• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

Coldbooting issues (again!) with d975XBX2

D

Drithius

n00b
Joined
Jan 15, 2007
Messages
17
Im getting really sick of this motherboard - it's given me issues from its first day 6 months past.

Usually, I'm able to get past these issues one way or another, but this morning I've removed the CMOS battery, moved the BIOS jumper, and hit the reboot button a number of times, all to no effect.

The only thing of note is that, when the BIOS jumper is in the troubleshooting position, the board gives me a message for no memory (3 beeps) that it doesnt sound with the jumper in the normal position. It did this the last time I got a coldbooting problem as well but I was able to get the system up and running regardless.

Anyone have some experience with coldbooting issues on this board? Do you guys think it could be a memory problem? (it wasn't last time, even with the beeps) Im tired of this board - never again stepping away from ASUS.

For reference, this is my memory Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000).
 
Well, tested out the DIMM modules, one at a time.

As before, the alarm for 'no memory' goes off while the BIOS jumper is in troubleshooting mode. With the jumper in the normal position, there is simply no post (and no alarm), as before.
 
do you have the vdimm in the bios set to whatever the required setting is for these dimms? If you running the bios default, it may not be setting it correctly. If this is the case, set it correctly then run memtest on each dimm. Can't think of anything else cuz I don't have this mobo.
 
I had previously upped the voltage to 2.2 volts when I had system operational. Unfortunately, at the moment, it won't even post, so unable to get to BIOS. I wish I could...

To top it off, Intel's tech support is closed today for the holiday :(
 
This is just aggravating the hell out of me... so after I finished the previous reply, I went to check the system's black screen of non-posting doom, only to discover that the BIOS was asking for input on a couple changes that had taken place (battery, RAM).

...well, here's hoping it continues to work as I pop in the other RAM module. I truly hate this board.

edit: back to square one; had to disconnect power to board for RAM install, so of course, it isnt working now.
 
I know this sounds crazy, but maybe your BIOS battery is bad?

If after replacing it (like $2.50 at Radioshack, or steal one out of another board if you have one around) you still have problems, maybe RMA the board. If you get it up again, though, definitely run Memtest86.

Also, while I'm thinking about this, buying the absolute least expensive lower voltage stick of DDR-2 you can find really does seem to be a good plan for all you guys running high voltage RAM that doesn't seem to like so much as POSTing without 2.2+ volts... I mean, what would it run you, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220089 $30 shipped for a 512 stick off DDR2-800? And if your board will take it, you could get a 256mb stick of DDR2-533 for $22 shipped. And I'm sure you can do better than Newegg prices on the really, really low end. It's not like you'd be using this save if you had to reset the BIOS.
 
It was the RAM. Went to Best buy and bought a couple DIMMs of their overpriced PNY crap and system boots right up. Now to order better quality from Newegg at half the price.

Can't believe it was the $300 Crucial RAM after all this; afterall, the computer would function fine while not having to cold boot. Perhaps now I'll even be able to take advantage of some of the motherboard's features without having to worry if I'll be unable to post.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top