axemanrio
10-04-2007, 02:33 AM
Alright, here is my story...
» The board worked great the first time I installed it in my Stacker (stock air cooling)
» Got it up and running on water (in the Stacker) but it would not boot - it would get stuck at a 7F error with no display either. I'd hit F1 to continue but the error code would change to 99 and then shut down after a few seconds.
» When I got past the 7F error finally, the system would sporadically shut down - sometimes during POST and sometimes in Windows. I gave up at that point.
» Set up my system outside the case (on water again) but it wouldn't boot into windows, sporadically shutting down. I removed the CMOS battery and left it idle for a couple days - after that, it booted up just fine and worked well for close to a week.
» Since all was good, I decided to move everything inside the Stacker again. I've encountered a different issue now that I have not been able to resolve - the system consistently gets stuck at the 7F error code and I get a display screen which has another error: "CMOS checksum error - defaults loaded" / "hit F1 to continue or DEL to enter setup". Funny thing is it appears stuck - hitting F1 or DEL doesn't help at all.
I've cleared CMOS and removed battery many times - nothing really helped. I also removed the battery for 8 hours and then tried booting but it's stuck at the same screen (cmos checksum error) and error code (7f).
Any clues?
» The board worked great the first time I installed it in my Stacker (stock air cooling)
» Got it up and running on water (in the Stacker) but it would not boot - it would get stuck at a 7F error with no display either. I'd hit F1 to continue but the error code would change to 99 and then shut down after a few seconds.
» When I got past the 7F error finally, the system would sporadically shut down - sometimes during POST and sometimes in Windows. I gave up at that point.
» Set up my system outside the case (on water again) but it wouldn't boot into windows, sporadically shutting down. I removed the CMOS battery and left it idle for a couple days - after that, it booted up just fine and worked well for close to a week.
» Since all was good, I decided to move everything inside the Stacker again. I've encountered a different issue now that I have not been able to resolve - the system consistently gets stuck at the 7F error code and I get a display screen which has another error: "CMOS checksum error - defaults loaded" / "hit F1 to continue or DEL to enter setup". Funny thing is it appears stuck - hitting F1 or DEL doesn't help at all.
I've cleared CMOS and removed battery many times - nothing really helped. I also removed the battery for 8 hours and then tried booting but it's stuck at the same screen (cmos checksum error) and error code (7f).
Any clues?