GA 7N400 Pro No Video-No Beeps

[Jerry]

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Help!

My Gigabyte Ga7N400 Pro was started up about 9-03. It died abt 11-04. I
have a GVR92128VH AGP, An AMD XP2400, with one SATA 160Gb drive, and one
ATA24Gig, 512 meg of DDR PC3200.

Everything was going fine until, no video. Multiple restarts, power down,
disconnect, etc, no help. Pulled the AGP and reseated, no help. The power
comes on front panel lights look ok, memory LED on the mainboard is on, no
beeps. It looks like it tries to access a drive at power up but the no
more. Was not running the board overclocked. FSB was 133, I think. no
other adapter cards in the MOBO. No evidence of overheating.

Ideas please?
jmokie

 

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Jerry wrote:
> Help!
>
> My Gigabyte Ga7N400 Pro was started up about 9-03. It died abt 11-04. I
> have a GVR92128VH AGP, An AMD XP2400, with one SATA 160Gb drive, and one
> ATA24Gig, 512 meg of DDR PC3200.
>
> Everything was going fine until, no video. Multiple restarts, power down,
> disconnect, etc, no help. Pulled the AGP and reseated, no help. The power
> comes on front panel lights look ok, memory LED on the mainboard is on, no
> beeps. It looks like it tries to access a drive at power up but the no
> more. Was not running the board overclocked. FSB was 133, I think. no
> other adapter cards in the MOBO. No evidence of overheating.

Did you change any settings whatsoever? This exact problem happened
to me when I moved one of my memory timings up one notch.

Here's how I got the video back...

Power down the computer
Remove the CMOS battery.
Power ON the computer, then use the MAIN PSU switch (not the case
switch) to power it off.
Unplug the power cable from the PSU.
Wait 30 seconds.
Replace the CMOS battery.
Replace the PSU plug.
Hold down the INSERT key, continue to hold while powering up the PC.
Video should return. (You can then let go of the insert key!)

And I learned through experience that its essential to power up/cut
power without the CMOS battery in. You can't cheat and simply remove
and replace the CMOS battery without the power cycle in between.

At least I couldn't.

Please let me know if that works.

Ryan

 

[Jerry]

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Ryan
Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, after trying it exactly like you said,
there was no change in symptoms.
jmokie
"Ryan J. Paque" <rpaque@delete.this.part.wi.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> Jerry wrote:
> > Help!
> >
> > My Gigabyte Ga7N400 Pro was started up about 9-03. It died abt 11-04.
I
> > have a GVR92128VH AGP, An AMD XP2400, with one SATA 160Gb drive, and one
> > ATA24Gig, 512 meg of DDR PC3200.
> >
> > Everything was going fine until, no video. Multiple restarts, power
down,
> > disconnect, etc, no help. Pulled the AGP and reseated, no help. The
power
> > comes on front panel lights look ok, memory LED on the mainboard is on,
no
> > beeps. It looks like it tries to access a drive at power up but the no
> > more. Was not running the board overclocked. FSB was 133, I think.
no
> > other adapter cards in the MOBO. No evidence of overheating.
>
> Did you change any settings whatsoever? This exact problem happened
> to me when I moved one of my memory timings up one notch.
>
> Here's how I got the video back...
>
> Power down the computer
> Remove the CMOS battery.
> Power ON the computer, then use the MAIN PSU switch (not the case
> switch) to power it off.
> Unplug the power cable from the PSU.
> Wait 30 seconds.
> Replace the CMOS battery.
> Replace the PSU plug.
> Hold down the INSERT key, continue to hold while powering up the PC.
> Video should return. (You can then let go of the insert key!)
>
> And I learned through experience that its essential to power up/cut
> power without the CMOS battery in. You can't cheat and simply remove
> and replace the CMOS battery without the power cycle in between.
>
> At least I couldn't.
>
> Please let me know if that works.
>
> Ryan

 

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"Jerry" <jerry.mead@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Ryan
> Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, after trying it exactly like you said,
> there was no change in symptoms.
> jmokie
> "Ryan J. Paque" <rpaque@delete.this.part.wi.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:WXMnd.132$%76.110@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>>
>>
>> Jerry wrote:
>> > Help!
>> >
>> > My Gigabyte Ga7N400 Pro was started up about 9-03. It died abt 11-04.
> I
>> > have a GVR92128VH AGP, An AMD XP2400, with one SATA 160Gb drive, and
>> > one
>> > ATA24Gig, 512 meg of DDR PC3200.
>> >
>> > Everything was going fine until, no video. Multiple restarts, power
> down,
>> > disconnect, etc, no help. Pulled the AGP and reseated, no help. The
> power
>> > comes on front panel lights look ok, memory LED on the mainboard is on,
> no
>> > beeps. It looks like it tries to access a drive at power up but the no
>> > more. Was not running the board overclocked. FSB was 133, I think.
> no
>> > other adapter cards in the MOBO. No evidence of overheating.
>>
>> Did you change any settings whatsoever? This exact problem happened
>> to me when I moved one of my memory timings up one notch.
>>
>> Here's how I got the video back...
>>
>> Power down the computer
>> Remove the CMOS battery.
>> Power ON the computer, then use the MAIN PSU switch (not the case
>> switch) to power it off.
>> Unplug the power cable from the PSU.
>> Wait 30 seconds.
>> Replace the CMOS battery.
>> Replace the PSU plug.
>> Hold down the INSERT key, continue to hold while powering up the PC.
>> Video should return. (You can then let go of the insert key!)
>>
>> And I learned through experience that its essential to power up/cut
>> power without the CMOS battery in. You can't cheat and simply remove
>> and replace the CMOS battery without the power cycle in between.
>>
>> At least I couldn't.
>>
>> Please let me know if that works.
>>
>> Ryan
>
>
Check the power supply voltages.
JPS

 

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Jerry wrote:

> Ryan
> Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, after trying it exactly like you said,
> there was no change in symptoms.

Sorry. Perhaps the -PRO is slightly different than te -L.

Do you have more than one stick of RAM? If so, take one out, try
booting. If that doesn't work, replace it with the other stick, and try
again. If you have one stick, more it around in different slots (not
slot 4 though)

Are you able to test the video card in another PC?

JPS's idea to check the PSU is also good.

Is this a new system, or one that's been working for a while, and
suddenly died?

Ryan

 

[Jerry]

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Well, it is two weeks later and the status is still bad: I checked all the
voltages, put in a PCI video card instead of the AGP one, no help. This is
a year old system that has work fine until last month.
Sent the processor to AMD
Received a new one yesterday
Installed and all went well until I started closing up the case. I lost
video, then got it back. Then lost video and no beeps. Wiggling the AGP
video card around I finally got the Video back and booted up fine. Left it
over night, wouldn't start up at all this morning.

Has anyone had trouble with the Gigabyte Radeon 92128VH cards seating
problems or the 7N400 pro connectors? The card didn't fit the case well on
initial installation. Tightening the case screw put a strain on the board,
sort of lifting the mother board.
Can the AGP kill the processor? Could it be shorting in the connector
because of bad fit? Would that kill the processor?

Any help would be appreciated. I'm at the point of trashing this MOBO and
Video for a different manufacturer.
"Ryan J. Paque" <rpaque@delete.this.part.wi.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> Jerry wrote:
>
> > Ryan
> > Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, after trying it exactly like you
said,
> > there was no change in symptoms.
>
> Sorry. Perhaps the -PRO is slightly different than te -L.
>
> Do you have more than one stick of RAM? If so, take one out, try
> booting. If that doesn't work, replace it with the other stick, and try
> again. If you have one stick, more it around in different slots (not
> slot 4 though)
>
> Are you able to test the video card in another PC?
>
> JPS's idea to check the PSU is also good.
>
> Is this a new system, or one that's been working for a while, and
> suddenly died?
>
> Ryan