My new Iwill KK266r would boot Win98se, but not enter SETUP, a BLUE band appearing across the bottom of the screen when I'd pressed <DEL> on boot. (A reset would be required.)
Iwill tech-supp said this indicated a PSU problem, so I explored along those lines. 'Turned out to be the fans powered off the m/b: in my case, three Enermax speed-controlled fans, plus a quiet fan on the heat sink. In total, they were rated at about 1 amp @ 12v.
I'd previously experienced this on an ABit KT7a, but hadn't identified the cause: in fact, I'd just spent a bundle shipping that board in for service only to have them reply "it's the CPU".
Since that board was out-of-service, I bought the Iwill -- it wouldn't go wasted when the ABit came home!
Consider this another warning to avoid taking these m/b fan headers lightly.
Iwill tech-supp said this indicated a PSU problem, so I explored along those lines. 'Turned out to be the fans powered off the m/b: in my case, three Enermax speed-controlled fans, plus a quiet fan on the heat sink. In total, they were rated at about 1 amp @ 12v.
I'd previously experienced this on an ABit KT7a, but hadn't identified the cause: in fact, I'd just spent a bundle shipping that board in for service only to have them reply "it's the CPU".
Since that board was out-of-service, I bought the Iwill -- it wouldn't go wasted when the ABit came home! Consider this another warning to avoid taking these m/b fan headers lightly.
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