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ecs help please

amdskip

amdskip

Lifer
Hello, this one has me stumped.

I'm using the famous ECS with an XP 1700, 256 crucial ddr, antec 300w p/s, visiontek geforce2 pro, etc.

I have no cdrom, floppy, hard drive, etc. hooked up, just trying to boot into the bios. I've tried different video cards and a pci card to the same affect. As soon as it boots up, it kicks the monitor off. I'm stumped. I've reset the bios, video card, memory, tried pc133. It's not installed in a case so is this the whole problem?

Thanks,

Skip
 
any beeps? if not... leave the ram out and see if it beeps (it should). if it dont beep, i am thinking the mobo might be dead. u could always try to verify those parts (vc, ram, cpu) on another mobo. if everything checks out... then u got a dud ecs.
 
Skippy is at my house testing this thing out. No beep codes at all. Took the ram out, no beep codes either. We've tried 2 different video cards (agp and PCI), 2 different sticks of ram.

I'm thinking it's dead as well.
 
Heh, sounds like you are living my nightmare from last week. I just bought an athlon xp 1800 with an ECS board from a friend. Did the exact same thing, wouldnt boot or beep. After trying several things i used the jumper pin to reset the Cmos and it came up fine, but now you have to hold down the power button until the monitor comes on. It usualy takes 2-3 tries before the monitor kicks on. If you hold the button too long the ATX PSU will shut back off. Other than that it runs great.
 
Did you fix this problem in the end?

I have the same trouble, no video signal on an AGP or PCI video card, and it's an ATX MB in an AT case, so there's several screws missing on the install.

I'll try to pull the RAM (to see if it'll beep) and then try resetting the CMOS using the JP1 trick as the last poster in this thread suggested.

If you have anything to add, please post up.

-Rob
 
You might consult ECS's CPU support chart and see if you have the BIOS needed to support the Thoroughbred core, if that's what you have. The K7S5A is also known for wanting a pretty strong power supply with at least 180W on the combined 3.3V + 5V rating, so if your PSU is skimpy...
 
I'm running a Duron 1.1 GHz, so that shouldn't be a problem, really.
(It says all Durons are OK on the ECS website)

So far I have:

1) Pulled the RAM to try and get a "beep" [No go]
2) Pulled everything and hooked the 300W PSU I have to the board alone [No go]
3) Reset the CMOS using JP4 and then put the jumper back in to the "Normal Operation" position [No go]
4) Tested the CPU, video card, HDD and CDROM in anpther, reference PC also using an ECS K7S5A motherboard. [They're all fine]
5) Swapped out the processor for an AMD Athlon 1 GHz chip from the reference system [No go]

I'm pretty convinced that this motheboard is a dud. Is there anything else I can do to troubleshoot this thing???

-Rob
 
Hmm... when my K7S5A was new, the AGP slot was REALLY stiff. I had to ream the video card into it pretty firmly. If the gold contacts are visible at all, it's got one more row to go before it's seated 😀 I doubt that's the issue, but it's worth a peek 🙂

Another possibility is that the CPU is overheating. The AthlonXPs all have thermal shutdown circuitry that will cause the system to shut off if it overheats, but the Durons and the old Thunderbird Athlons don't have that. If your heatsink were installed backwards, the CPU would probably overheat in under two seconds and result in no POST. To determine if your heatsink is installed backwards, consult Figures 7, 13 and 14 of this reference guide, which is in PDF format (download Adobe Acrobat Reader if you don't have it, www.adobe.com).
 
Yes, I too had that same problem with the first K7S5A system that I built, it really does 'snap' in there, doesn't it.

If it was that only, I should get a series of beeps though right? That would give away what the problem was immediately.

The heatsink is on there correctly, but thanks for the reference .pdf, I will keep it on file.

I will remove the Duron and install it in the reference sytem tonight to verify that the CPU is working correctly. If it is, I'm going to have to declare that the board is FUBAR.

-Rob
 
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