Hey Everyone,
Here's the deal. I was running RH 7.2 on my desktop, and decided to go back to a dual boot because I needed decent CD burning software. I did a low level format of the master HDD to wipe out the GRUB boot loader, and then installed WinXP. Once the install was done, I started having wierd problems when the system would start or restart. Here's my hardware setup:
Duron 900 at 1GHz (It's been running at 1067, but I clocked it down cuz of all this)
MSI K7T266 Pro2
Alpha 8045
Maxtor 6GB (master)
IBM 40GB 60GXP (slave)
Plextor 24x10x40 CD-RW (master)
Sony 52x CD (slave)
Gainward GF2 MX400
Linksys 10/100 network
USR Modem
Enhance 350W PSU (with a panaflo fan)
I'd probably be really confused and even more agravated if it wasn't for the D-LED feature of this mobo. It hangs when restarting or from a full powerdown. The most common error reported by the DLED is: "Testing Real Time Clock". THe solution I've found is to turn off the PSU, and drain the power, and turn it back on. The other, more distubing, error reported is : "System on (The D-LED will hang here if the processor is damaged or not installed properly)". Ouch!!! There hasn't been any problems before. Only thing I could think of if that before this reinstall is that Linux had been running onthe system for about 2 weeks steady. I've also tried making sure all the cards and memory are plugged in tight. THe only thing I haven't tried is reseating the CPU. I figured I'd see what y'all had to say here before I unmounted everything just to unscrew the Alpha.
Thanx in advance!
Jazzman
Here's the deal. I was running RH 7.2 on my desktop, and decided to go back to a dual boot because I needed decent CD burning software. I did a low level format of the master HDD to wipe out the GRUB boot loader, and then installed WinXP. Once the install was done, I started having wierd problems when the system would start or restart. Here's my hardware setup:
Duron 900 at 1GHz (It's been running at 1067, but I clocked it down cuz of all this)
MSI K7T266 Pro2
Alpha 8045
Maxtor 6GB (master)
IBM 40GB 60GXP (slave)
Plextor 24x10x40 CD-RW (master)
Sony 52x CD (slave)
Gainward GF2 MX400
Linksys 10/100 network
USR Modem
Enhance 350W PSU (with a panaflo fan)
I'd probably be really confused and even more agravated if it wasn't for the D-LED feature of this mobo. It hangs when restarting or from a full powerdown. The most common error reported by the DLED is: "Testing Real Time Clock". THe solution I've found is to turn off the PSU, and drain the power, and turn it back on. The other, more distubing, error reported is : "System on (The D-LED will hang here if the processor is damaged or not installed properly)". Ouch!!! There hasn't been any problems before. Only thing I could think of if that before this reinstall is that Linux had been running onthe system for about 2 weeks steady. I've also tried making sure all the cards and memory are plugged in tight. THe only thing I haven't tried is reseating the CPU. I figured I'd see what y'all had to say here before I unmounted everything just to unscrew the Alpha.
Thanx in advance!
Jazzman
I took everything apart, redid the pencil markings, reseated the CPU and fan, and put everything back together. It worked fine for a enough reboots to get the HDD partitioned and formatted, and then nothing! It seems that this PS would be plenty for just a Duron....I'm afraid my CPU may be hosed....when I took everything apart, the mounts for the Alpha were a little loose. Not sure if they loosed inside the case sometime, or if it happened when I undid the screws to remove the fan. However, this still would not explain why it runs fine once it boots, but not when it starts....
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