Need Advice

[stephenjohnson]

I have an old K7VZA mobo and today after clearing the cmos by using JP1 jumper the computer won't boot and i get 4 long beeps and then it shuts down automatically.
I have tried the following:
- set the jumper used to clear the bios multiple times in [CLEAR CMOS] position and then back to [NORMAL] position;
- removed any PCI cards, HDD, Floppy Disk Drive and left only the cpu, the agp card and one stick of ram;
- the cpu fan is connected properly to CPUFAN1 power connector and is working;
- i have removed the battery on the mobo and kept it out for a few minutes;
- the bios write protect jumper is set to short pins 1 - 2 which means [DISABLED].
Still no luck.
The bios was flashed some years ago when i have installed an amd athlon cpu and anything went ok.
As i said anything worked good today until i have removed the creative sound blaster pci card and cleared the cmos settings so the onboard sound will be enabled again.
I would really apreciate any help. Thank you.


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[Morpheus]

Go here: www.computing.net.

[SATAN_WORSHIP]

Sure it was the clear cmos jumper? If not, you could save you some time, i.e. if it happened to be the ram/cpu voltage jumper... Mohooo. In that case, you are out of luck.
Or put the ram in another slot or get another ram/cpu.
Maybe it was static electricity.

[h4z4rd]

Your mobo manufacturer is ECS and the support website is here: http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Downloads/ProductsDetail_Download.aspx?detailid=71&DetailName=New&DetailDesc=K7VZA%20%20(V1.0)&CategoryID=1&MenuID=82&LanID=0

Unfortunately, the POST beeps codes are always different depending on the BIOS manufacturer, so there isn't a universal answer as to what 4 beeps means.

However, you might find help here: http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/BIOSBeepCodes.asp

Next time I highly recommend going with a name brand mobo, since not only are they a lot more stable, but the more reputable companies will offer better support in terms of drivers and fixes.