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First post, by kotel

Posted on 2024-04-19, 12:14

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Long time ago i got this Asus P4T-E board. After addding the CMOS battery it started to boot. Today it wasn't posting due to the cooler not being attached. Fixed that but now it says that cpu speed is 2879 mhz and freezes when i try to boot it form floppy. DIP switches (cpu speed switches) do nothing. Memtest was throwing an error (can't remmeber what it was but there was a lot of adresses on screen) and XP complain about missing hal.dll file.
Specs:
Intel Celeron 2,5Ghz (detected as pentium 4)
2x128mb NEC rimm's with 2 c-rimms
Sound card
Realtek ethernet card
MATISHA dvd rom
Floppy
Nvidia geforce mx400
Any ideas?
EDIT: Its now complaning about ram not installed. Reseating did not resolve the issue.

Socket 478 totally sucks.

Reply 1 of 9, by dominusprog

Posted on 2024-04-19, 12:38

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Remove all the components except for the CPU and the RAM, also try a different module.

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Reply 2 of 9, by kotel

Posted on 2024-04-19, 16:02

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dominusprog wrote on 2024-04-19, 12:38:

Remove all the components except for the CPU and the RAM, also try a different module.

Powered it on only with cpu, ram and post card, but same results. Gonna look out for a pair of rimm thats at a reasonable price. Spotted that what looks to be an missing cap (near the ICH 2), but since this board was working fine before, I don't think its gonna be the issue. Any ideas what might be the issue?

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Reply 3 of 9, by Datadrainer

Posted on 2024-04-19, 17:36

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P4T-E uses RAMBUS RDRAM. All RAM slot should be populated, with memory modules or CRIMM. Photos could be useful.

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Reply 4 of 9, by kotel

Posted on 2024-04-19, 19:02

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After unpluging the cmos battery and applying power to the board, then pluging it back it, the board has posted. Although i was greeted with this screen. Do you think its BIOS corruption? In the meantime ill stress test it for any potential issues.

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Reply 5 of 9, by PcBytes

Posted on 2024-04-20, 00:53

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That's certainly BIOS corruption. While not desktop, I've seen similar corruption on a HP Pavilion dv5-1131en and the only fix was a emergency BIOS reflash. So yes, a BIOS reflash/update should be in order for your board as well.

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Reply 6 of 9, by kotel

Posted on 2024-04-20, 05:56

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The corruption in bios was caused by what i believe an cpu with bent pins. Slotting in the cpu it was inside it before seems to make it go away. Sadly, this board has socket problems. I need to take off the cooler, press down on the cpu, lock the cooler in place, then boot. Are there any solutions to warped s478 from coolers, or at least slow it down from happening? I know i can unlock the cooler or take it off, but I am curious.

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Reply 7 of 9, by rasz_pl

Posted on 2024-04-20, 19:26

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still solid metal plate on the back will fix bending

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Reply 8 of 9, by kotel

Posted on 2024-04-21, 06:33

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rasz_pl wrote on 2024-04-20, 19:26:

still solid metal plate on the back will fix bending

Can i buy it or do i make it at home?

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Reply 9 of 9, by rasz_pl

Posted on 2024-04-21, 08:47

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^stiff
holy crap I googled your board and there is nothing on the back https://pc-1.ru/pic/big/1217606.jpg very un-Asus of Asus 😮
What you want is called socket 478 Back Plate, for example $2 from electromyne https://www.ebay.com/itm/285796279637 https://www.electromyne.de/Accessories---Zube … ueckplatte.html
another one $3 including shipping https://www.ebay.com/itm/176292818001 made from stiff plastic, not as good as piece of iron but should be stiff enough

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