[RESOLVED] K7M that wont power up ok

[BrianB]

I work at a large shop. We have a situation wit h several K7M motherboards. They WILL not turn on unless you press the reset button. The power button will not work. We have swapped out every component.. what is going on?

[Wuter]

if its happening on more than one i would think the boards are fine.
have you checked to see if the reset and power-on connectors are attached to the motherboard correctly?
also some bios have options for the power on button, you may need to hold it in for 3 seconds to turn it on and off.

[replier]

Make sure your power supplies in these cases are 2.01 compliant with a bare minimum 250 watts, 300 watts recommended for any athalon.
certain power supplies won't power up the athalons properly or shutdown properly. But I think Wuter's response makes the most sense.

[kegs]

i had a problem with my 650 booting up. make sure that you have the current bios, the best one out now is 1209 or something like that. this might fix your problem.

[Wurny]

This happens at my shop 2, with certain power supplies there is not enuff juice to start up until u hit reset, try another power box to see if it still does, if it does, put 300 watt power supplies into the cases...then try it...



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[Neil]

Athlon Motherboards will only work with certain 300/330 watt power supplies. You will have to try by trial and error + only certain memmory modules work with the Athlon + Bios problems esp in Gigabyte boards.
Reports about the New 133mhz capable chips say "All problems ironed out and total stability with the Athlon at all norm/overclock speeds. OK?

[Neil]

PS
I forgot to mention that many, many HARD DRIVES wont work properly with the Athlon due to timing problems!
Without mentioning names the easiest thing to say is:
I only recommend the latest IBM HARD DRIVES!!!!!!

[techguy59999]

you problem might be the memory

[kmd]

I had exactly the same problem with the Asus K7M. It´s defenetly the powersupply that´s causing the problem.
My advise is the same as what I did:
Don´t waste your time on an Asus K7.
Bring them all back, and exchange them for MSI k7-pro´s (6195). They work with all power supplies, and work fine in every configuration.

[Bob Arthur]

I believe Wuter has the answer. In my recent problems with the K7M and the AMD750 I switched memory, bios, video, and the problem was the CPU. I don't mean that is your problem but a little too much emphasis is placed on problems that will yield a definite symptom. THe AMD may be sensitive but the K7M is solid as a rock. However the connections for the ATX power supply and the options included lend themselves to misconnection. A careful look at these connections is needed. Don't be mislead by experience with the Baby AT 'cause they need careful scrutiny to be sure they are correct. Good luck.
BobA

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Bob Arthur