Need help with my EpoX 8K7a+ system

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Nocturnal

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• Jul 23, 2001

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I just recently bought an EPOX 8k7a+ mobo
and after installing everything. When i restarted
my pc...It would go to some kind of sleep mode
and the monitor would stay blank but i can
still hear my pc on. I don't know wat to do about
this ... cause everytime i would resart the pc it
would just do the same until i press on the
reset button just to get it to boot up again.
Please help with this...thanks for your time.

 

wild_andy_c

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• Jul 23, 2001

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What power supply do you have. You need to make sure that if it is 300W that it is branded and not re-badged cheap tat. That can be a cause of these boards not booting - they are so power hungry. Remember that unlike a lot of the cheap built but expensive costing ASUS boards, the EPoX use a full 6 Mosfet system in order to deliver a smooth 3 phase power junction even at the extreme low voltages of Athlon 4. This increases stability, but only if you have an official AMD approved PSU.

 

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• Jul 23, 2001

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I have the ENERMAX 350watts w/Fan Control.
I'm not sure if its the PSU that's giving probs...
I'm still clueless.

 

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• Jul 24, 2001

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The problem is the Enermax 350watt power supply. You are using a G-force video card an these power supplies have a low 5v range that isn't adequate to boot the video card. I just went thru 2 of these Enermax 350 watt power supplies that would not boot my G-force2. The computer will start but not the video. You should be hearing the compter make beeps when it is not booting, telling you the video is not booting.

 

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Nocturnal

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• Jul 24, 2001

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SO wat powersupply should i use???

 

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• Jul 24, 2001

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So what power supply did you end up going with? Inquiring minds want to know! Im building an 8K7A+ box with a Geforce 3 and I planned on using the 400 watt ANTEC 403 power supply.. Any thoughts?

 

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• Jul 24, 2001

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ive got more or less same set-up board/procssor and vid card i had to upgrade from enermax 3 to 431 m8 ,now it runs steady as a rock (i hadbsame probs).............

 

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• Jul 24, 2001

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I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND I KNOW HOW TO FIX IT!

You have a netgear 10/100 card dont you ? Those nics have a power problem that wont work with the 761 chipset. i took mine out and put in another and it reboots. Do your usb ports work by any chance??