TUSL2-C Fails to complete boot

[hmsrolst]

I was using this board for awhile with no problems, and then put it on the shelf. I recently tried to set up a system with it, but now after it posts and detects the IDE drives, it just stops. This usually happens after changing something in the configuration and sometimes can be cured by removing the CMOS battery. I've had dead boards, but nothing that just stops this way. Advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[mastertech01]

If you disconnect the IDE drive cables will it go on through the post?

 

[hmsrolst]

Thanks, John. It stalls with the IDE drives disconnected also. It seems to fully detect (or fail to detect, if there are no drives) IDE, but then can't make it reliably to the next step.

 

[mastertech01]

I dont know how far you have it stripped down, but if you get the same result with nothing but CPU, Ram, and video it sounds like the board has gone bad for some reason. I have several mystery boards that suddenly would only post once in awhile, or would get to the memory count and stop, over and over, etc. I tried everything in swap and still the same. I finally just toss it in the trash rather than go nuts about it. I have a 400.00 server board that is nothing but a chunk of junk now, and the manufacturer wont stand by the warranty because I bought it here.

I hope your situation is different and you just have a hardware conflict or a dipswitch adjustment to make.

 

[hmsrolst]

I stripped down to a minimum system, and have got it working consistently. At this point, the answer seems pretty peculiar. I was running two sticks of 128MB Crucial PC133 Cl2 in the first two slots. Slot One was one-sided and Slot Two was two-sided. I've reversed them and everything seems fine. According to the manual, you should be able to run one or two-sided RAM in any of the three slots as long as you don't exceed the 512MB limit of the 815 chipset, but reversing them seems to have made the difference.