Help .. new BH7 won't boot. *PROBLEM SOLVED*

[lupohki]

So I just got my new BH7 today and I go to install it. I swap out the Albatron PX845GPEV Pro and put the BH7 back in. I push the power button and the fans come on and spin for about a second or 2 and then it shuts down. I don't get anything on my monitor. I proceed to yank everything out except the power connectors, video card, and ram. Still nothing. I reseat the video card, ram, and the power connectors and nothing. *

Any ideas? Thanks.

edit: just to clarify, "nothing" means powers on for about a second or two and then shuts off. Oh yeah, I also tried clearing CMOS.

solution: Ok, I just searched for "Abit" and "boot", and someone mentioned on another board that the CPU fan header had to have something plugged in to work. Well, that was it. I have my CPU fan drawing power directly from the PSU. I switched it to the motherboard power, and it's working now.

I bet this is listed in the manual some where, but who reads the manual?

 

[Megatomic]

Clear the CMOS on the board. Hey, it might work... As I have no i845xx experience I can't offer any more assistance but I do wish you luck. I'm having a hell of a time with my new board as well.

 

[Tates]

What type of PS do you have?

 

[lupohki]

Originally posted by: Tates
What type of PS do you have?

Antec True 430

 

[Tates]

Look in your owner's manual on page I-1:

See steps 2 & 3

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: Tates
Look in your owner's manual on page I-1:

See steps 2 & 3

What's the dealio? Inquiring minds want to know.

Edit to ask: Was ^^^ it? The fan header was keeping you from POSTing?

 

[Tates]

What's the dealio? Inquiring minds want to know.

Steps 2 & 3 discuss different techniques for resetting the CMOS

Edit to ask: Was ^^^ it? The fan header was keeping you from POSTing?


The board wants to know that there is a working CPU HS Fan

 

[lupohki]

Originally posted by: SeekingTao

Originally posted by: Tates
Look in your owner's manual on page I-1:

See steps 2 & 3

What's the dealio? Inquiring minds want to know.

Edit to ask: Was ^^^ it? The fan header was keeping you from POSTing?

Those pages just talk about reseting the CMOS.

Yes, it was the fan header!

 

[lupohki]

Argh .. now I can't probably get everything running tonight for benchmarks.

Thanks for the response everyone!

 

[Megatomic]

Wow, that wouldn't have occured to me. I'm glad you found the problem so quickly though. On to the o/cing.

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: Tates
What's the dealio? Inquiring minds want to know.

Steps 2 & 3 discuss different techniques for resetting the CMOS

Edit to ask: Was ^^^ it? The fan header was keeping you from POSTing?


The board wants to know that there is a working CPU HS Fan

What about fans that are too much load for the fan headers? I have heard of many fans that have "burnt out" headers on various motherboards. There should be a provision in the BIOS to allow for disabling that feature... Of course, you have to be able to GET INTO the BIOS to disable it though, right?

 

[Tates]

What about fans that are too much load for the fan headers?

Plug the PS fan in the CPU fan header.

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: Tates
What about fans that are too much load for the fan headers?

Plug the PS fan in the CPU fan header.

Gotcha. I'll keep this in mind if I ever install a fan that connects to the 4 Pin Molex rather than the 3 Pin onboard fan header. Thanks for allowing me to hijack this thread btw...