brand new stuff, can't get out of the blocks, 1 CMOS FREEZE! and now nothing

[sitka]

Soltek sl-drv via kt266
Duron 750
Micron ddr 2100 256

1. installed the basics at default Post screen comes up, 750MHZ 100x7.5... go into cmos/Standard Setup page.
-hard drive primary master auto recoginized, yep, secondary master (cd) not there so gently go to settings change Auto to manual with the intent of seeing if there is a cd setting, not necessary but just looking around. WOW Cmos freezes!!! Never has that ever happened, anywhere.

2. power down and restart, One long loud beep, long pause, Repeat. WTF

3. power down, clear cmos, Same thing

4. try all kinds of different stuff like manual mutipliers, resetting chip, memory, video cards in different slots

5. still everytime the one long beep and no POST

6. finally got rid of the beep, but now nothin' at all.

Anyone else have "Cmos freeze" and if so how do you fix?

 

[smp]

I have absolutely no experience here, but couldn't it be possible that the CMOS is fried? I mean, if it is a faulty chip right? Or maybe it shorted out or something? I'm sure it's possible.

I found this that might be of some significance. I don't know what kind of bios chip that board has, but I think you should be able to find out what that one long beep means there. Good luck.

 

[LilScoooters]

Sounds like a Bad or unseated video card...or try taking out all cards and leave video only..
and try diff memory....PC100 etc...

 

[neuralfx]

that long beep was part of post.. was the fan working properly?.. is anything charred?..
-neural

 

[smp]

Okay.. I've learned that that board has an Award bios... so according to that link I gave you..

"Repeating (endless loop) Memory error Check for improperly seated or missing memory."

But it doens't look like your bios beep is 'repeating' but rather a non-stop continuous sound.. I hope you fix this, keep us posted.

 

[sitka]

Thanks guys, just a little more stuff

Actually took the metal clip off the video cards to make sure they were down in the slot.
The beeps were long beep, long pause, long beep, long pause, ad infinitum.

Let me try the memory some more

 

[sitka]

well absolutely no beeps now.

ran a multimeter across the ATX plug Voltage checks out but obviously no idea of the amperage

So the three conditions that need to be identified are

1. a CMOS freeze. That was the real instigator that something was wrong.
2. the long beep, long pause, repeat indefinitely prepost signal
3. a total lack of any signal at all, just fans and a hard drive rotation(but not the meaningful one)

The real trouble is which is the failed component. Only have access to the one DDR board.

Hey SMP thanks for the beep links, repeating was the only one in pheonix/Award that fit the description missing memory. Well it is there, I can see it but is it missing because it is bad or because the board has messed itself.

 

[sitka]

mornin'

 

[Mem]

Double check all connections both hardware and leads like is CPU seated correctly,is the power lead (on/off)the rightway on the motherboard any shorting of motherboard,try it outside the case,move the ram to a different slot.You could take the CMOS battery out for awhile then put it back in see if that helps.

 

[sitka]

Ah the old "..try it out of the case trick huh,..." sound like a good one. Thank-you.

 

[smp]

Let us know.. I'm curious, did you fix it?

 

[sitka]

no, nothing yet, just tried it out of the box on a piece of foam, totally dead, no anything.
Just don't know where to begin or end. I can normally run through a few dozen different setups in short order but don't know where to even start with this one.
The whole CMOS freeze incident has me pretty convinced it is trash, because in years of reading and doing, never has a CMOS froze once into it. Had them reset, not take, disappearing keyboard once the first screen came up but not in the middle of scrolling thru options.

 

[smp]

Yeah.. sounds like you have to RMA the board then eh? That is a totally bad kind of problem too because you can't pinpoint it, pretty sh!tty buzz.

 

[Remnant2]

If I were you, I'd look to the memory. I've had the CMOS freeze occur before on a super7, and it happened because I was using lousy memory (the vendor sold me pc66 as pc100). The beeeep-paaause-beeep signal is also usually a "Bad memory" signal as well, I believe.

I'd strongly recommend trying a different stick of ram before you do anything else.