GFD Problems Please Help......Now a dead mobo

[Fenix793]

Im using a northwind rev 3.0 gfd on my slot a classic athlon. When i attach it to the proc my comp doesnt even post. When i take it off it works fine. Any ideas as to whats goin on?

 

[dkozloski]

First check the switch settings to make sure they are a legitmate combination that your chip can run at. The GFD connector is very fine pitch (the fingers are close together). Make sure that an adverse combination of tolerances is not allowing the contacts to miss the proper fingers. I have a home made GFD that I have to push towards one end to make sure the fingers line up correctly.

 

[imhotepmp]

First thing you want to do is set it to the defualt speed of your athlon(i.e. if its an athlon 700 then the default multiplier would be 7.0x) and see if it works. If it doenst make sure its plugged in properly. Also, Im not sure if this particular gfd requires a power connector, but if so make sure its plugged in nice and tight.


imhotepmp

 

[Fenix793]

tried settin git to 700. no go. it just makes so weird beeping noises. But when i reboot and start up again it works fine. i feel like throwing this thing out my window.

 

[dkozloski]

Alternating tone beeping noises usually indicate that something is running out of tolerance in the hardware monitor section of your BIOS. Just calm down and go to this secton and turn everything off. If this fixes the beeping, turn the functions back on one at a time until you find the offender.

 

[imhotepmp]

one more thing to check
is the correct voltage set for the gfd?



imhotepmp

 

[imhotepmp]

edit
didnt read your post completely....you have rev 3.0

imhotepmp

 

[bolomite]

Fenix793, don't chuck the GFD! I had the exact same problem, I use the same Northwind 3.0 on an Athlon 650. The first time I put it on, I had the multiplier set to the same setting as my 'default' CPU, in my case 6.5x, with the voltage @ 1.75. It wouldn't even post. When I removed the GFD, booted normally.
Then I remember going into the BIOS (my mobo is the Abit KA7) and setting the FSB and voltage all back to default, i.e. FSB=100 and V=1.6. I had previously been overclocking via the FSB settings.
I shut down, reattached the GFD (I think I even moved the dipswitches to give me a 7.5 multiplier), and booted up. I was pleased to see it post, Athlon @ 750 MHz. And currently I'm running at 850, 1.85V.

OK hope there's something there that is helpful to you.

 

[Fenix793]

Dang. Doesnt really matter now. I flashed the BIOS and yea it went bad. Im sitting here with a decased athy, a gfd, and a dead k7v. Anyone deal with asus rma dept?

 

[imhotepmp]

yes i sent back a dead k7m, and I got it back in the same exact condition in about two weeks. asus tech is suck
good thing their boards arent suck



imhotepmp

 

[bolomite]

Sorry to hear about your mobo.

 

[Bakwetu]

Have you tried if you can boot with the bios floppy and reflash (if you have prepared the floppy with the system files). Sometimes a bad flash can be reversed.

 

[Fenix793]

yea tried all that. emailed asus but still no reply. This keeps gettin worse.

 

[AmdEmAll]

I flashed the bios wrong on my parents computer on a Abit be6. I called Abit up and they sell bios chips for like 15 bucks. They sent it right away. Im not sure if Asus is that easy though.

 

[Fenix793]

shouldve gotten an abit....

 

[Fenix793]

Now my comp works fine. GFD still doesnt work. I tried resetting everything to defaults. Still no go. Anyone use a GFD with a K7V?