Bad motherboard?????

Help please! Do I have ANOTHER bad board?!?!

I have an Abit board but can't save any of the settings besides loading the optimized defaults!

What is happening??

Abit KR7A-133
Athalon 1800+
512 DDR RAM
3.5 Drive
Hercules GeForce2 Pro Video card.

If I set say the time and reboot the computer just HANNGS!

If I load w/optimized values it boots up.

I've reset the CMOS using the jumper and removing the battery a few times ... any ideas .. HEEELP!

Thanks.

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Originally posted by sparker11
Help please! Do I have ANOTHER bad board?!?!

I have an Abit board but can't save any of the settings besides loading the optimized defaults!

What is happening??

Abit KR7A-133
Athalon 1800+
512 DDR RAM
3.5 Drive
Hercules GeForce2 Pro Video card.

If I set say the time and reboot the computer just HANNGS!

If I load w/optimized values it boots up.

I've reset the CMOS using the jumper and removing the battery a few times ... any ideas .. HEEELP!

Thanks.

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Hmmm...have you tried replacing these components with others, to see if there's some odd kind of conflict?

At any rate, I'd definitely try flashing the BIOS to the latest version. If that doesn't work, you might have a goofy CMOS chip...

Should I still try flashing it even though it's the latest version???

Grrr ... what a pain ...

Dam! This is my second motherboard .. the first was COMPLETELY dead .. this one won't let me change any of the settings.

I tried the latest BIOS .. but I have the same problem.

Anyone else??!?! This is crazy!

DON'T GET THIS MBOARD AND A EVERCASE E4252 CASE! WOW ... THANK'S TO EVERCASE FOR RESPONDING TO MY EMAIL ... ABIT .. NO COMMENT!

"
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDERING OF THE EVERCASE'S PRODUCTS.

THE CASE ECE4252 IS DESIGNED BY THE ATX FORM FACTOR STANDARD, BUT WE FOUND
THAT SOME M/BS, I.E. ABIT'S KR7A-133 M/B, DOES NOT ABIDE BY THE
STANDARD(ABIT'S OTHER M/BS FOLLOWED THE ATX STANDARD EXCEPT AFEW OF THEM, I
WONDER WHY?, SO THE STAND OFF POSITION ON THE THIRD LOW ARE MISMATCH. TO
AVOIDE THE SHORTING PROBLEM, YOU CAN SIMPLE USE A PLASTIC TAPE TO COVER THE
M/B TRY BOSS TO INSULATE.

SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME.

BEST REGARDS,

MARK LIN
EVERCASE USA INC.
TEL:(408)894-9003 EXT 110
FAX:(408)894-9007
EMAIL:[email protected]
WWW.EVERCASE.COM
"

Dude that sux, but it explains why so many people are having shorting probs with the Abit KR7A mobo. :(