I have a new Abit IC7-G that is having a few teething troubles to say the least. Wonder if anyone else has had the same problems.
When I first installed the board it ran but would not POST. I could switch on system power and it ran until I switched it off. No output to the monitor though. I thought that perhaps the graphics card was the problem but that works fine in another machine.
I have now tried this with a different CPU, memory and PSU. The board fires up for 5 seconds, lights and fans all go, and then shuts down. This behaviour is consistent in all setups.
Original set up:
Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz Prescott.
Kingmax PC3200 SuperRAM 400Mhz 512 MBit RAM (one module)
Jeantec 450 Watt PSU
Test Setup:
Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz Northwood
Siemans 512 MBit RAM (one module)
300 Watt PSU
With the motherboard on the bench we put a shorting strap across the power pins to switch system power on. The board began to start and then shut down after 5 seconds each time. The speaker returned one long beep until the board shut itself off. Restarting the board produced no sound from the speaker and the board shut down again after running for 5 seconds.
Anyone out there with a similar problem can they let me know? If no joy then Overclock (the supplier) has given me an RMA number and have said they will replace it if faulty with no hassles. Would rather fix it though if poss.


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Still, I will get my revenge when I remove the graphics card once I get this thing running
IF I get it running

I also have a nice shiny Zalman CPNS7000C-Cu in transit just for that nasty hot chip. And I have to say I am very impressed with the cooling of the Antec 1080 AMG case. So all things being equal I shouldn't burst into flames just yet
