slynnes2
07-12-2000, 07:00 AM
After spending 2 days tracking down the reason my new Abit Be6 r2 wouldnt post, I have found the culprit!
For some reason the Be6r2 has a problem on powerup of the GTS card pulling too much current, thus pulling the I/O Voltage down to below specifications. I was able to capture the startup voltage drop on the I/O bus using a Fluke. My initial I/O voltage was set to 3.5V, voltage was dropping below 3V.
I was able to post my system everytime after modifying the I/O voltage to 3.7 volts.
I suspect that the harddrive and I/O on powerup is too much for the MB to handle. ABIT needs to add a delay Hard Drive powerup setting in the BIOS to get the system to settle out.
I also have a Bx6r2 that has absolutely no problem with the GTS card and I/O voltages.
Anybody else having the experience out there? Is the 3.7 volts on my I/O setting gonna affect me adversely in the long run? I've never had the need before to up the i/o voltage so any advice would be appreciated!
For some reason the Be6r2 has a problem on powerup of the GTS card pulling too much current, thus pulling the I/O Voltage down to below specifications. I was able to capture the startup voltage drop on the I/O bus using a Fluke. My initial I/O voltage was set to 3.5V, voltage was dropping below 3V.
I was able to post my system everytime after modifying the I/O voltage to 3.7 volts.
I suspect that the harddrive and I/O on powerup is too much for the MB to handle. ABIT needs to add a delay Hard Drive powerup setting in the BIOS to get the system to settle out.
I also have a Bx6r2 that has absolutely no problem with the GTS card and I/O voltages.
Anybody else having the experience out there? Is the 3.7 volts on my I/O setting gonna affect me adversely in the long run? I've never had the need before to up the i/o voltage so any advice would be appreciated!