  > > My Brand new VA-20 will only boot once. It Gives a Checksum Error
  > > Press
  > > F1 to Continue Del to Enter Setup.. Well I entered setup... Everything
  > > looked fine.. When I exited out the pc did nothing. So... I reboot the
  > > machine nad nothing happened..
  > >
 > Did you load system defaults and save them when you were in the bios?
 >
 > --
 > Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB)
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 >

Yes.....<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: VA-20 Boots only Once then needs CMOS Reset. 

"Wes Newell" <w.newell.TakeThisOut@TAKEOUTverizon.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.01.25.15.52.37.64039@TAKEOUTverizon.net...
 > On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 08:34:10 -0600, Jeffrae wrote:
 >
  > > My Brand new VA-20 will only boot once. It Gives a Checksum Error
  > > Press
  > > F1 to Continue Del to Enter Setup.. Well I entered setup... Everything
  > > looked fine.. When I exited out the pc did nothing. So... I reboot the
  > > machine nad nothing happened..
  > >
 > Did you load system defaults and save them when you were in the bios?
 >
 > --
 > Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB)
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.htm</font" target="_blank">http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.htm</font</a>>
 >

Yes.. I tried the Failsafe Defaults...

Thanks,
Jeff P<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: VA-20 Boots only Once then needs CMOS Reset. 

Been on hold for an hour with Abit because of this..
Don't they answer their phones?

Thanks,
Jeff P


"Jeffrae" <jeffrae.RemoveThis@alynk.com> wrote in message
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 > Hello,
 >
 > My Brand new VA-20 will only boot once. It Gives a Checksum Error
Press
 > F1 to Continue Del to Enter Setup.. Well I entered setup... Everything
 > looked fine.. When I exited out the pc did nothing.
 > So... I reboot the machine nad nothing happened..
 >
 > I reset the CMOS via the jumper and the PC boot again with the same
 > message.. Well this time I pressed F1 and I recieved a trusty A:> Prompt
 > via my Boot Disk. I Decided to reboot the machine.. It would not boot.
 >
 > I reset the CMOS again and it boot fine with at error message..
 > I unplugged everything from this card.. The only thing on it is a CPU and
 > Memory right now.. No HD... No FD...
 > I tried different Power Supplies... I tried a different Battery.. No
Luck..
 >
 > Thanks,
 > Jeff P
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: VA-20 Boots only Once then needs CMOS Reset. 

i gotta va20 coming but hope i dont have your poroblems coming with it .

"Jeffrae" <jeffrae.TakeThisOut@alynk.com> wrote in message
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 > Been on hold for an hour with Abit because of this..
 > Don't they answer their phones?
 >
 > Thanks,
 > Jeff P
 >
 >
 > "Jeffrae" <jeffrae.TakeThisOut@alynk.com> wrote in message
 > news:ct5m6e$8o6$1@newsfeed.norlight.net...
  >> Hello,
  >>
  >> My Brand new VA-20 will only boot once. It Gives a Checksum Error
 > Press
  >> F1 to Continue Del to Enter Setup.. Well I entered setup... Everything
  >> looked fine.. When I exited out the pc did nothing.
  >> So... I reboot the machine nad nothing happened..
  >>
  >> I reset the CMOS via the jumper and the PC boot again with the same
  >> message.. Well this time I pressed F1 and I recieved a trusty A:> Prompt
  >> via my Boot Disk. I Decided to reboot the machine.. It would not boot.
  >>
  >> I reset the CMOS again and it boot fine with at error message..
  >> I unplugged everything from this card.. The only thing on it is a CPU and
  >> Memory right now.. No HD... No FD...
  >> I tried different Power Supplies... I tried a different Battery.. No
 > Luck..
  >>
  >> Thanks,
  >> Jeff P
  >>
  >>
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: VA-20 Boots only Once then needs CMOS Reset. 

I resolved it.. IT was due to Memory..

Do not use Crucial Memory.. Every stick would fail to boot..

Use Ultra Brand.. Samsung worked too.....

Thanks,
Jeff P


"ERIC SHAIK" <ershe.DeleteThis@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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 > i gotta va20 coming but hope i dont have your poroblems coming with it .
 >
 > "Jeffrae" <jeffrae.DeleteThis@alynk.com> wrote in message
 > news:ct64c1$fkq$1@newsfeed.norlight.net...
  > > Been on hold for an hour with Abit because of this..
  > > Don't they answer their phones?
  > >
  > > Thanks,
  > > Jeff P
  > >
  > >
  > > "Jeffrae" <jeffrae.DeleteThis@alynk.com> wrote in message
  > > news:ct5m6e$8o6$1@newsfeed.norlight.net...
   > >> Hello,
   > >>
   > >> My Brand new VA-20 will only boot once. It Gives a Checksum Error
  > > Press
   > >> F1 to Continue Del to Enter Setup.. Well I entered setup... Everything
   > >> looked fine.. When I exited out the pc did nothing.
   > >> So... I reboot the machine nad nothing happened..
   > >>
   > >> I reset the CMOS via the jumper and the PC boot again with the same
   > >> message.. Well this time I pressed F1 and I recieved a trusty A:>
Prompt
   > >> via my Boot Disk. I Decided to reboot the machine.. It would not boot.
   > >>
   > >> I reset the CMOS again and it boot fine with at error message..
   > >> I unplugged everything from this card.. The only thing on it is a CPU
and
   > >> Memory right now.. No HD... No FD...
   > >> I tried different Power Supplies... I tried a different Battery.. No
  > > Luck..
   > >>
   > >> Thanks,
   > >> Jeff P
   > >>
   > >>
  > >
  > >
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: VA-20 Boots only Once then needs CMOS Reset. 

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:32:10 -0600, Jeffrae wrote:

 > I resolved it.. IT was due to Memory..
 >
 > Do not use Crucial Memory.. Every stick would fail to boot..
 >
More likely it was due to the bios misinterpreting the SPD data from the
ram and setting wrong default values. You can verify this by booting with
whatever, manually setting the ram timings and saving bios, and then
reboot with the Crucial ram. I'd bet it's not actually a ram problem if
you tried more than one stick.

--
Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB)
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.htm" target="_blank">http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.htm</a><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: VA-20 Boots only Once then needs CMOS Reset. 

I dont knoww if crucial is up there ubt on the abit site they have the types
9brands9 and speeds
that they have tested .. theer are plenty of the ddr400 up there .. i got
some
mostech or whatever ( its not mushkin) .. and its working ...

i dont see a lot of utilities that work with this board theough .. no hard
ware monitors or tweakering programs yet .. mbm5 seems to do something but
... is this a really new board that has a lack of support or am i
configuring something wrong ?

thanks,
eric

"Wes Newell" <w.newell DeleteThis @TAKEOUTverizon.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.01.26.20.53.02.155174@TAKEOUTverizon.net...
 > On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:32:10 -0600, Jeffrae wrote:
 >
  >> I resolved it.. IT was due to Memory..
  >>
  >> Do not use Crucial Memory.. Every stick would fail to boot..
  >>
 > More likely it was due to the bios misinterpreting the SPD data from the
 > ram and setting wrong default values. You can verify this by booting with
 > whatever, manually setting the ram timings and saving bios, and then
 > reboot with the Crucial ram. I'd bet it's not actually a ram problem if
 > you tried more than one stick.
 >
 > --
 > Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB)
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.htm</font" target="_blank">http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.htm</font</a>>
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: VA-20 Boots only Once then needs CMOS Reset.