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Gum
01-29-2001, 11:02 AM
Do you ever experience boot-up problems with the KT7A-RAID mobo? My system specs as below. Duron 800 is NOT overclocked.
I am frequently unable to boot my system. After pressing the power-on switch on my casing, nothing happens. Meaning fans won't move, HDDs won's spin, etc...Totally no power supplied to all components. I am using a AMD-Certified Wintech 300W PSU. Tried another 235W CWT PSU also same result.

I have also tried to configure all components part-by-part, starting with bare mobo with CPU, RAM and Graphics card. Adding each component and test if system boots. But addition of each component works flawlessly and system boots normally each time!! It's only when I try to power-on system after system has been off for long period(eg. cold-booting system in morning), then will the system be unbootable as decribed above.

The only way I can boot the system is to plug out some cables(eg. ATA cables), then re-attach them and system will boot!! Pulling out the power-cable that connects the wall electrical-socket to my PSU, then plugging-in again will also boot the system!! I am **** freaked-out by this menacing problem!!

Help?

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Abit KT7A-RAID, Duron 800, 256Mb Mushkin PC133 Samsung-G6 SDRAM, G400 32Mb DH, Maxtor DM+60 30G, Quantum ST 3.2, Toshiba 32X, HP CDWriter 9100i, Samsung 700IFT, HP Deskjet 710C, SBLive!, Altec Lansing ACS56

[This message has been edited by Gum (edited 01-29-2001).]

The Sentinel
01-29-2001, 11:41 AM
I had a similar problem with my KT7. Sent it back to the supplier but they returned it to me with a note saying 'no fault found'. The board is in my other system now and it's working okay. It turned out my CD Writer had blown up during the upgrade.

Mine was an HP as well - try disconnecting it and running the system for a few days without the CD Writer.

justy
01-30-2001, 12:19 AM
I've seen a fault like that caused by a intermittently faulty power switch. Swap it with the reset switch for a while and see if anything changes.

All the best, Justy.