I'm fixing a computer for my friend, it has Athlon XP 2400 256 mb ddr ram ECS L7vmm2 motherboard 40 gb hard drive(don't get far enough to use anyway) He gave it to me and all it did was turn on. (Cpu fan, light on case) I reseated everything first with no luck, after messing with it (wiggleing things) it fired up. I open the bios and because I reseated the chip I went to hardware moniter to make sure the temp stayed good. It slowly climbed until it hit 39 degrees, then it stopped. When I tried to leave the bios it was frozen.I checked for a bios upgrade for this problem and could not find anything. My question is has anyone seen this before and is it fixable. I would like to save the motherboard if posible. Thanks Rik
Here is the manual. ECS Web Site Id try clearing the CMOS memory first. Or updating the BIOS revision ECS Web Site
I cleared the cmos and I watched the bios for a minute, then went to windows. It made futher than before ,but then it froze. I will try the bios update. Thanks Rik
does it you you a POST beep (at bootup, just before win starts to load) ? if it does then the problem is with windows DO NOT FLASH UPDATE THE BIOS UNLESS ABSOLUTLY NECCISARY, as you can easly kill your mobo perminently
So is BIOS working properly now? Make sure everything is setup in BIOS correctly. An accidental overclock on an old motherboard can cause BIOS to freeze. I would also pull out any leads which arent required to boot. ie usb, parralell etc. I spent all night tonight fixing a mates computer which wouldnt load windows only to find it was because the modem caused problems when it was plugged into one particular usb port. Any other was fine. Also try using only 1 ram stick if you have more than one installed. Maybe one stick isnt rated at the speed your running it at. If your getting to the point where windows is loading you probably have a system which will work OK.
