Had a perfectly working K7S5A for two months, then added more DDR memory.
Installed the memory while the board was in the case. As usual, it took
quite a bit of effort to seat the DIMM in the slot.
The board booted, but hung at the initial post screen. No way to go into
setup -- appears locked up. After a few attempts to boot, I decided to take
out the additional RAM. Same thing!
After a lot of troubleshooting, the board simply dies. No fans spinning, no
lights, nothing. CPU, memory is OK in another Abit board, but the ECS board
was dead.
Installed another ECS K7S5A with the same parts and case and all is perfect
again.
What happened? Normally on a new MB, I install the CPU/heatsink and memory
outside the case on the foam antistatic mat (or a flat surface). I think
when I added the new ram in the installed board, the MB flexed a bit too
much when the RAM eventually seated. Some internal trace under the DIMM
slots must be broken. In fact, even with the proper standoffs, due to the
board design, there is very little physical support under the memory slots.
It is awfully easy to flex damage the board.
I read numerous posts in all the various ECS boards of problems after
changing/adding memory. Perhaps this is a major cause for problems on an otherwise very
nice board.
Install the memory outside the case on a solid flat, antistatic surface....
Installed the memory while the board was in the case. As usual, it took
quite a bit of effort to seat the DIMM in the slot.
The board booted, but hung at the initial post screen. No way to go into
setup -- appears locked up. After a few attempts to boot, I decided to take
out the additional RAM. Same thing!
After a lot of troubleshooting, the board simply dies. No fans spinning, no
lights, nothing. CPU, memory is OK in another Abit board, but the ECS board
was dead.
Installed another ECS K7S5A with the same parts and case and all is perfect
again.
What happened? Normally on a new MB, I install the CPU/heatsink and memory
outside the case on the foam antistatic mat (or a flat surface). I think
when I added the new ram in the installed board, the MB flexed a bit too
much when the RAM eventually seated. Some internal trace under the DIMM
slots must be broken. In fact, even with the proper standoffs, due to the
board design, there is very little physical support under the memory slots.
It is awfully easy to flex damage the board.
I read numerous posts in all the various ECS boards of problems after
changing/adding memory. Perhaps this is a major cause for problems on an otherwise very
nice board.
Install the memory outside the case on a solid flat, antistatic surface....
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