What doesn't suck?

[Rotorian]

Originally posted by eskimo2

Re: What doesn't suck?

The board itself says; K7AMA
The CD says;
  Mainboard
  ISO 9001
  Version 6.1 S

eskimo

Found this site on it:

http://www.templeoftech.com/articles.cfm?ArticleID=54&PageID=1

Make sure you update your bios.  It seems while the above guy rated the board "high" it seems to be a real elcheapo.  If you do a search on it you will see people having all sorts of porbs with it.

Good luck.

[eskimo2]

Originally posted by Rotorian


Found this site on it:

http://www.templeoftech.com/articles.cfm?ArticleID=54&PageID=1

Make sure you update your bios.  It seems while the above guy rated the board "high" it seems to be a real elcheapo.  If you do a search on it you will see people having all sorts of porbs with it.

Good luck.

I just downloaded the K7AMA drivers.

Windows ME is running.

I get CTDs in AH instantly.
(yes I downloaded DX 8.1)

Ive been thinking the mobo is a POS ever since I got the system.

thanks.

eskimo

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[Wlfgng]

in my experience helping others with fast and/or slow-crappy computers, Win98SE is great for 'low end models' and 2k is the deal for newer machines.  

A lot of poeple with newer machines like XP but the drivers aren't always avaliable for older devices.

[Mister Fork]

Eskie - does the motherboard have an ALI or a VIA chipset?  Make sure you download thr 4-1 drivers if it's VIA, and the new ALI chipset drivers.

I'm running an Athlon 1.4GHz, on a Asus KV266 mobo. I had problems of I/O errors until I installed new ALI drivers.

Email me at mr.fork@shaw.ca if you get a chance.  I used to be a tech support guy for EDS.  I've spoken with a lot of idiots and you are intelligent which is half the battle.

Fork

[Mister Fork]

Oh yeah Eskie. The K7AMA - is that the ECS mobo? If so, it's using the ALi M1645 chipset.  

First thing - update the bios by going here:
http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/bios_m.htm

Next download the new Ali AGP driver here for the mobo:
http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/driver_vga_m.htm#aliagp:

Next download and install the new EIDE driver here:
http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/driver_ide_m.htm#amdeide

Does this mobo have any built in devices? Latest drivers here:
http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/index_driver_k7a.htm

Also, don't forget to update Windows ME with the latest updates here:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/?IE

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[eskimo2]

Originally posted by Mister Fork
Oh yeah Eskie. The K7AMA - is that the ECS mobo? If so, it's using the ALi M1645 chipset.  

First thing - update the bios by going here:
http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/bios_m.htm

Next download the new Ali AGP driver here for the mobo:
http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/driver_vga_m.htm#aliagp:

Next download and install the new EIDE driver here:
http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/driver_ide_m.htm#amdeide

Does this mobo have any built in devices? Latest drivers here:
http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/index_driver_k7a.htm

Also, don't forget to update Windows ME with the latest updates here:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/?IE

I've been to the first place on your list, but it had a warning about porking the system...
I've heard flashing is kind of risky... yes? no?

eskimo

[Creamo]

I can't bare to read all your whining, but I won a hoopty WWII altimeter or something I didn't take for this mastery of the obviousness last time someone shat themselves in frustration all over the AH BBS.

If your system is a lockup toejamcase, get a new power supply for Gods sake.

Start with something that makes everything work, or that last thing YOU screwed around with.



 My God, people would still be sitting at a HUB trying to get home if mechanics toejam the bed and got so frustrated.

You got a system that was working, you did something, it stopped.

 It worked fine when I got it, I put in the Geforce to get the frame rates up (I was used to 5-15 on my old 350) Then when 1.10 and the patches came out, everything went to crap.


There's a hint, now figure it out.

[eskimo2]

Mr. Fork

I went to the first site with the WinFlash utilities, but was afraid to use them.

The second site I loaded in and installed, the ALI AGP driver for the K7AMA and Win ME.

The third site that you mentioned doesn't support the K7AMA. The closest it has is for the K7ASA.  But it isn't for Win. ME.  (The AMD EIDE diver)
                             

The fourth site has five drivers for the K7AMA:
-AMD EIDE driver V1.24
-RealTek 8139 LAN driver V5.02
Pctel AMR Modem driver V2.40.0029.2
Ali Codec Sound driver
Ali AGP driver V1.73E
Which should I use?                     
   
And I did the Microsoft updates.


eskimo

[eskimo2]

Originally posted by Creamo
I can't bare to read all your whining, but I won a hoopty WWII altimeter or something I didn't take for this mastery of the obviousness last time someone shat themselves in frustration all over the AH BBS.

If your system is a lockup toejamcase, get a new power supply for Gods sake.

Start with something that makes everything work, or that last thing YOU screwed around with.



 My God, people would still be sitting at a HUB trying to get home if mechanics toejam the bed and got so frustrated.

You got a system that was working, you did something, it stopped.

 It worked fine when I got it, I put in the Geforce to get the frame rates up (I was used to 5-15 on my old 350) Then when 1.10 and the patches came out, everything went to crap.


There's a hint, now figure it out.

Creamo,

The power supply is brand new.

I inherited the system, it's a hand me down, it's been messed with before I got it.  It worked fine for about 2 weeks before 1.10 came out.  (I put in the GeForce right away)  Then it started going bad (with the release of 1.10).  CTDs and more CTDs.  Then it began restarting at will, so I replaced the Power supply.  But I still got CTDs.  So I waited another month for the golden patch... it never came.  So then I figured that something must be wrong with the system.  (hadn't been able to play in over 2 months)  Folks say Me sucks, so I tried loading my old Win. 98, but the CD is scratched or something, didn't work.  Then I tried to load Me, better, but still porked.  So I figured the HDD was fried from all the improper shut-downs, and the fact that it couldn't load anything.  I just put in a new HDD, and it wouldn't load 98 (scratched) but it loaded Me.

Now I'm trying to get it going with a new HDD, power supply, GeForce, and fresh Win Me install.

So its not just one thing, its a lot of things, including a OS install.

You tell me where to start...?

eskimo

[Creamo]

Putting on the Apollo 13 handmade vest...

"What do we have GOOD on this machine people?"


1.Power Supply -Check it cables IS seated. Good

2.Reformat, install WIN98 - ME, doesn't matter, both good gaming platforms

3. Did the CDROM take both disks easily? Or IS it screwing up on disks and constant light on? Then I tried to load ME, better, but still porked.

IS it loading complete or messing up? If so, so, get the CDROM out of there. Swap a friends in there. That's called shovel maintenance. Throw everything at it. Not likely though.

Dude, seperate Hardware from Software, Im to fukin drunk to make a case.

But if you made all the good hardware swaps, update every driver you have. Actually it's 90% of your problems, and my remedy.

And they aint the ones that came with the card, or soundboard. It's not easy, just search and update on the net, finally, install the latest DX8.

[eskimo2]

Originally posted by Creamo

3. Did the CDROM take both disks easily? Or IS it screwing up on disks and constant light on? Then I tried to load ME, better, but still porked.

IS it loading complete or messing up? If so, so, get the CDROM out of there. Swap a friends in there. That's called shovel maintenance. Throw everything at it. Not likely though.

3 was before I put in the new HDD.
Windows ME is running fine now.

I actually think I'm back where I started before I tried to "fix" my system.

AH will run, but 4 out of 5 times that I try to start it, I get an instant CTD. I managed to play offline a couple of times, one CTD after about 10 minutes, and I exited after 5 minutes the second time on.

I think my problem is the K7AMA MoBo, or maybe the Ram.

6string wrote a book length post in another thread about the K7AMA MoBo, and it sounds like a total POS.

eskimo