Foxconn a79a-s

[Si7entSam]

basically it posts coreectly and loads vista 64bit fine. but once i shut it down and try and turn it back on again it wont send a signal to my monitor so i dont if its posting or not and i have to reset CMOS for it to repost and boot. but everything works fine once in... any suggestions?

 

[cubeless]

no oc? you don't see the bios screen, even? it won't show the bios screen if u hit del right after reset?

seems to be a sync problem with monitor... i have a old 19in lcd that won't sync on some cards unless they are set to 1440x900 first then plug the lcd in... have u tried turning off the monitor, starting pc, then immediately turning on monitor?

 

[k2000]

I get "FF" error (read from LED) - no display after changing bios setting with this motherboard, then I must press reset button on the case to continue.
My bios firmware is P07

 

[Rhoxed]

Originally posted by: k2000
I get "FF" error (read from LED) - no display after changing bios setting with this motherboard, then I must press reset button on the case to continue.
My bios firmware is P07

this board has problems with cold boot and changing bios settings

its a great board tons of features, but having to reset all the time due to boot problems gets rather annoying, this is the reason i kept the MSI K9A2 Platinum as my main rig's board.

 

[Rifter]

Great, i just ordered one of these

 

[k2000]

Originally posted by: Rhoxed

Originally posted by: k2000
I get "FF" error (read from LED) - no display after changing bios setting with this motherboard, then I must press reset button on the case to continue.
My bios firmware is P07

this board has problems with cold boot and changing bios settings

its a great board tons of features, but having to reset all the time due to boot problems gets rather annoying, this is the reason i kept the MSI K9A2 Platinum as my main rig's board.

Is this firmware bug or hardware design defect ? I also got similar problem with P06 firmware, even harder for resetting.
I prefered to buy this mobo rather than Biostar 790GX 128M because of its all solid state caps (there are only some SS caps on the Biostar mobo) but I was wrong. This mobo is really a nightmare for me. in addition, I am using X-Fi elite pro pci sound card, hence I am unable to use pcie slot 4(blue slot). The chipset heatsink is so close to pcie slot 1 (blue slot), Zalman VGA cooler VF900-CU prevents me to install Video card in pcie slot 1 due to big screws. I must accept 8x link width of pcie slot 2 or 3 (black slots). Do you know a way to get 16x link width with slots 2 and 3 (I use single video card)?