Epox 8K7A reboot problem

[Arias74]

Ok, here's the situation. I have just purchased this Epox 8K7A motherboard. Everything seems to work great except for one nagging issue. It will not do a soft reset. The only way for board to reset is to hit the reset button. Everything else fails. Even after exiting the BIOS, the board should reboot, but all it does is hang. I have to hit the reset button to get the system back up.

I have tried resetting the BIOS to fail-safe defaults. I have flashed the BIOS to the latest version from their website. I don't know what else to do. It's particularly frustrating with Windows 98se, which makes you reboot after every single change!

Anyway, if anybody has any suggestions, I'm all ears. I will also send an email to Epox support for their input.

BTW, I am not overclocking anything...

Here are my system specs...

AMD Athlon 1GHz 266
256 Corsair DDR RAM
Visiontek Geforce2 GTS-V 32MB AGP
SB Live Value
Netgear FA311 NIC
Acer 50X CDROM
Ricoh 8x8x32 CDRW
A1 Electronics 350W Dual-Fan PS

TIA

 

[wasnlos]

what happens when you take out the NETGEAR.
i never tried one myself but i heard nothing but bad about the combination of NETGEAR 311 and AMD rigs.
many people resolved their problems by throwing that nic in trashcan and picking up another brand.

 

[Brian48]

I had the EXACT same problem. It's the Netgear FA311 that's doing it. Replace it with a different brand NIC and that should totally correct the problem.

Box #1:
WinXP Professional
Antec pp352x
1.4ghz T-bird (AYHJA Y)/Epox 8K7A+ Raid
Vantec CCK-6035 (w/Delta 7800rpm)
512mb PC2100 Crucial
Visiontek GeForce3
3dfx V2 1000 12mb SLI
SB Audigy MP3+/CL Inspire 5.1 5300
Linksys LN100TX NIC
Toshiba PCX1100U Cable Modem
WD 7200rpm ATA100 40g (P.Master/IDE3-HPT370)
WD 7200rpm ATA100 40g (P.Slave/IDE3-HPT370)
Toshiba DVD-ROM M1212 (S.Master/IDE2)
Philips PCRW1208 12x8x36x (S.Slave/IDE2)
USB devices:
UMAX 2100u scanner
MSIntellimouse Optical
MS Sidewinder game pad
Sony 19" 420GS

 

[Arias74]

Man, I wish I had known earlier about the problems with this Netgear NIC. I've used an FA310 for several years, and purchased it for several friends without a hitch. I guess in this newer revision, Netgear took a step back as far as quality is concerned. Oh well. I've got an Intel Pro 100+ in there now, and everything is just rockin' and rollin'. Thanks for the great advice!

 

[wasnlos]

cool, have fun now

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