¿need help on a7v8x!

[KaranG4]

My A7V8X is giving the following message out of my speakers everytime I turn it on. "System Fails CPU Test". I've tried 2 different amd athlon 1.4 ghz cpus and both get the same message. I've also tried switching the video cards between a radeon 8500, geforce 256 and a geforce 2 mx pci, and booting without a video card in there, but its always the same result, so I'm thinking that it must be something else. I have 300 watts psu, and it was good enuf to handle my old motherboard, gigabyte-ga-7dxr which is not that old, and besides the motherboard, i've changed nothing. I've run the computer with only memory attached, and even without it, and the same problem persists.

I would REALLY appreciate some help on this, I dont wanna rma it
Thanks in advance

 

[Buffaloman57]

I had the same problem and it was the ram. Try a different brand.

 

[KaranG4]

Originally posted by: Buffaloman57
I had the same problem and it was the ram. Try a different brand.

I've tried booting up without ram before and it still gives the same error, I have a corsair pc-2100, the only other ram sticks I have around are pc 100. Is there any way for me to test those on my motherboard? I really dont want to go out and buy new ram for this, but i'll do it if I have to, any recommendations on what works?

 

[Buffaloman57]

Can you get to the bios? I couldn't. The ram I had was corsair PC3000 cas2 Platinum series XMS, bad for my board. I'm using crucial PC2100 right how at 170fsb @ cas2 and trubo. I ordered PC2700 Geil to try. Also corsair XMS 2400 worked.

 

[KaranG4]

I can't get in the bios, the system is not sending any signals from my video card to my monitor, although I know that the video card is getting power since the fan is rotating and it gets hotter when running. Also I wanted to know that if i put in a pc-100 ram stick in there, would it mess up the motherboard in anyway? I dont think that it is supported is why I ask.

 

[Buffaloman57]

It has to be DDRAM not SDRAM.

 

[SwampsterFL]

Disconnect the power cord, and the power supply plug to the motherboard and use the jumper on the motherboard to reset the CMOS settings.

I have had cases where the CMOS is set to something weird and it had no video and wouldn't boot. That could also explain the CPU failure warning as it isn't seeing what it thinks it should be seeing.

GARY

 

[KaranG4]

Well... I tried resetting the bios but, it didnt help. I cant really buy ram right now because its too expensive locally for good stuff and I cant wait for it to arrive from an online site because it may come after the time period that I can rma my motherboard. So I'm gonna rma it sometime during the weekend, if anyone has anymore suggestions, now is the time to get them in. Thanks for the help, but I guess theres no way around it...