ASUS K8V BIOS problem

[Pete Bradbury]

Mike Cooper wrote:

> This isn't Linux specific at all, but ASUS Tech Support is 
> non-existant so I'm hoping someone might have seen this before...
>
> I have an ASUS K8V with Athlon64 3000 CPU and a 512MB DIMM (one that's 
> listed in the K8V manual as being approved).
>
> The problem is the BIOS never attempts to boot from any device (DVD, 
> IDE disk, or floppy).  I never seen any activity light on any boot 
> device.
>
> It also almost never goes into BIOS setup mode when I hit <DEL>.  
> After the BIOS startup screen showing config info, it goes to the RAID 
> initialization screen, then the screen clears and I get absolutely 
> nothing.  The monitor is getting a video signal still, but the screen 
> is blank.  Sometimes I can hit <DEL> at this point and I'll get 
> "Entering Setup ...", but nothing happens.
>
> If I hit <DEL> during the initial BIOS "booting" screen I can see it 
> say "Entering Setup ..." mixed in with the normal BIOS boot messages, 
> but it still just goes to the "on, but blank screen" mode.
>
> Twice I was able to hit <F8> to get the BIOS boot menu.
>
> Once I was actually able to get into BIOS SETUP.  That was the first 
> time I powered on after building the system.
>
> I've replaced the K8V and the replacement has the same problem.
>
> Anybody seen anything like this?
>
>     mike
>
>
I've had similar, odd problems with my Asus card.

Try unplugging the power connector for a few seconds - 10-20 then insert 
and retry.

The MB seems to hold a charge when it gets stuck like this and this 
crude but effective method
does seem to flush out the gremlins.