Abit BD7-Raid Mainboard POST CODE A7

[Silverman]

SPECS:
P4 sct478 processor with thermaltake volcano
2 x 256MB (184 -PIN DIMM DDR PC2100 UNBUFF.)
2 x IBM 60GXP 40GB Hard Drives (IDE RAIDport)
Asus V8200 Geforce3 AGP graphics card
Aopen H600A P4 ATX Case with 300W PSU
TDK Cyclone 24x 10x 40x (with DVD Rom in primary IDE port)
Sony 16x DVD Rom
Sony floppy drive
Creamware Pulsar II V3 PCI soundcard
Diamond Supra Express 56iPRO PCI modem
logitech ps2 keyboard and mouse
Iiyama 451pro 19" monitor
BOOTS to an A7 post code and goes no further
reset CMOS swapped video
Removed all non essential components and tried to boot with the same result. A7 isn't listed in the manual for Post code errors.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Matridom]

Uhm what brand of bios u running? Are you using a port 80h card to get this code?

For Award port 80h codes look <a href="http://www.phoenix.com/pcuser/awardbios/award_error_codes.html#Post_Codes" target="_blank">here</a>

For Ami Bios look <a href="http://www.ami.com/support/doc/post_codes.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>

[Silverman]

Award Bios and diagnostics are on board. Sorry for the confusion.

[Silverman]

Thanks for the Award link, if I am seeing what I think I am seeing (A) would be Interrupt Vector table error and 7 is the interrupt?

[Matridom]

I'd recommend using a port80 card and get the real code, make sure it the bios giving the error code. If you can't and your store location gives "out of stcok warranty" on recent purchases, i'd do that. You should try a different mobo to rule out the board beeing defunct

[Silverman]

Thanks Matridom got a long continuos beep followed by 2 short beeps, Looks like AGP card or AGP slot is FUBAR.

[Gameguru]

You should check that you didn't install the wrong AGP card. That board only supports AGP 4x(1.5v) not the 2x(3v). If you put the wrong card in there you could kill your MB.

<a href="http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum3/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=10&t=002205" target="_blank">LOOK HERE!</a>

[Silverman]

Thanks for the reply Gameguru, The card checks o.k. in another P4 system so the port is BAD, off to RMA this motherboard and put a new one together for the customer.