GIGABYTE GA-7N400 Pro V2.0

Rob99 · 11-16-2004, 08:08 PM

Hi, I have this motherboard, and cant get it going.

I have tried a AMD 2600 Sempron and a AMD 2000 Athlon
I have tried a Gigabyte R9700 Pro and a N Videa somthingorother 64Mb
I have tried 512Mb AData DDR400 and 256Mb DDR266 in various slots
I have tried 400W power supply and a 420W power supply(brand new)
I have tried 2 HD's with XP Pro and a HD that I tried to format to install XP fresh
I have tried 3 IDE cables, 2 new and 1 that I know is good
I have tried flicking all the switches on the Mobo and adjusting the FSB in the BIOS
Sata and Raid stuff is disabled
I think thats everything apart from resetting the comos, loading failsafe, setting what I think it should be, and a lot more bios bashing.

The problem is after the computer powers up, goes through the post, detects the drives OK, hangs for a bit then carries on until the Windows Start screen appears. Only lasts 1 or 2 seconds on the Windows Starting screen, then reboots.

I set it to not reboot on errors, the resulting blue screen said HD problems scan it. It has been scanned, as above tried another drive with a working XP install, and tried to install fresh on a third known good HD.

**jcline** · 11-16-2004, 08:14 PM

How do you have the jumpers set on both primary and secondary IDE chains?

Great detail by the way...

Rob99 · 11-16-2004, 08:24 PM

You set it up through the bios I've tried the lot 33 40pin, 66/133/? 80pin and auto.

Cheers Rob

**jcline** · 11-16-2004, 08:33 PM

So, you have them as master/slave and CS if there is only one device on the chain?

Rob99 · 11-16-2004, 08:37 PM

Only one HD in IDE1 and tried master, slave and cable select.

I have a DVD RW in IDE2 which is set to master.

Cheers Rob

**jcline** · 11-16-2004, 08:40 PM

Try pulling the jumper out on both devices if they are the only devices in each chain...

Rob99 · 11-16-2004, 09:03 PM

Just tried and still no go

11-16-2004, 08:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
Rob99 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Christchurch, NZ Posts: 5 OS: XP Pro SP1	GIGABYTE GA-7N400 Pro V2.0 Hi, I have this motherboard, and cant get it going. I have tried a AMD 2600 Sempron and a AMD 2000 Athlon I have tried a Gigabyte R9700 Pro and a N Videa somthingorother 64Mb I have tried 512Mb AData DDR400 and 256Mb DDR266 in various slots I have tried 400W power supply and a 420W power supply(brand new) I have tried 2 HD's with XP Pro and a HD that I tried to format to install XP fresh I have tried 3 IDE cables, 2 new and 1 that I know is good I have tried flicking all the switches on the Mobo and adjusting the FSB in the BIOS Sata and Raid stuff is disabled I think thats everything apart from resetting the comos, loading failsafe, setting what I think it should be, and a lot more bios bashing. The problem is after the computer powers up, goes through the post, detects the drives OK, hangs for a bit then carries on until the Windows Start screen appears. Only lasts 1 or 2 seconds on the Windows Starting screen, then reboots. I set it to not reboot on errors, the resulting blue screen said HD problems scan it. It has been scanned, as above tried another drive with a working XP install, and tried to install fresh on a third known good HD.

11-16-2004, 08:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
jcline Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: MI Posts: 856 OS: Windows XP Pro	How do you have the jumpers set on both primary and secondary IDE chains? Great detail by the way...

11-16-2004, 08:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
Rob99 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Christchurch, NZ Posts: 5 OS: XP Pro SP1	You set it up through the bios I've tried the lot 33 40pin, 66/133/? 80pin and auto. Cheers Rob

11-16-2004, 08:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
jcline Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: MI Posts: 856 OS: Windows XP Pro	So, you have them as master/slave and CS if there is only one device on the chain?

11-16-2004, 08:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
Rob99 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Christchurch, NZ Posts: 5 OS: XP Pro SP1	Only one HD in IDE1 and tried master, slave and cable select. I have a DVD RW in IDE2 which is set to master. Cheers Rob

11-16-2004, 08:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
jcline Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: MI Posts: 856 OS: Windows XP Pro	Try pulling the jumper out on both devices if they are the only devices in each chain...

11-16-2004, 09:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
Rob99 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Christchurch, NZ Posts: 5 OS: XP Pro SP1	Just tried and still no go