ECS L7S7A2?

[kheath]

Anyone have any feedback about the ECS L7S7A2?

Thanks

 

[TheMouse]

i use it, i like it. these people know alot about it: http://forum.ocworkbench.com/ocwbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=35

 

[WalkingDead]

I have one & it's the older & better rev. 1.1 not the crappier newer revisions (which took out the southbridge heatsink and some other components off the PBC to save some $). It was running 200mhz FSB with the XP2500+ that I used to have. I was using it on my server with a milder cpu and it didn't crash once in 3 months. Since I'm not running the sever anymore, I may puting it up for sale shortly.

 

[Vette73]

GREAT cheap board. I think they have a newwer one out by now that uses the 748 chipset.

But this board is fast and cheap. The onboard sound is pretty good, c-media.

 

[Peter]

They do, it's called 748-A, and other than for the newer chipset, it's practically identical to the L7S7A2.

 

[DeMeo]

I just purchased one of these and I'm having trouble with it.

I'm hoping someone can help me here....

I put together a new system with this board and I can't boot it.
The BIOS says:

AMD XP1900
Checing NVRAM...

and it ijust hangs at this point.

The bios is AMI version from 2/27/03


The configuration is:

L7S7A2 MB
XP 2500 (333 FSB) (board detects it at wrong speed, but I know I can reset it if I can ever get to the bios setup)
256 meg Crucial ddr 2700 mem
seagate barracuda 40gb hd
ausus geforce mx400 agp vid
antec case w/ 350 watt true power.

I'm going to try swapping memory with another machine I have to tdetermine if the memory is bad, but maybe someone has a solution I can try before that?

I've already tried resetting the CMOS and reseating the memory and IDE cables. No luck.

 

[Vette73]

Take ram out and reseat it in another slot. If not try another slab. Sounds like a Ram problem.

 

[Peter]

Hardly. At that point it's waiting for the IDE drives to come online. Check cables, jumpers and connectors.

 

[DeMeo]

 

[DeMeo]

It's working now.
I was originally setting it up at the office and decided to bring it home to work on it.
I drove home and tried it again and it works.
I guess something must have been loose and the drive home reseated it.

 

[DeMeo]

Doh!
It's not working.
I had it running a few days ago and I installed windows XP and a few other things. I got some errors on the cd drive which is old, so I just picked up a new drive. Now the machine won't boot.
Same problem as before. Hangs on the bios "checking NVRAM..." - it never even gets to the point where it check system mem, not even a beep.
I put some mem from a working system in it and it still won't boot, so it looks like a motherboard problem.

I'm dissapointed with ECS. They have zero support. The user manual has no trouble shooting nor does their website. I submitted a support request on their website, but they did not respond.

I guess I'll have to RMA the board. That's a bummer because I'll have to pay for shipping.

(oh, and btw, I have already tried swapping all the ide cables as well as drives with ones that I know are good).