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First post, by ifrit05

Posted on 2024-09-18, 01:49

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Hey, pulled out my GA-5AA board to mess around with. Now it just halts after checking NVRAM..Update OK! on

1WAIT...

Things I've tried:

Reset to BIOS defaults
Disabled Floppy/IDE drives
Swapped RAM
Swapped GPU's
Pulled all PCI cards
Flashed F6 bios (was F7b)
Underclocked CPU
Confirmed all jumpers/switch block was configured correctly
Disabled all caches
Waited at the boot screen for over an hour

I'm so confused. I don't remember this board not working when I put it away like a year or two ago.

Reply 1 of 7, by Repo Man11

Posted on 2024-09-18, 02:17

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I've had boards refuse to POST and or boot because of a bad IDE cable before. Did you do the BIOS flash with a floppy (IE can it boot from a floppy)? I've had boards that refused to POST/boot because an optical drive was failing. I've had boards refuse to POST because a drive cable was plugged into the board, but there was no power to the drive. To cut down on variables (if it were me) I would remove the board from the case and use one stick of RAM, a video card, keyboard and floppy drive. If that works, then I would try connecting a hard drive.

After watching many YouTube videos about older computer hardware, YouTube began recommending videos about trains - are they trying to tell me something?

Reply 2 of 7, by ifrit05

Posted on 2024-09-18, 04:50

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Using a CF-IDE adapter. Works with my P3B-f board. I flashed the BIOS with a programmer.

Reply 3 of 7, by Repo Man11

Posted on 2024-09-18, 04:57

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I've never tried my luck with CF-IDE adapters, but I've certainly read many threads where they have had various incompatibility issues. If it will boot from a floppy successfully, I would then try an IDE drive rather than the CF-IDE.

After watching many YouTube videos about older computer hardware, YouTube began recommending videos about trains - are they trying to tell me something?

Reply 4 of 7, by dm-

Posted on 2024-09-18, 05:31

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since boars is an early revision, try flash 1.0 bios release.
on success just go up till it stops

Reply 5 of 7, by ifrit05

Posted on 2024-09-18, 14:10

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Repo Man11 wrote on 2024-09-18, 04:57:

I've never tried my luck with CF-IDE adapters, but I've certainly read many threads where they have had various incompatibility issues. If it will boot from a floppy successfully, I would then try an IDE drive rather than the CF-IDE.

It does the same thing with no drives enabled and the CF-IDE card removed.

Reply 6 of 7, by Repo Man11

Posted on 2024-09-18, 20:21

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Someone with a similar problem found that the CMOS battery died and replacing it solved the issue. That would fit your situation where it worked when you last used it several years ago; maybe you will be as lucky?

https://superuser.com/questions/1370463/boot- … g-nvram-on-bios

After watching many YouTube videos about older computer hardware, YouTube began recommending videos about trains - are they trying to tell me something?

Reply 7 of 7, by ifrit05

Posted on 2024-09-19, 14:23

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Repo Man11 wrote on 2024-09-18, 20:21:

Someone with a similar problem found that the CMOS battery died and replacing it solved the issue. That would fit your situation where it worked when you last used it several years ago; maybe you will be as lucky?

https://superuser.com/questions/1370463/boot- … g-nvram-on-bios

Replaced the battery with a fresh one when I pulled it out.

Anyways, I put it back aside, I pulled my P3b-f out instead. Much less hassle.

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