Generic Super P6SLA Problems

[compshredr]

I dunno if anyone else has a (Generic ) Super P6SLA mother board (Pentium II, slot 1, ATI 3D RAGE AGP) and every time i boot it gives a short description of the video card and won't continue until i press a key, then after i press the key the keyboard won't work, and it asks me to press a key (since i tried resetting the BIOS by pulling the batt). ANYONE GOT ANY IDEAS??? I'd really appreciate it, thanks!?!!:clock::heart::gift::brokenheart::thumbsup:

 

[DieHardware]

Which key(s) does it ask you to depress? Some MB's need to be setup after the BIOS is reset. (Usually F1 to enter setup) Does the computer freeze along with the keyboard or does it continue on? And when does the keyboard freeze up? (At the POST screen?)

 

[compshredr]

It just sits there with that line _ thing, i might could try waiting, but once past that it stop at "press F1 to enter setup... so on... so on.."

 

[Peter]

That typically happens (with older AMI BIOSes at least) when you have the keyboard plugged into the mouse port.

 

[compshredr]

oh... duh... i'm so sthoopidd sometimes... (but i can press key at vid card screen though)

 

[compshredr]

agghhh!!!!!!!!!!!!! power supply skruwed up after computer fell over in car trunk

 

[imported_Kiwi]

Originally posted by: compshredr
I dunno if anyone else has a (snip!) Pentium II, slot 1, ATI 3D RAGE AGP

Actually, I've kept one going for the past four years, but right at the start I wanted to take a sledge to this one! It has an Intel SE440BX chip set in an Intel motherboard, and has always been really twitchy about some things. It has a Phoenix BIOS, as just one odd thing. Lately, I've had a strong urge to move that one to the closet, or make it into a firewall/ gateway machine, but with a more stable MB chip set, and looking at upgrades.

There's another quote I want to grab, also:

If your computer is beige I highly recommend...
(A.) A new computer (that looks cooler) (B.) Spray Paint That SUCKER!!!!

My question is, what spray paint won't make a mess out of the CD-RW and the DVD-RW and the floppy front plates? I'm really intrigued by a black Kingwin box with a MB drawer in it. But all of the desktop PC systems are good ol' BEIGE!

Back to what I wanted to know even more: I have had other PC's at the same time as this P-II, including one old Pentium I've had even longer. But I was just poking around, with Google, and at eBay, and those 440 chip sets seem absolutely ubiquitous when it comes to P-II's! I spent a couple of hours and I never did see a dfferent chip set mentioned on any used P-II motherboard. There were a lot of trailing letter sets beside "BX", though.

I wonder if the BX was the one worm in the fruit and the other 440 versions weren't as problematic? Was there any one of the 440 chip sets particularly outstanding from all the rests?

 

[compshredr]

uhhbbubbleubleuhhhhh??????????? You'd take out drives before paint or masking tape.

 

[Peter]

FX: First try. EDO RAM only, 66 MHz. Awful. Early PentiumPro thing.
LX: First Pentium-II chipset. 66 MHz, SDRAM.
EX: Stripdown of LX, no ECC RAM support, only two DIMMs.
BX: Like LX, but with 100 MHz support
ZX: Stripdown of BX, no ECC RAM support, only two DIMMs.
GX: Version of BX, supports larger DIMMs
MX: Integrated version of ZX, with southbridge chip pulled in.

Actually, the BX was _the_ most common chipset when the Pentium-II was in full bloom.
Questions?

 

[compshredr]

umm i solved the problem at your 1st suggestion, i have upgraded 2 newer mobo, and what with mx gx bx etc? different variables in mobo modles?