when my soyo k7ada v1.0 is started up, all that happens is the fans kick on, the harddrive lights come on, i get no video and a long unending tone out of the speaker. this even happens when i disconnect everything from the board except the power supply. so to me, basically put it's dead. do i need a new bios?from all i've been reading, that's what it sounds like it is.
Andre'
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Soyo k7ada v1.0 partial or complete death?
A long unending tone suggests that the processor is running and complaining that an early part of power-on self test is failing; this typically happens with a memory fault. I would start by troubleshooting the memory.
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This happens whether there is memory installed in it or not.
Andre'
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POST tests a lot more than just memory. I only told you the most common cause of a continuous tone - a problem with memory. Have you stripped the system down to a bare motherboard/cpu/ram/psu ? Cleared CMOS ? Swapped/removed the video card (if it is causing the problem, removing it should change the code to one long, two short IIRC) ?
If you have replaced the memory with known good memory of the right configuration, and the CPU is correctly configured, try swapping the CPU. If that fails a replacement BIOS is about the only thing left before you bin the board.
If you have replaced the memory with known good memory of the right configuration, and the CPU is correctly configured, try swapping the CPU. If that fails a replacement BIOS is about the only thing left before you bin the board.
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