weird characters during boot

[JBT]

when my pc is booting there is weird characters just sitting in the black space or when i go into my bios onfig things are all messed up and it spells things wrong is that cause my mobo if messed up or is it okay ? and just looks dumb it is really irritating me does it though help please ?!?!?!??!

 

[MichaelD]

Wow; ever heard of Capital Letters or commas?

Need to know:
1. Mobo (Epox 8K7A/Abit KG7/etc)
2. CPU (i.e. 1.2GHz Athlon C)
3. RAM (size in mb and manufacturer)
4. Power supply (if it came w/the case, who makes the case)

If this is a pre-built system, this is definitely not good. If it's a self-built rig, something is wrong, but may be fixable. Need more info.

 

[JBT]

the mobo is a PC CHIPS m817LR
CPU is a athlon thunder bird 1.4gig
ram i have a kingston 256 sd stick and i also have a crucial ddr 256 i have the crucial in right now
the psu mmm im not really sure
it was a auction buy i didn't really think i would get it i was just playing lol it says super computer on the box though

btw for some reason when i use my burning software sometimes my system with have to do a memory dump but only when i have the DDR in it though. so i think maybe the mobo is messed up ??

 

[RSI]

Remove your SDRAM.

Does it work now?

-RSI

 

[MichaelD]

OK then...where to start...let's go w/a numbered list.

1. I know that PC Chips makes The Ultimate In Sh|tty Motherboards. Add to that a mobo that takes SDR AND DDR? I dunno...does PC Chips even make one of those? RU sure you're not pulling my leg, here? That would not be cool.....

2. No-name Power Supply + Athlon 1.4GHz = big trouble.

3. Crucial (Micron, first-grade batch) is some of the best memory you can buy, period. I doubt it's the memory.

4. It's etiher your mobo or your PS...what's the wattage on your PS? If it's less than 200, get a new, 300W PS and try.

5. If that doesn't work, RMA the mobo.

Good luck.

 

[JBT]

no im not pulling you leg the ps is a 300 watt already so im guessing it is probably the mobo then huh welli guess time for a new one ah i saw a nice combo on outpost for 199 with shipping=) to bad im broke lol

 

[Booty]

I thought PC Chips=ECS. The ECS K7S5A accepts both DDR and SDRAM, so I wouldn't be suprised if the motherboard accepts both...maybe trying flashing the bios on the motherboard, see if that helps. Also what burning software are you using? Are you experiencing any other problems with the system? To test the memory go to simmtester.com and download DocMem. If the mobo you have is anything like the ECS then it's an extremely picky little bastard so you might wanna try a different power supply, but to be honest I'd just ditch it for a quality motherboard...but I'm biased against ECS so take that into account (hey, at least I admit it, right?).

 

[Oyeve]

Sounds like bad memory on you vid card.

 

[JBT]

<< Sounds like bad memory on you vid card. >>



yeh i was also thinking that lucky im getting a new one soon well its in the mail anyways thanks

 

[JBT]

woo hoo i got my new ge force 2 Ti in all the characters are gone !!!! musta been the vid card thanks guys!!!!

 

[AkumaBao]

What is your CPU temp? The only time I've seen ASCII pop-up on a POST is during overheating.

 

[helloedchen]

yup, overheating or too high of an overclock. but if its working, more to ya!