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MewsicLovr · 08-08-2003, 09:33 PM

I have this exact same problem, exact board and cpu. Here's my full specs:

ECS L4VXA2
3.06GHZ w/533 FSB
2 x 512 MB PC2700 RAM
Maxtor 160 GB 7200 RPM 8mb cache
Samsung 16x DVD ROM
Inno3D GEForce4 Ti4200 128mb RAM

This is the bare minimum I have running with it now; I had more but it still has the problem even with the minimum required to run the machine.

First discovered it when installing a fresh copy of windows, it reboots about 15 seconds after reaching the first breakpoint in the install when it asks for your initial username, and then wants the cd key. Every time, haven't been able to get around it. Also tried booting up a hard drive with windows already installed - it stll reboots right when you would otherwise see the windows loading screen with the scrolling bar.

OK, so here's what I've done:

1. I had a whole bunch of devices hooked up internally, so I dropped it down to just the bare cd drive and single hard drive, maybe it was the power, right? Wrong. Also no possibility of a device conflict.

2. Suspected bad video card, I'd tested it in another system and it had worked but maybe was incompatible. I switched it with another good video card I had. Same problem.

3. Suspected RAM. Didn't really have a way to test this as my old system doesn't take pc2700 memory. Best I could do was to underclock it, maybe it was too fast for the board. Nope, still creates an error. Tried playing with the latency (bumped it to 3 clock ticks) - nope. I had two sticks of RAM already in there, so I tried each individual one in each slot. Nothing.

4. Finally was able to get a hold of some better quality RAM (I originally had generic - yeah yeah, I know). Still didn't fix it.

5. Tried to run memtest on it but it looks like the floppy doesn't work either so I don't think it worked...it just looped over and over the same addresses, didn't even get the program started. Same thing with my old computer which I KNOW is good.

I have yet to flash the BIOS because of the abovementioned floppy problem. I believe, without looking, that i have bios v 1.0e. This is not listed on ECS's website, is this an unstable version? Would I benefit by flashing?

I'm at a point now where it's either the board or the processor itself, with no way at the moment to test either one. Does anyone have any insight?

08-08-2003, 09:33 PM	#10 (permalink)
MewsicLovr Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 6	I have this exact same problem, exact board and cpu. Here's my full specs: ECS L4VXA2 3.06GHZ w/533 FSB 2 x 512 MB PC2700 RAM Maxtor 160 GB 7200 RPM 8mb cache Samsung 16x DVD ROM Inno3D GEForce4 Ti4200 128mb RAM This is the bare minimum I have running with it now; I had more but it still has the problem even with the minimum required to run the machine. First discovered it when installing a fresh copy of windows, it reboots about 15 seconds after reaching the first breakpoint in the install when it asks for your initial username, and then wants the cd key. Every time, haven't been able to get around it. Also tried booting up a hard drive with windows already installed - it stll reboots right when you would otherwise see the windows loading screen with the scrolling bar. OK, so here's what I've done: 1. I had a whole bunch of devices hooked up internally, so I dropped it down to just the bare cd drive and single hard drive, maybe it was the power, right? Wrong. Also no possibility of a device conflict. 2. Suspected bad video card, I'd tested it in another system and it had worked but maybe was incompatible. I switched it with another good video card I had. Same problem. 3. Suspected RAM. Didn't really have a way to test this as my old system doesn't take pc2700 memory. Best I could do was to underclock it, maybe it was too fast for the board. Nope, still creates an error. Tried playing with the latency (bumped it to 3 clock ticks) - nope. I had two sticks of RAM already in there, so I tried each individual one in each slot. Nothing. 4. Finally was able to get a hold of some better quality RAM (I originally had generic - yeah yeah, I know). Still didn't fix it. 5. Tried to run memtest on it but it looks like the floppy doesn't work either so I don't think it worked...it just looped over and over the same addresses, didn't even get the program started. Same thing with my old computer which I KNOW is good. I have yet to flash the BIOS because of the abovementioned floppy problem. I believe, without looking, that i have bios v 1.0e. This is not listed on ECS's website, is this an unstable version? Would I benefit by flashing? I'm at a point now where it's either the board or the processor itself, with no way at the moment to test either one. Does anyone have any insight?