Abit AN7 Troubles. Please Help

[Flamingweasel]

I just recently finished building my computer and the specs are as follows:

ABIT AN7
ATI Radeon 9800pro
Athlon XP Mobile 2600+
512mb mushkin pc3200 ram
350w antec smartpower

I've had a problem restarting where once the operating system boots up, the keyboard and mouse fail to work. I have to restart again for them to work properly. This occurs every other restart as one restart they would not work, and then the next they would. I've downloaded all the latest drivers, flashed the bios, and updated windows and this is still not fixed. Does anyone have any idea how to solve this problem. Also, the AN7 does not detect mobile processors correctly in bios for some reason. What are the values/voltage that I should be running at? Thanks in advance for your help, I'm new to this computer stuff.

 

[Harvey]

Item #8 of problems addressed in their BIOS rev. 14 (not the latest) on the AN7 BIOS download page refers to problems with "certain" mice. Try a different mouse to see if this is part of the problem.

Version: 14

1. Please use the AWDFLASH v8.24F flash utility to update the AN7 BIOS.
2. Changed default RTC year to 2004.
3. Updated Silicon Image 3112 controller ROM to version 4.2.43.
4. Added CPU fan fail warning option.
5. Added AGP frequency on the fly option.
6. Saved CPU default ratio to µGuru.
7. Added SATA ROM control option.
8. Fixed mouse power on fails to function when using certain mice.
9. Enhanced compatibility with WD400AB hard disk.
10. Synchronized FanEQ temperature settings with OC Guru.
11. Reduced the time it takes to resume from STR state when using Windows 98 and Windows ME.
12. Added ?Full screen logo show? option.
13. BIOS compile date: 01/06/2004

Since you already flashed to the latest BIOS, this shouldn't be an issue. Contact the dealer who sold you the board. If you bought it locally, you may need to swap motherboards. You may also have to contact ABIT's tech support. If neither of them can help you, it could be RMA time.

Good luck.

 

[Flamingweasel]

The keyboard and mouse works every other reboot. Do you think it's the power supply that's causing this? I know that when i first put it together i would need to disconnect some case fans in order to get it to boot up. Any one have suggestions or fixes?

 

[Harvey]

You can try another power supply, but if your keyboard and mouse work on other machines, I'd still say it sounds like an intermittant problem on the motherboard.