Unstable K7VTA3

[asm0deus]

I wanted to have front USB on my secondary rig. I checked the wiring diagrams and see that there's a couple mismatches and decide hey maybe its worth a try. Not a good idea. I powered on and the PC comes on but doesnt boot up, so I turn it off, silently berate myself, take the front header off and and try again. Now my games don't work and prime95 fails within 2 minutes.

I have a shuttle board that's 100% stable and will probably lose a little speed switching out but its mostly just for file serving. I'm posting this as a public service announcement and also hoping that someone knows if this is fixable..

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[mechBgon]

Bummer 🙁 What case do you have? Because the pinout in the K7VTA3 manual shows that its USB3 header uses the most popular pinout pattern, same as you'd find on an Asus or Shuttle board:

Power, Data-, Data+, Ground, Ground

Full system specs could help people get more insight. What brand/model of power supply, RAM, etc?

 

[asm0deus]

Athenatech A451 Black Mid-ATX
Codegen 350W
ECS K7VTA3 v6
256MB Simpletech PC2700

It used to have no problems, I didn't even want to run prime95 I just had that gut instinct that it was solid never crashed and was FAST, now all my games crash, I guess the USB header fried something.

 

[asm0deus]

just did a mobo transplant and went from KT333 to KT266 (didnt have to reinstall XP) so im losing 8X AGP and going from 2700 to 2100 memory support. Not too much of a loss, just as long as its game/prime/internet stable. looks good so far after a reboot, hopefully it will stay prime stable.