Ok, I've about reached the limit of my patience with this Abit board. My last Abit board was a BX6 rev. 2 and it was wonderful.
The Problem:
The computer will not post with the Plextor CDRW attached. I'm using ATA66 cables with it as on my last mobo and it was just fine so I doubt that is causing it. I've got it working occasionally now and think I have the problem narrowed down. When the computer won't start, it seems to go through the motions of booting up and seems to be even making it partially into windows because when I unhook the Plextor, windows boots and says something about my vid card being set up wrong; however, it I reboot once and come back there are no vid error messages - everything is fine. So, I think this means that I'm getting a resource conflict. Some have said that a CDRW can't cause resource conflicts and I didn't think it was possible either. If I attach an old 10x CDROM, everything is fine no matter what. Also, Plextor was tested on another computer - it is fine. Jumpers are set to Master for each. Any suggestions?
System Specs:
Abit KT7A (no RAID) - latest BIOS
512 MB PC133 Micron Memory ( 2 x 256 )
WinFOP38 7200 RPM CPU Cooling Fan (cools great but is stinking loud)
1.1 Ghz AMD Athlon Thunderbird
Hercules GeForce2 GTS Pro 64MB DDR
Enermax EG351VP-FC 350 Watt Power Supply (VERY high quality)
Maxtor 81.9 GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive (Primary Master)
Plextor 12x10x32A CDRW (Secondary Master)
OTI 10x CDROM (Secondary Master) (not normally attached)
Diamond Multimedia SupraMax 56K v.90 Modem
Sound Blaster Live! Value
Teac 1.44MB Floppy Drive
Thanks Guys!
The Problem:
The computer will not post with the Plextor CDRW attached. I'm using ATA66 cables with it as on my last mobo and it was just fine so I doubt that is causing it. I've got it working occasionally now and think I have the problem narrowed down. When the computer won't start, it seems to go through the motions of booting up and seems to be even making it partially into windows because when I unhook the Plextor, windows boots and says something about my vid card being set up wrong; however, it I reboot once and come back there are no vid error messages - everything is fine. So, I think this means that I'm getting a resource conflict. Some have said that a CDRW can't cause resource conflicts and I didn't think it was possible either. If I attach an old 10x CDROM, everything is fine no matter what. Also, Plextor was tested on another computer - it is fine. Jumpers are set to Master for each. Any suggestions?
System Specs:
Abit KT7A (no RAID) - latest BIOS
512 MB PC133 Micron Memory ( 2 x 256 )
WinFOP38 7200 RPM CPU Cooling Fan (cools great but is stinking loud)
1.1 Ghz AMD Athlon Thunderbird
Hercules GeForce2 GTS Pro 64MB DDR
Enermax EG351VP-FC 350 Watt Power Supply (VERY high quality)
Maxtor 81.9 GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive (Primary Master)
Plextor 12x10x32A CDRW (Secondary Master)
OTI 10x CDROM (Secondary Master) (not normally attached)
Diamond Multimedia SupraMax 56K v.90 Modem
Sound Blaster Live! Value
Teac 1.44MB Floppy Drive
Thanks Guys!
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