major problems :(

[Postiejase]

K7S5A Ive plugged everything in correctly checked 3 times unplugged one at a time etc etc using an athlon 1400....

when i try to boot the pc i get a long beep followed by 8 short beeps no power to monitor so no error messages already tore my hair out over this having to use someone elses pc to try solve this prob

come on guys gimme the answer

dying here :(

[Postiejase]

i notice 10 views which tells me people are looking!

if you dont have the answer at lease try a suggestion?

;)

[SPEEDO]

Hello Postiejase and welcome to sysopt.

Is this a new build or an established machine?

SPEEDO

[Philip1952]

We could use a little more infor.
Is this a new built? Is this the first power up?
If it isn't a new build what were you doing? Did you just install some new hardware?
What is all the hard ware in the rig.
Is it overclocked?
What is the OS?
Try clearing the cmos out.If you are overclocked.
How many cards are installed right now. If it is more than the video card. Remove the rest and try it.
Welcome to the forums

[Postiejase]

i had a duron 700 went to a computer fair today and decided to buy a new board and chip ive built my last 3 pc's myself but this is baffling me

so i got a new case 300w new board and a 1400 athlon chip

using my existing HD's and Cdroms and memory but it is compatable

thanks for the welcome btw!! ;)

[Postiejase]

Athlon 1400
K7S5A
256 & 128 mb ram


first power up! no luck no power to monitor

cds eject and work fine all i get is the peeps

[SPEEDO]

Try pulling out one stick of ram and see if it boots.
Make sure the one you keep in is in the first slot!

SPEEDO

[Philip1952]

Ok pretty much a new build looks like. You have all the ram installed. I would try one stick at a time. Try both of them one could be bad!
Was this board in the box sealed? Or was it laying on a table when you looked at it? That many beeps and no post doesn't sound good for a new board. Was the vender a local company? I mean to your state. Was there carpet in the building it was in? (If the board was laying on the table).
HHHMmm See you are still typing short messages to beat me to the punch Speedo. LOL

[Postiejase]

Okay tried the memory one at a time again nope still nothing

can it be anthing to do with the cables from the power switch and reset switch etc

[Philip1952]

Do you have the fan for the cpu plugged into fan number 1 header. Some boards have to have it in this terminal. Not sure on yours! I haven't used your board.

[Postiejase]

sure do! if you could see my hair now eek!!

[SPEEDO]

I believe in the KISS method!!

Have you tried clearing the bios?

Also try a different video card if you have one.

SPEEDO

[Wizzard~Of~Ozz]

I agree with speedo, replace the vid card, looking at ami beep codes, 8 beeps is vid card mem .



1 DRAM refresh failure
2 Parity circuit failure
3 Base 64K RAM failure
4 System timer failure
5 Processor failure
6 Keyboard controller gate A20 error
7 Virtual mode exception error
8 Display memory R/W test failure
9 ROM-BIOS checksum failure

Also verify the vid card is seated properly. try a PCI vid card if you have it. even an old 2Mb or 4Mb card will suffice.

Good luck.

[Postiejase]

you clear the cmos by changing a jumper setting done this a few times to make sure

:s getting worn down now!

[Postiejase]

ok replies are slowing down

do you think there is a problem with either the chip or cpu?

[Philip1952]

I have lost the page I had book marked for the ami beep codes. But the post that Wizzard made sounds about right.
You asked if the board or cpu was bad. Possable. At the show was there carpet on the floor? Was the board on the table on display? Was the board in a sealed box when it was handed to you? If the answer to any of these questions is yes. IT COULD have damage from static build up from people handling it. Or if the box wasn't sealed from the factor it could have been one some one sent back for problems with it. It has been known to happen. (Dump it at a show).
My rule at computer shows is. If the box isn't sealed from the factory walk off.

[Postiejase]

yes it was sealed when i purchased it

sick of hearing these 8 beeps *sigh!*

[Toddly]

Hi Postiejase I have been following comments about this motherboard for a bit as I am interested in buying it myself. My impression is that problems occur if the power supply is not sufficient and especially with the 1.4 Anthlon.
I did a search for posts related to the K7S5A and the results are
here (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=9251&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending) Good Luck and it is always helpful to post a solution when found.

[butthook]

I have this board and had similar probs. at first boot. What i did was pull everythig out and start over making every connect. carefully. This after much frustation. Obviously it must have been a connection this board seems to be a little picky with the agp and pci's...... good luck bro

hook

[CoNeSsIuS]

Ok the first thing you do in any kind of troulbe shooting is get the bare. Let me explain. Only plug in vid card, one stick of mem in slot 1 or a, power supply, cpu, cpu fan and that's it. Unplug cd-rom, floppy, hdd, snd card, mdm, and or anything else that dose not pertain like a usb card or any other fancy card you have in the box. Once you get the bare then try it.

If it keeps on beeping I would then try another PCI vid card. If it still dose it on another card then try changing the slots on the board. If still no go you ither have a bad mem chip or cpu.

If it dose go then slowly plug in items like snd card, vid card, modem, hdd. Usually you don't have a bad floppy or cd-rom. Trying to figure out a boot problem with ton's of stuff plugged in is like trying to find a needle in a hay stack. No offense to any but don't listen to the people on flushing c-mos or anything. System is failing at video post. If it was a bad c-mos or setting using a lower end vid card should solve the problem. If it did not solve the problem then it would have to lie in the mb, cpu, pwr supply, or Memory.

(Do note that all what I'm saying is providing that the error code is a vid error. Hearing the error I could better tell you. For a example if it was long beep with long pauses then it would be a memory problem. If it was like 4 or 5 quick beeps then a long beep then I would say vid. With out hearing it I can't tell. Only from what information I have been provided.)

One more thing. Different chips require different watt pwr supplies. I would hate to think your not getting enought juice. :)
I think someone mentioned that about the pwr supply problem and they are very correct. All these power hungry machines.

My two cents worth
g/l
CoNeSsIuS

[richardbmontes]

Connessius's right. My motherboard manual says that it is recommneded to use 235W of power supply.

If you have a DC Volt meter, try the following:

1. unplug the ATX or AT power supply plug from the board
2. unplug also all the 12 and 5 V plugs from the drives/CDROM/HD.
3. plug the power cord to the AC supply line
4. measure the voltage across the (+) and (-) terminals to make sure you really got a ~12 and ~5 volts on the DC output.

next question:
Is your motherboard "jumperless"?

If not, well some motherboards requires manual jumper configuration relative to the CPU you have. Check your manual if you have correctly assigned those jumpers correctly.

:)

[BBB]

Hi,

I had the same problem at first boot with this MB. I took everything out and put in PCI card, so, it worked. Then I put AGP card back and it did not work...
Well, it turned out that even though AGP card seemed to be seated in slot OK it actually was not. Once I put it in correctly - everything worked fine.
I had to apply some force to put card all the way in. BUT BE CAREFUL - do not overdo it: too much force and it can break...

I hope it helps.

/BBB

[rjwilke]

Be sure to use a 300watt power supply, preferably an AMD recommended one (see the AMD site for this info) but any will do for this test. I had a similar prob (no beeps at all) withan Abit kG7 mobo and an Athlon 1.4G cpu. After several hours of doing most of what has been posted here, I swapped in a 300watt (no name) power supply and ta-da, it worked great!:)