EPoX 8K7A problem - freezes on C1 POST code

[DarkMajiq]

That's pretty much the sum of it. For some reason, it seems that the 15" LCD I hooked this thing up to causes the mouse to be frozen whenever you turn off the screen while still in Windows then turn it back on. So, I hit the reset button, as I have several times already tonight, and it got stuck with a black screen and sort of not doing anything... So I hit it again, and it got stuck at the C1 post code and started beeping constantly. So, I hold the power button in for 4 seconds, it shuts down, and I figure I'll leave it for a few minutes and go dig out the manual to find out what C1 is. I come back, manual in hand, and press the power button again... All goes well, until POST code 10, it freezes... I give it a couple minutes to see that it's not just hung momentarily (it's done that a couple of times), and then power off again. Restart again, stuck at C1. Repeat. So, I look up C1... Onboard DRAM & cache detection... So, I decide maybe it's something to do with the RAM... I move it from DIMM2 to DIMM1 and boot up again... It's working! Oh, no, wait! Seized up at 26. And what the bloody hell is 26 anyway? It's listed in the manual as "Reserved"... Power off again... Boot up, C1. And again. I tried clearing CMOS, resetting all jumpers to defaults, etc... but nothing works, it just keeps freezing up at C1. Unfortunately, I don't have any other DDR that I could swap in. I do have another processor that I could try, but I'd rather not as that would be a lengthy and pain in the ass process. Any ideas and help would be appreciated.

 

[Kipper]

This is probably NOT the solution, but what wattage/brand PS are you using?

 

[DarkMajiq]

It's a 300W Antec PS... But actually it appears to be a dead RAM issue, I found a thread when searching for C1 that had several people who had the same problem as me, and it all came down to bad RAM. /me wishes he'd though to search for C1 and not just 8K7A before he posted this