ASUS K8V BIOS problem

[Mike Cooper]

Just a followup....  The problem turned out to be the Kingston memory 
DIMM.  I replaced it and the BIOS problems disappeared.

Hopefully nobody else will ever see this problem.

	mike

Mike Cooper wrote:
> Thanks!
> 
> This seems to temporarily fix the problem.  Whenever I make any BIOS 
> setting change, it goes into this "blank screen no output mode".  If I 
> pull the power cord out for ~1 minute and plug it back in, it acts 
> normal (I can get into BIOS setup or boot from any device).  However, 
> once I change any BIOS setting, it goes back into the same mode.
> 
> Curiously, it consistantly says "Checking NVRAM... Update failed!" 
> during normal BIOS initialization whenever it goes into "blank screen no 
> output mode".  When it boots OK it say "Checking NVRAM...".
> 
> I'm going to try replacing the power supply (the case came with a 350W 
> Allied power supply) with something better and see if that fixes the 
> problem.
> 
>     mike
> 
> Pete Bradbury wrote:
> 
>> 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.
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