i ended up throwing my ecs board in the trash. theyre notorious for
having issues with soft reboots (as in 50% of the time they completely
lock up, and you mus unplug the system for about 10 minutes before itll
power on at all).
--- paddy <paddy@ij.net> 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,
>
> Paddy
>
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