ECS K7S5A won't let me install OS!!!

[meccaboy858]

Bought a couple of combos for some machines I'm building and their both ECS K7S5A + XP2000 cpu combos. Now I've built one machine already and its works great. But now I'm working on this second machine and it wont let me load an OS on it. It will go through loading all the drivers but then blue screens on me. I've tried almost everything I can think of. I've switched ide cables, ram, cdroms, motherboards, power supplies, cmos batteries, video cards, even got a new hard drive. What in the world is going on?! I've tried loading Xp and 2K and they both freeze up at the same spot. I've gotten config_initialization_failed, bad_pool_callers, and a couple of other ones. I know the parts I've switched with work becuase they work on the other systems. So whats the hang up?

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

Did you try a BIOS flash? I know those K7S5A mobos have been out a LONG time now. I can't recall last time a motherboard has continued being produced for over 2 years! You think they would get it right. Although, a lot of them have problems. I got a bad one from the For Sale Forum. Bought a new one from Frys and everything was great. If a BIOS flash doesn't solve something, I would return it.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: meccaboy858
Bought a couple of combos for some machines I'm building and their both ECS K7S5A + XP2000 cpu combos. Now I've built one machine already and its works great. But now I'm working on this second machine and it wont let me load an OS on it. It will go through loading all the drivers but then blue screens on me. I've tried almost everything I can think of. I've switched ide cables, ram, cdroms, motherboards, power supplies, cmos batteries, video cards, even got a new hard drive. What in the world is going on?! I've tried loading Xp and 2K and they both freeze up at the same spot. I've gotten config_initialization_failed, bad_pool_callers, and a couple of other ones. I know the parts I've switched with work becuase they work on the other systems. So whats the hang up?

I had a similar issue. It was the harddrive. It would act normal and seem fine when bench tested. But it was acting goofy at random times and would not get along with other drives. Replacement fixed that.

Ram has been known to do this too. I say make sure the BIOS is set to the lowest performance mem settings. Flashing to the newest BIOS may help. It could be a bad board.

 

[Peter]

Bad RAM is the most common cause for this ... www.memtest86.com

Also, poor or poorly mounted CPU cooling, and weak power supply units.

 

[RideFree]

Peter is absopositively right about it...I'm also betting it is bad ram; or you might try it in a different slot...

 

[bluetiger]

umm i had a similar problem and i just disconnected everything i could that wasnt absolutly nessecary to install my os, and that worked fine

 

[t4t3r]

would almost guarantee that it's bad ram. one of my 256mb DDR sticks died a couple months ago, and i went through hell trying to figure out what it was. OS install blue screened at random points in install though, and I didn't get the same error. Do the usual switching of parts and you will eventually narrow it down. good luck

 

[ericlp]

Most likly it is the RAM. Go to a shareware site and d/l Memtest latest version and check it. What type of RAM are you running?

Probably the best way to trouble shoot your problem is pull the ram out of the good system, Swap Simm for Simm and if the thing boots then yeah, it the RAM. Also, these boards need a quality P/S... AMD chips need a good P/S. So don't cheap out. Get an Enermax or Antec 300Watt + ....