Abit BF6 wailing sound at start up help

[LedfootGamer]

Hi all

Building a new lan rig cant get it to post. The rig was working fine, no crashes or fatal errors, then went to boot it the next day the wailing started. All lights and fans come on but no video, then the wailing sound. Reseated the CPU and video card, pulled the bios battery out (put back in of course hehe ). Thought the cpu was fried, but tested it on a diff MB works fine. Swaped out ram still the wailing. I thought i remember reading some where where Abit has this protection thing on the MoBo and you need to change a jumper or something? I dont know, I'm totally stumped

thanx in advance

Led


system

OS win98se
PII 266
abit BF6
Daytona Geforce 2 MX200 AGP
IBM 20G
Sony 40x CD-ROM
SB Live ! Gamer 5.1 ( 5th pci slot down )
USR 56k win (2nd pci slot down )

[LedfootGamer]

Bump

Replaced the CMOS battery, swapped out the Video card, swapped out the P100 Ram, MoBo still not posting and of course the wailing sound coming from the case speaker

sigh.....

Led

[Nathan G.]

all these questions.....:)

Have you tried holding down the "Insert" key while turning it on? (that will clear your CMOS settings)The data is prolly corrupt from the battery change anyway. Did you happen to check the voltage of the battery?

If that doesnt get you to POST then I would try clearing the CMOS via jumper. See page 20 here:
http://ftp2.abit.com.tw/download/manual/english/bf6.pdf

Are you using the Soft-menu to setup cpu FSB or onboard switches? You should have last dip switches on mb set to off if so. Ensure that the FSB is correct for your cpu. See per Page 27 in above document?(66MhZ = switch DS5-DS8 off position)

Did you pull the modem and sound card to try get a POST? Then remove floppy/HD/CD cables til you have nothing but the essentials for POST?
ahhwell thats enough question for now.:D
Good Luck with it!
Regards,
Nathan G.

[compfreak2002]

Hey, i have the same mobo, make sure that you double check that the video card is seated properly tight and secure, and the moniter is plugged in as tight also, ive had the same trouble. if your speaker beeps its not your processor, try that and have fun, later

[LedfootGamer]

<< Did you happen to check the voltage of the battery?>>

No I didn't check the voltage.
Thought the battery might be dead, so i bought a new one ( DL, CR2032 plus side up )

<<If that doesnt get you to POST then I would try clearing the CMOS via jumper. See page 20 here:>>

Unplugged computer shorted pin 2-3, then set back to default (short pins 1-2 )Plugged in computer, fired it up wailing :(

<<Are you using the Soft-menu to setup cpu FSB or onboard switches? You should have last dip switches on mb set to off if so.>>

Yes I'm using the soft-menu to set up cpu FSB. Setup cpu, HD, FDD, CD with not prob when I first put it togehter
( all DS 1-10 are turned OFF )

Tried disabling soft-menu ( DS10 turned ON ) and set the rest of the DS for 66Mhz FSB, cleared Bios and fired it back up still wailing :-(

<<Did you pull the modem and sound card to try get a POST? Then remove floppy/HD/CD cables til you have nothing but the essentials for POST?>>

Yes pulled both still wailing
Pulled the HD/FDD/CD cables still wailing sound.
Pulled the AGP Geforce 2 card and replaced it with a PCI video card, still getting wailing sound :-(
Plugged a diff monitor into the PCI video card you guessed it wailing......

I'm thinking this board is fried. It's so weird i've never had a Abit board just go south on me :(

Now it's just bugging me what it could be..... sigh.... oh well thanx for all your tips to try :)

/scratches head and wonders where he put that new power supply ... hmm... maybe it's that......

Led

[mike_in_katy]

my Abit Bx6 board came up with a black screen. Swapped out everything (cpu, ram, video card, cmos chip). Disconnected all cards (expept video), all drives, tried new power supply. Still a black screen. Tried bois defaults. Even tried pci video card and different monitor. Funny thing, when the hard disk was connected, I could hear it going through the normal boot up sounds. And, at boot up, it would boot to a floppy. But still a black screen.

went out a bought a new Abit BW7 and 1.5 Gig Intel. That's what I'm using now.

[Nathan G.]

hmm.
I have been a happy owner of a ABIT BX6 Rev.2 MB for several years now. (That is what I am typing on at this moment)
I have Never had any problems with it at all.
Even @ an awkward 124M Hz FSB.;)
Guess I am lucky.... :)
Regards