original problem left .. solution here in BOLD
well .. i solved it. I always tend not to think clear the first 29579 hours of a computer hardware problem.
I finally decided to check if it was a mobo problem or something attached.
- i removed all IDE cables connecting to the mobo. Primary, Secondary, and PCI ATA Controller.
- booted and my stuck bios isn't a problem anymore.
-- now, i know there's a faulty cable and if not that, then faulty hardware.
- start with PCI ATA controller, boot and it's good
- add Primary IDE (HDDS) and it's good to go
- add SECONDARY IDE (optical drives) AUTOMATIC LOCK UP! BINGO!
- went to the car to get another IDE WIRE ( don't know why i keep a spare IDE Cable in my GLOVE COMPARTMENT!)
- replace Round CABLE with FLAT IDE and it's good to go
- windows doesn't recognize my DVD drive and CDRW properly
- delete IDE PRIMARY and SECONDARY. delete optical drives, delete Nforce IDE from Device Manager
- 2 reboots and im up and going.
thanks to all =D
AS3 really dropped my temps. I used some grease that came with my heatsink and thought that would be ok. The last few days i noticed my temps climbing and not dropping at all. In the range of 45C CPU IDLE and 32C System. On load it was 50C / 34C. So i decided to drop my temps and apply the AS3 i bought.
Now my temps are sitting at 37C / 24C. Burn in temps not yet available.
quick stats ..
Abit NF7-S 2.0 BIOS 18
AMD Barton 2500+
512 MB Corsair XMS
Radeon 9700 Pro
problem
-I went to clean off my cpu and heatsink from the old grease.
-i cleaned off the core and heatsink with 99% ISO Alcohol and everything went clean.
- added as3, followed the instructions on their website
-i didn't touch anything else and put the cpu and heatsink back together.
-computer booted and it mis read my dvd burner. i delete the drive from Device Manager and reboot.
- system hangs while trying to detect Secondary slave.
- i remove the dvd burner from psu and ide lines. turn on and still stuck.
- i clear cmos, remove power and turn off psu, remove cmos battery, let it sit
- turn everything back together and i can boot into bios. i load fail safe settings and set the bios to 2500+ CPU. everything is default.
- reboot and system hangs. says my cpu is AMD 1100 ( 11 x 100) but memory is at DDR400 speeds.
- did the whole cmos thing and can't get back into bios.
ideas?
thanks.
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well .. i solved it. I always tend not to think clear the first 29579 hours of a computer hardware problem.
I finally decided to check if it was a mobo problem or something attached.
- i removed all IDE cables connecting to the mobo. Primary, Secondary, and PCI ATA Controller.
- booted and my stuck bios isn't a problem anymore.
-- now, i know there's a faulty cable and if not that, then faulty hardware.
- start with PCI ATA controller, boot and it's good
- add Primary IDE (HDDS) and it's good to go
- add SECONDARY IDE (optical drives) AUTOMATIC LOCK UP! BINGO!
- went to the car to get another IDE WIRE ( don't know why i keep a spare IDE Cable in my GLOVE COMPARTMENT!)
- replace Round CABLE with FLAT IDE and it's good to go
- windows doesn't recognize my DVD drive and CDRW properly
- delete IDE PRIMARY and SECONDARY. delete optical drives, delete Nforce IDE from Device Manager
- 2 reboots and im up and going.
thanks to all =D
AS3 really dropped my temps. I used some grease that came with my heatsink and thought that would be ok. The last few days i noticed my temps climbing and not dropping at all. In the range of 45C CPU IDLE and 32C System. On load it was 50C / 34C. So i decided to drop my temps and apply the AS3 i bought.
Now my temps are sitting at 37C / 24C. Burn in temps not yet available.
quick stats ..
Abit NF7-S 2.0 BIOS 18
AMD Barton 2500+
512 MB Corsair XMS
Radeon 9700 Pro
problem
-I went to clean off my cpu and heatsink from the old grease.
-i cleaned off the core and heatsink with 99% ISO Alcohol and everything went clean.
- added as3, followed the instructions on their website
-i didn't touch anything else and put the cpu and heatsink back together.
-computer booted and it mis read my dvd burner. i delete the drive from Device Manager and reboot.
- system hangs while trying to detect Secondary slave.
- i remove the dvd burner from psu and ide lines. turn on and still stuck.
- i clear cmos, remove power and turn off psu, remove cmos battery, let it sit
- turn everything back together and i can boot into bios. i load fail safe settings and set the bios to 2500+ CPU. everything is default.
- reboot and system hangs. says my cpu is AMD 1100 ( 11 x 100) but memory is at DDR400 speeds.
- did the whole cmos thing and can't get back into bios.
ideas?
thanks.
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