No post on IS7-E :(

[m0dm0]

Powered up the below system and it does not post.

Fans spin. Led's come on. But no signal to the monitor.

Any ideas what the problem could be?

Please post if you need any more information

PC Specification:

Abit IS7-E
Intel Celeron 2.6GHZ 400MHZ 128Kb Cache
9700 Pro
Generic 256MB DDR266 PC2100
160GB Hitachi IDE Drive

m0.

[Shogun]

Tried a different gfx card? Also try taking everything off the board and see if it beeps.

[Flash]

Was that the first time you powered it up?

Is there a 533fsb to 400fsb that needs moving for the celeron?


Does that board support 400fsb processors?

Retest taking one peice of hardware out at a time.

[streetster]

is7-e supports 400mhz chips, ive got one in the computer next to me - tis a p4 rather than a celly tho :s

does it support celeron chips? dont have the manual to hand so i cant check, do you have another socket 478 chip to check with?

[Shogun]

Surely it would beep if it had a dodgy cpu. And celerons are 400mhz chips but with alot less cache than a p4 iirc.

[streetster]

Why couldn't the IC7 / IS7 series board boot up? It doesn't support old 400 FSB P4 processors?

Solution
Intel recommends the new power design VRD10 for 875P boards, and ABIT IC7 series follow this design guideline. It supports the CPU core voltage from 0.8375 to 1.6 V; therefore, if an old 400 FSB P4 or Celeron processor with CPU core voltage 1.75V is installed onto a IC7 series board, the board will not provide such high core voltage and the CPU will malfunction. That's the reason why Willamette and old Celeron processors are incompatible with Intel 875P boards. The 400 FSB processors which could be used on IC7 series boards are Northwood P4 (512K L2) and Celeron 2G (128K L2, 1.525/1.530 V) and faster

bugger

[da_ging]

bugger

if you re read that it says 2gig or faster cellys are ok

and you can always check the box or if you do not have the box you get the sspec number of the cpu and check on intels website what voltage that chip uses

have you tried clearing the cmos , checked for any shorts on the board ie too many standoffs ,have you tried with all cables unplugged and power removed from drives?

also what psu is it??

[streetster]

yeh beer doesnt help with my reading abilities just flashed my is7-e to the latest bios rev, booted ok, went intot he bios to clock it back from 1.6 to 2.4, just beeped at me when i tried to reboot it, cleared the cmos and all was well, still bit too much excitement after an evening down the pub

[m0dm0]

RIGHT,

first thank you so much for all your replies

secondly, i think it was a dodgy ram stick as I swapped it and its working now.

Installed xp, then drivers from abit cd for chipset etc, then directx 9.0b from abit cd, then 4.7 cats, then installed il-2 demo and it just reboots my pc when i go to choose my plane .

now ive got mbm running and im getting temps of 40C (case temp is 27C), are these ok temps?

ive also noticed that any sort of load on the cpu causes it to reboot?

any ideas?

m0.

[Shogun]

Those temps are fine. It crashing on load would normally sound like an overheating problem or a voltage problem, in this case i would say its defo a voltage problem. What psu you using?

[m0dm0]

Those temps are fine. It crashing on load would normally sound like an overheating problem or a voltage problem, in this case i would say its defo a voltage problem. What psu you using?

do u want voltage readings from the bios? and which ones?

[m0dm0]

The psu is an Ablecom SP420-RP

m0.

[Shogun]

Hmm never heard of that make. And yes please from the bios. The problem with this problem is that you cant see from the voltage readings. Whenever load is put on the pc the current it draws increases and if the psu cant provide enough it will just restart/crash.

[m0dm0]

ok, im getting the reading from bios in a second.

so what do u recommend? a new psu? and which one, where from?

Thanks

[Shogun]

Yea a new psu. Any good brand one such as antec/thermaltake/Cwt/tagan should be fine

http://www.overclock.co.uk/customer/...=16653&cat=372

This one should run it fine

[m0dm0]

anything u can recommend in terms of psu if i need it from autdirect.co.uk, as its local and i can pick it up tomorrow?

ok voltage readings:

CPU Core Voltage 1.47-8V --- This line is changing between 1.47 and 1.48V
DDR Voltage 2.56V
AGP VDDQ Voltage 1.52V
DDR VTT Voltage 1.26V
ATX +3.3V 3.26V
ATX +5V 5.02V
ATX +12V 11.85V
Battery Voltage (+3V) 3.28V
Standby Voltage (+5V) 4.99V