Post code 26! I'm in bios hell!

Markyoshi · Mar 6, 2002

Since i received the 38 bios chip my 1.6a has been running fine at 2.2(138fsb) I let the serious sam demo run for a few hours this morning, everything seemed fine. Last time I tried to restart windows hung up at the windows is now shutting down screen. Now when I try to boot I get post code 26. This code is not in the manual - perhaps because it is a new BIOS - post codes are different?

I hope this is a simple fix... but I'm at a loss.

Markyoshi · Mar 6, 2002

hmmm...

unplugged the bastid and checked all my connections; nothing out of place. Then I shut it off and on a couple of times in a row and the third time it went through . Very wierd...

anyway - I'd still appreciate any info on what this might've been!

Cooler666 · Mar 6, 2002

I got that code 26 once, i took out my RAM put them back in and it worked

batboy · Mar 6, 2002

Several times I've gotten hung up on incomplete boots with my TH7-II after extreme overclocking attempts too. I don't know what code it was, but I've been able to recover from most of them by unplugging the power cord for about a minute and retrying. The two or three times when this didn't work, I reset the BIOS by moving the cmos jumper, and then was back in business again. Don't forget to redo your BIOS settings, because everything will revert back to default.

Markyoshi · Mar 6, 2002

Thanks guys!
yeah I got it booted back up but I don't know it I hope this isn't a rsult of "extreme overclocking". My temps are really stable, I have my ram set to auto and my agp to fixed 66Mhz. Could it be the PCI bus overclock - that isn't controllable in softmenu - is it relevant?
thanks again.

batboy · Mar 6, 2002

When the AGP is fixed, the PCI is supposed to be fixed too. Look up at the FSB setting where it says "external clock (CPU/PCI)" it'll say something like 138 MHz/33.33 MHz (the second number is the PCI bus speed).

Markyoshi · Mar 6, 2002

cool, thanks batboy

jdmcnudgent · Mar 7, 2002

Markyoshi said:
Since i received the 38 bios chip my 1.6a has been running fine at 2.2(138fsb) I let the serious sam demo run for a few hours this morning, everything seemed fine. Last time I tried to restart windows hung up at the windows is now shutting down screen. Now when I try to boot I get post code 26. This code is not in the manual - perhaps because it is a new BIOS - post codes are different?

I hope this is a simple fix... but I'm at a loss.

what kind of mobo do you have? i was getting that all the time on my bd7, as a result of the kingston value ram, i sent it back to newegg for a refund and have 2-256 sticks of kingmax pc2700 on order. when i get my new processor and ram installed, i will let you know. i think when my system would hang at 26, it was the ram. post later this week on this.

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