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- Oct 1, 2002
I bought a used kd7-raid, but it booted up just fine when I installedit, and ran for days with no problems.
System as of now: kd7-raid, athlon xp 1700, 256mb pc2100 generic ddr, 300W psu, diamond stealth 64 pci card (while I wait on new one in shipping now).
I bought a case with frontal usb and audio. I flipped the breaker, and moved the video card to PCI2 to access the onboard audio jumpers which are blocked by PCI1 cards. I attached (correctly according to manual and cable markings) the two front USB connectors, only I connected one to each set of pins - USB2 and USB3. THe included rear bay usb extension bracket connects both to one set. I connected in exactly the same configuration. I also connected the mic+ground to the first two audio pins. I should have booted to check usb first I know, wasn't thinking.
I booted, no beeps, no POST. I removed all changes, same effect. I moved card back to PCI1, no change. I removed all but boot drive, no change. I removed boot drive and all connectors other than power switch, no change. I reseated ram and video card, no change.
Then went through the whole CMOS clearing dance. Tried clearing for a few minutes, no battery no power to mb, no change. Tried a couple of hours clearing, no change.
I have no other ATX board right now to test the psu on, or another atx psu to test the board on. I guess I will have to order another exactly same mb to retain my raid data? I think regardless I will stop using raid for performance and get one of those 8mb buffer ata 133 hds. I can lose the data on it I guess, but it will suck.
Am I basically out $80?
Does anyone know if I buy another kd7-raid with the same highpoint controller/version if I should be able to swap in my raid drives (I marked the IDE port used on the cables) and basically be transparent to the drives themselves, just like reconnecting back onto my existing board after booting with them off for a while, which works fine?
Thanks for looking.
System as of now: kd7-raid, athlon xp 1700, 256mb pc2100 generic ddr, 300W psu, diamond stealth 64 pci card (while I wait on new one in shipping now).
I bought a case with frontal usb and audio. I flipped the breaker, and moved the video card to PCI2 to access the onboard audio jumpers which are blocked by PCI1 cards. I attached (correctly according to manual and cable markings) the two front USB connectors, only I connected one to each set of pins - USB2 and USB3. THe included rear bay usb extension bracket connects both to one set. I connected in exactly the same configuration. I also connected the mic+ground to the first two audio pins. I should have booted to check usb first I know, wasn't thinking.
I booted, no beeps, no POST. I removed all changes, same effect. I moved card back to PCI1, no change. I removed all but boot drive, no change. I removed boot drive and all connectors other than power switch, no change. I reseated ram and video card, no change.
Then went through the whole CMOS clearing dance. Tried clearing for a few minutes, no battery no power to mb, no change. Tried a couple of hours clearing, no change.
I have no other ATX board right now to test the psu on, or another atx psu to test the board on. I guess I will have to order another exactly same mb to retain my raid data? I think regardless I will stop using raid for performance and get one of those 8mb buffer ata 133 hds. I can lose the data on it I guess, but it will suck.
Am I basically out $80?
Does anyone know if I buy another kd7-raid with the same highpoint controller/version if I should be able to swap in my raid drives (I marked the IDE port used on the cables) and basically be transparent to the drives themselves, just like reconnecting back onto my existing board after booting with them off for a while, which works fine?
Thanks for looking.
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