ASUS A7V266

[Hermann]

New system
Asus A7V266-E
AMD 1700XP+
3D Labs GVX Video
512 mg Crucial DDR Ram
WD 40 GB Hard Drive

Set the bios to 1463mhz, save and restart - hangs
Hard boots into set-up
Tried manual settings, tried boosting voltage - no luck

tried default 1100mgz - hangs on Win2k set-up / loading windows screen.

Ideas?

 

[AA0]

this is the A7V266-E right?
Did you chip the cpu? Make sure the jumpers are set properly on the board before you start. There are a few.

 

[Hermann]

My bad - yes it is.
Jumpers seem to be correct - left the book at home.
CPU looks good.

 

[Hermann]

Any other suggestions? Would you replace the MB or Processor first? I'm thinking processor.

 

[AA0]

you could try another cpu, althought win2k has been known to screw up installing with some vid cards. And your RAM probably isn't the problem, but you could check that.

 

[Hermann]

Don't understand the part about Win2K screwing up vid cards - the thing wont post right, let alone install.

 

[dajeepster]

I'm having the same problem. I have an Asus A7V266-E, XP1800, Radeon 8500, 2-WD 40g drive (raid 0), belkin 10/100 nic.hp 8x DVD... that's my entire system.. It's all "retail" except for the memory. I bought memory from the computer show, i'm thinking that might have been my problem. I have 512mb crucial showing up, so i'll find out after that. I'm trying to run XP Pro. but please let me know if you have any success.

 

[Kadarin]

Is this an old Win2K install that you're trying to boot up under new hardware? For example: I recently replaced my MSI K7T266Pro2-RU (dead primary IDE controller) with an Asus A7V266-E, and had the same system hang. Once I reinstalled Win2K, the system now works fine and is rock stable (at default BIOS settings).

As an extra bonus, my Alpha 8045 fit the board!

-j