paddy wrote:
> Kwan Lowe wrote:
>
>> paddy wrote:
>>
>>> I bought (without first searching the net for reviews. Ugh!) three
>>> (3) ECS K7S5A motherboards. I have been trying to set these turkeys
>>> up and get them to run, not having a lot of luck.
>>>
>>> My wife's old PC Chips MB gave up the ghost with a loud pop and
>>> smoke yesterday so I tried, since it was turkey day, to get one of
>>> these ECS monsters running. I'm about half way home. It only takes
>>> 20 minutes to load the OS but it still hangs at the slightest excuse.
>>>
>>> Has anyone else been as foolish as I. If so, (and I'll keep it in
>>> strictest confidence) please tell me what you did to get this turkey
>>> to fly.
>>>
>>> I paid $45 each on Ebay plus shipping so I'd like to get at least
>>> one of them running. It does not have to do much as my wife runs
>>> Windblows.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>
>> I have several of the ECS K7S5A boards and have had very good
>> experiences with them. The onboard Ethernet, sound, USB and
>> everything else works fine with Linux (RH8, RH9, Fedora Core 1 & 2,
>> Sun Java Desktop). Make sure that you have a v3.1 board or later,
>> since the 1.x versions had some problems with sound.
>>
>> First, make sure that you're using the correct CPU settings for your
>> chip. If necessary, downclock the board to the slowest settings. Then
>> start adjusting upwards.
>>
>>
>> If you're using Athlon XPs, make very sure that the fan is properly
>> installed. Almost all my issues were heat related.
>>
>> The bad news is that you paid a little too much for the boards as
>> I've seen them for $35.
>
> snip
>
> Thanks for the tips. Now, what do I have to do to get this board to
> allow a shutdown. If I put in the command shutdown now, or halt -p in
> Openbsd it just syncs the hds and sits there like a Mickey$oft box
> staring at you and doing nothing. You have to manually pull the plug,
> flip the switch on the ps or whatever. Holding the power button does
> nothing more than get you a sore finger.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paddy
>
I have had this issue before, no with an ecs board as I dont care for
them but an MSI board where the ram was flawed or sometimes just
Motherboard / ram combo just arent compatible. I would get the
Ultimate Boot CD and then run memtest to see if there is any problems.
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