Pwoblems with my KT7a-R

[Stolid]

Hey everyone, got a problem with my Abit KT7a-RAID, when I boot it (Which was a task in itself) I get an error beep - okay fine. But the problem is that I can't tell if it's 4 beeps with a very (VERY) short pause between them, meaning that the fan I put on Header1 isn't fast enough, or if it's one very long beep meaning a bad CPU. I don't have a spare CPU or a second fan >.< - any ideas?

Stolid

 

[AMDGuy]

Stolid (Jun 28, 2001 12:07 p.m.):
Hey everyone, got a problem with my Abit KT7a-RAID, when I boot it (Which was a task in itself) I get an error beep - okay fine. But the problem is that I can't tell if it's 4 beeps with a very (VERY) short pause between them, meaning that the fan I put on Header1 isn't fast enough, or if it's one very long beep meaning a bad CPU. I don't have a spare CPU or a second fan >.< - any ideas?

Stolid

Make sure you have the fan plugged into header 1. Remember this board was made overseas so it's actually the far right header, not the far left one like we would assume.

 

[Stolid]

I've got fans in both Fan1 and Fan2, keep in mind that I'm from the east too ^_^ - anyway, I'm suspicious that I'm plugging 92 mm Case fans instead of tiny heat sink fans might be the problem (it just measures revs, not cfm)

Stolid

 

[AMDGuy]

Stolid (Jun 28, 2001 12:39 p.m.):
I've got fans in both Fan1 and Fan2, keep in mind that I'm from the east too ^_^ - anyway, I'm suspicious that I'm plugging 92 mm Case fans instead of tiny heat sink fans might be the problem (it just measures revs, not cfm)

Stolid

I've got the same board and have a Sunon 92mm plugged into the fan 1 header. The Sunon spins at ~4160 RPMs and I have no problems.

 

[Stolid]

Well, I went and bought a heatsink fan and I'm gonna try that - but first I'd like to get my pump working. If you'll check my post in the cooling section about the Rio 600 pump without an AC plug (and it's an AC pump - I must ask - 'eh?')

Stolid

 

[Ridenow]

You guys are right that it detects RPMs. When I was setting mine up I had a little Adda 80mm in header one and got the beeps. One of those "Doh! Why is header 1 the far one?" things. I suspect there is a limit and AMDGuy's Sunons are fast enough to work. I do not remember the numbers, but the 80mm was real slow, like 2000 RPM and the Global Win fan was over 3000 RPM. I switched the fans and it fired right up.

 

[Fiz]

I think the minimum rpms the KT7A bios will allow is 200. Take a look at viahardware.com, the have an FAQ there for the kt7, kt7a family of boards.

Fiz

 

[asmodean]

I don't mean to be a moron... Does the fan have all three wires?

The manual for the mobo says the limit is 200RPM, but I had a fan that spins ~1500RPM and it didn't show in the BIOS. I don't know if that means anything as the fan was thermocontrolled.

My mobo doesn't do anything without a CPU, so that is ruled out as a reason. (I tested this few days ago, sadly...)

 

[Stolid]

This problem is on the back burner until Shadow helps me get the pump running. At that point, I have a retail hs/f that I bought just for the purpose of overloading this check. He'd better not wake up and suddenly have to go to Alaska or something, but I wouldn't be surprised. ^_^

Stolid