1Bit NF7 Motherboard w/AMD won't boot

Harold Wilcox · 11-21-2008, 01:26 PM

1. All o.k. for looong time. Using adaptec ATA RAID 1200A to mirror (RAID 1) two 120GB WD drives & Win XP Pro.

2. Change: Tried connecting additional drives from another old machine as slaves as well as a 5-1/4" drive.

3. Machine appears to go through boot process as far as the usual first beep (drives fire up etc.), which sounds slightly different (I think) from the usual boot beep, and then stops. There is also a high-pitched, low-volume, whistle. When I turn the power off and unplug the PC, the whistle remains for a few seconds as does a red light on the motherboard.

4. Undid Change: Removed all new junk & put everything back as it was before when all was well. Still get reaction described above in 3.

Help!

Tumbleweed36 · 11-21-2008, 05:37 PM

What kind (IDE or Sata) of old drives did you try to install? What I am thinking is that if you have Sata as you said you did, and then you hooked up IDE hard drives, that might be an issue. What happens is that the motherboard will default to IDE drives some times. That changes your setup so it is looking to boot from an IDE drive that does not have an OS or viable OS on it.

Just as a suggestion, go in to the bios setup menu and look at the boot options and make sure that the Hard Drive Priority or Boot Priority (something worded like that) has your boot drive listed FIRST.

Harold Wilcox · 12-01-2008, 01:45 PM

Gotcha. But as I said in the original post, I never get even that far. It shuts down before anything ever hits the screen. Is it possible that the power supply got overloaded or some such? -And, ouch, I might need to replace it?

Tumbleweed36 · 12-01-2008, 04:37 PM

It could well be the power supply. Do you know someone who could loan you one to try in there?

11-21-2008, 01:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
Harold Wilcox Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado Posts: 2 OS: Win XP Pro Service Pack 3	1Bit NF7 Motherboard w/AMD won't boot 1. All o.k. for looong time. Using adaptec ATA RAID 1200A to mirror (RAID 1) two 120GB WD drives & Win XP Pro. 2. Change: Tried connecting additional drives from another old machine as slaves as well as a 5-1/4" drive. 3. Machine appears to go through boot process as far as the usual first beep (drives fire up etc.), which sounds slightly different (I think) from the usual boot beep, and then stops. There is also a high-pitched, low-volume, whistle. When I turn the power off and unplug the PC, the whistle remains for a few seconds as does a red light on the motherboard. 4. Undid Change: Removed all new junk & put everything back as it was before when all was well. Still get reaction described above in 3. Help!

11-21-2008, 05:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 18,024 OS: XP Professional	Re: 1Bit NF7 Motherboard w/AMD won't boot What kind (IDE or Sata) of old drives did you try to install? What I am thinking is that if you have Sata as you said you did, and then you hooked up IDE hard drives, that might be an issue. What happens is that the motherboard will default to IDE drives some times. That changes your setup so it is looking to boot from an IDE drive that does not have an OS or viable OS on it. Just as a suggestion, go in to the bios setup menu and look at the boot options and make sure that the Hard Drive Priority or Boot Priority (something worded like that) has your boot drive listed FIRST. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.

12-01-2008, 01:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
Harold Wilcox Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado Posts: 2 OS: Win XP Pro Service Pack 3	Re: 1Bit NF7 Motherboard w/AMD won't boot Gotcha. But as I said in the original post, I never get even that far. It shuts down before anything ever hits the screen. Is it possible that the power supply got overloaded or some such? -And, ouch, I might need to replace it?

12-01-2008, 04:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 18,024 OS: XP Professional	Re: 1Bit NF7 Motherboard w/AMD won't boot It could well be the power supply. Do you know someone who could loan you one to try in there? __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.