doug Posted September 12, 2007 Report Share Posted September 12, 2007 My M/B is an Elite K7S5A Ver 3.1a running an AMD Athlon XP processor. I have been having odd problems form time to time but now they are becoming more persistent. I have problems with the date and time and am replacing the battery quite often - replaced it only last week and have had the problem twice since resulting in error messages about AVG being out of date and Windows validation problems. Now it wont read my floppy drive, which was irritating while trying to do a re-install on a friends Win98 PC. Luckily I was able to get round this by using a USB memory stick.I've tried re-seating the ribbon cable and also a spare. In addition a brand new floppy doesn't work. Are there any suggestions?Been doing a search and there only seem to be secondhand M/B's available for the AMD will get one if necessary but would prefer one with some form of warranty. The PC does everything I want and don't really want to go into a massive replacement - I've had enough domestic equipment breaking down and having to be replaced this last month - freezer went last Fri.My present set up is as follows:-2 x 512 DDR memory sticks1 x 4 port USB cardVerto 64 MB AGP graphics cardEthernet card1 x 40 GB HDD for the operating system1 x 300 GB HDD for data1 x CDRW1 x DVDRWAny suggestions please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted September 12, 2007 Report Share Posted September 12, 2007 How about contacting the manufacturer, doug?I had an ancient (ergo unobtainable) Asus board die on me. I contacted Asus UK and, after a few weeks, they sent me a replacement. I think it may have been second hand but at £5 it didn't matter that much. As far as I know, it's still working after several years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted September 12, 2007 Report Share Posted September 12, 2007 doug,Not sure what speed of CPU and RAM you have, or the AGP speed of your Verto, but how about this ?Takes PC2100, PC2700 DDR + AGP 8x (1.5V)http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/product...7x1y0z1p0s0n0m0Full spec of it :-http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpag...-k7s41g&P=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted September 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 I'm not sure of the speed of the Verto either having lost the manual. It's a GeForce FX5200. I note in the guidelines for this board that you should only use a 1.5 V card or you will cause damage! The CPU is and AMD Thunderbird - I think 2.2 GHz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 Hmmmm .... your existing boardhttp://www.ocworkbench.com/hardware/elite/k7s5a/k7s5ap2.htmlseems to be AGP 4x ???but both the PNY Verto FX5200 256MBhttp://reviews.cnet.com/graphics-cards/pny...7-31846270.htmland PNY Verto FX5200 64MBhttp://reviews.cnet.com/graphics-cards/pny...7-31268285.htmlappear to be AGP 8x ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted September 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Yep the M/B is listed as a 4x AGP but can't find the manual for the Verto - got to be around somewhere, had a bit of a clear out recently. Anyway it seems to be working OK but presumably not at it's full capability. However I can't seem to find any references to the voltages. I'll be getting hold of the Asrock K7S41GX on return from holiday. Off this Wednesday for a couple of weeks so will be placing order then provided the voltage question isn't a problem. As a side note had check sum error on boot up this morning. For the last few days I've been booting up by booting into BIOS first checking date/tims and frequency, then re-booting. Bit of a faff on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Their stock is now down to 13 ................ and presumably "When they're gone, they're gone" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Just on the off-chance, doug, there isn't anything shorting out the BIOS rest jumpers/switch is there?Seems odd that you are changing batteries often and getting checksum errors that it may just be the jumper wrongly positioned or there is something (bit of wire) shorting the pins out.As I said, just an off chance but worth looking at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted September 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Not even going to look at it pops. These problems have been getting worse quite steadily over the last 2-3 years. I'm sure something is dying, so have convinced myself and management that I need a replacement M/B. She suprised me in saying "isn't it time you bought a new one!" I'm well suited to my present set up and don't want to go into the depths of Vista and peripheral compatibility just yet. Still any info as to whether my graphics card will work satisfactorily in the proposed M/B would be gratefully received. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Have a look at your AGP card doug - and then compare it with what is shown here.http://www.playtool.com/pages/agpcompat/agp.htmlLook at the first 3 illustrations.Each AGP card has one or two slots in its card edge. If a video card has the 3.3 volt slot, then it can use 3.3 volt signaling. AGP 2.0 added the 1.5 volt slot on cards which could use 1.5 volt signaling. If the card has both slots then it can use both signaling voltages. AGP 3.0 added support for 0.8 volt signaling but it did not add a new kind of slot. If a video card supports either 1.5 volt or 0.8 volt signaling then it has the 1.5 volt slot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Bit more googling :DThe Asrock has 1 slot for AGP 8X/4X 1.5V supports DDR333/266http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=K7S41GXFull user manual here :- ftp://download.asrock.com/manual/K7S41GX.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted September 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Thanks for the info Boris, I'll have to persue things in a couple of weeks as there are a lot of other things before we go off on Wednesday I don't want to start taking the back off the PC before then. However, I have ordered one of those boards with No.2 Daughter's address for while we are away. If it turns out that I can't use my Verto board I'll use the onboard graphics out put. As I've got 1GB of memory it won't be a big issue. Expect I'll be asking lots of questions on returning from hols - boy do we both need a rest from G'child sitting. Must be getting old! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Have a good holiday :D - with your hectic lifestyle you definitely deserve one :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted September 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Don't let andsome see this but sometimes I almost regret retiring. I never seem to have any spare time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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