Brand new TH7-II post problem

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OK I give up.


I thought I knew about PC hardware but obviously not enough.

Just put together a new system including:

Abit TH7-II
Pentium 1.6A
2 x 256mb Samsung RIMMS
300w Enermax PS and case
Thermaltake Volcano 7+ cooler
Gainward GF4 T4200 128meg

Now.........

When I try to boot up, (without disks attached), the system hangs on post code 01. According to the manual, 01 is "Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000:0".

Not much help ...ehehehehhe

Any of you guys seen this one before and what the hell do I need to do to fix it ????

Thanks in advance.

Sir_Bazz.

 

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have you flash the new bios yet?

 

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That'll be the first thing I do when I can get it to boot up.

Any other ideas before I take it back ??

Sir_Bazz.

 

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do you have other computer around?
if you have then try to dig your bios chip out and put it in other computer to flash a newer bios

thats what i did with my th7-2 which doesnt support the northwood at first.

if you do dig the chip out , be really careful , becoz i broke the bios socket on the other board, luckily its not my board haha

 

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You have to plug in the rimm dummies in the other rambus slots which came with the board if you only plug in two real rimm modules.

Hope this helps.

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Mmmmmm.

RIMM dummies hey ?

Nothing in the box that'll fit into a RIMM slot.

I'll follow it up with the retailer tomorrow morning.

Thanks for the quick replies guys,

Sir_bazz.

 

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It's the problem. You really NEED the so called CRIMMs!!!

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Borrowed From NewEgg

Borrowed this picture from NewEgg showing what should be included in the box with a TH7-II.

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Thanks for the pic.

It looks like I should have got a thermal sensor cable as well as the CIMMS.

I'll definately follow it up.

Cheers,

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game port?

skyhook, newegg forgot the game port connector. The one that goes in the first exp. slot

 

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As I Remember

As I remember they had another picture there of some accessories, but I quick grabbed that one mostly cause it showed the CRIMMs as part of the included package. As of yet I don't have experience with this particular board(this may change at any moment), so thanks for helping clarify what all should be packaged with this board.

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Thanks for your help guys.

Got it up and running on the weekend, running solid as a rock.

1.6a at 2133.

Tried for 2.4 but win98se just too unstable. It may be the DRCG's (ICS), but I'll try a few more things and see how it goes.

Cheers,
Sir_Bazz.