Abit AN7 problems

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Zappa

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I keep having issues with this motherboard. I had it for 6 months and then it failed to boot, going to error code 90. Sent it in for RMA, got another board, 4 months, error code 90. Sent it in for RMA, 10 minutes, error code 90.

EVERY single AN7 board they have sent me has failed. This last board, I even put it in a new case with a new power supply, different video card than was in the other one, different memory modules and CPU. NOTHING was the same for this one that was used in the one I sent back to them.

Abit's Tech Support answer? What do you want us to do about it? A lot of people are using these boards with no problem so, must be you. I have been building systems for 20 years so I know what I am doing.

I have used the peripherals in other systems with no issues at all. I have used NF7-S boards with no issues at all. The only common denominator in these error 90 code issues is the AN7. Several people on Abit's own forums are reporting the same problem, yet they say it's nothing to do with the AN7.

I have bought Abit boards for MANY years but, if this is not resolved, I will never buy another one. These things are lemons.

Anyone have any ideas?
 
Just out of curiosity, what is the error code 90? I don't have an AN7 manual handy :p .
 
It's the code that says the bios is now taking over control of the booting process.

I did a lot of searching with Google and seems a LOT of people are having this problem. It appears that the AN7 is really bad about loosing it's bios information.

So, appears these boards scramable the bios on bootup sometimes?

I think it may be time to cut my losses on this board and just go with another company. Guess I will replace this customer's board with an Asus or DFI and just stay away from Abit from now on.
 
The only difference between the AN7 and the NF7-S v.2 is the uGuru. I wonder if that's the problem :(.
 
I'm wondering that too.

I know when the NF7-S first came out, it had the same problem. After a few bios revisions, it stopped doing it. I had the NF7-S for awhile with no issues after that. I should have stuck with it instead of getting an AN7.
 
Zappa said:
I'm wondering that too.

I know when the NF7-S first came out, it had the same problem. After a few bios revisions, it stopped doing it. I had the NF7-S for awhile with no issues after that. I should have stuck with it instead of getting an AN7.
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Can you try one of the TicTac bioses? From what I've seen most high end users don't even deal with the Abit ones because they suck so bad, especially with SATA support.
 
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