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ABIT NF7-S2: shipped with CMOS in clear position?
I bought a NF7-S2 from New Egg, and it arrived with the CMOS jumper in
the clear position, which, according to the manual is NOT the default position. The mobo turned out to be DOA (with the jumper moved to the default position), so (after trying a fresh CMOS battery) I RMA'd it. Now, I'm looking at the replacement mobo, and it too was shipped with the CMOS jumper in the clear position. I have a bad feeling about this. Is the manual wrong, or what? Comments? |
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ToolPackinMama wrote:
I bought a NF7-S2 from New Egg, and it arrived with the CMOS jumper in the clear position, which, according to the manual is NOT the default position. The mobo turned out to be DOA (with the jumper moved to the default position), so (after trying a fresh CMOS battery) I RMA'd it. Now, I'm looking at the replacement mobo, and it too was shipped with the CMOS jumper in the clear position. I have a bad feeling about this. Is the manual wrong, or what? Comments? They're probably sending you manufacturer refurbished boards. Icky. -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. To jump to the end of the story, as a result of this I need a bone marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ |
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spodosaurus wrote:
ToolPackinMama wrote: I bought a NF7-S2 from New Egg, and it arrived with the CMOS jumper in the clear position, which, according to the manual is NOT the default position. The mobo turned out to be DOA (with the jumper moved to the default position), so (after trying a fresh CMOS battery) I RMA'd it. Now, I'm looking at the replacement mobo, and it too was shipped with the CMOS jumper in the clear position. I have a bad feeling about this. Is the manual wrong, or what? Comments? They're probably sending you manufacturer refurbished boards. Icky. I dunno. I just found out from somebody at the ABIT forum that the manual is wrong, and the CMOS as shipped is correct. Now I'm concerned. Does it damage the CPU or RAM to try to boot with CMOS set to clear? If so, I'm suing ABIT. |
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ToolPackinMama wrote:
spodosaurus wrote: ToolPackinMama wrote: I bought a NF7-S2 from New Egg, and it arrived with the CMOS jumper in the clear position, which, according to the manual is NOT the default position. The mobo turned out to be DOA (with the jumper moved to the default position), so (after trying a fresh CMOS battery) I RMA'd it. Now, I'm looking at the replacement mobo, and it too was shipped with the CMOS jumper in the clear position. I have a bad feeling about this. Is the manual wrong, or what? Comments? They're probably sending you manufacturer refurbished boards. Icky. I dunno. I just found out from somebody at the ABIT forum that the manual is wrong, and the CMOS as shipped is correct. Now I'm concerned. Does it damage the CPU or RAM to try to boot with CMOS set to clear? If so, I'm suing ABIT. No, why would it? If you want to clear the cmos you have to power it up with the jumper in the clear position, turn it off again, and return the jumper to the standard position...right? -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. To jump to the end of the story, as a result of this I need a bone marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ |
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spodosaurus wrote:
ToolPackinMama wrote: spodosaurus wrote: ToolPackinMama wrote: I bought a NF7-S2 from New Egg, and it arrived with the CMOS jumper in the clear position, which, according to the manual is NOT the default position. The mobo turned out to be DOA (with the jumper moved to the default position), so (after trying a fresh CMOS battery) I RMA'd it. Now, I'm looking at the replacement mobo, and it too was shipped with the CMOS jumper in the clear position. I have a bad feeling about this. Is the manual wrong, or what? Comments? They're probably sending you manufacturer refurbished boards. Icky. I dunno. I just found out from somebody at the ABIT forum that the manual is wrong, and the CMOS as shipped is correct. Now I'm concerned. Does it damage the CPU or RAM to try to boot with CMOS set to clear? If so, I'm suing ABIT. No, why would it? If you want to clear the cmos you have to power it up with the jumper in the clear position, turn it off again, and return the jumper to the standard position...right? Uh, no. To reset the CMOS you can just unplug the power, move the jumper for a few seconds, then move it back. Also you can take out the CMOS battery for a bit, and then put it back. Neither one of those methods require a person to boot in between. |
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ABIT NF7-S2
Athlon XP 3200+ 3X Rosewill 3200 DDR 256MB RAM Powerup 350W PS Chaintech Gforce MX4000 64 MB AGP vid card. CPU fan doesn't go on. Only sign of life is tiny red led on Motherboard. |
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ToolPackinMama wrote:
ABIT NF7-S2 Athlon XP 3200+ 3X Rosewill 3200 DDR 256MB RAM Powerup 350W PS Chaintech Gforce MX4000 64 MB AGP vid card. CPU fan doesn't go on. Only sign of life is tiny red led on Motherboard. Never mind. It is fine with a different power supply |
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ToolPackinMama wrote:
ToolPackinMama wrote: ABIT NF7-S2 Athlon XP 3200+ 3X Rosewill 3200 DDR 256MB RAM Powerup 350W PS Chaintech Gforce MX4000 64 MB AGP vid card. CPU fan doesn't go on. Only sign of life is tiny red led on Motherboard. Never mind. It is fine with a different power supply So it was the PSU all along? -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. To jump to the end of the story, as a result of this I need a bone marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ |
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In article ToolPackinMama says...
Now I'm concerned. Does it damage the CPU or RAM to try to boot with CMOS set to clear? If so, I'm suing ABIT. **** sake... All it does is disconnect the battery. What harm is that going to do apart from confirm the builder as incompetent for not checking jumpers? Its a common practice to prevent CMOS batteries going flat whilst the boards lie on the shelf. -- Conor A man alone in the forest is talking to himself and no women around to hear him. Is he still wrong? |
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ToolPackinMama wrote:
I bought a NF7-S2 from New Egg, and it arrived with the CMOS jumper in the clear position, which, according to the manual is NOT the default position. The mobo turned out to be DOA (with the jumper moved to the default position), so (after trying a fresh CMOS battery) I RMA'd it. Now, I'm looking at the replacement mobo, and it too was shipped with the CMOS jumper in the clear position. I have a bad feeling about this. Is the manual wrong, or what? Comments? Probably. I bought an MSI board a few years ago and the manual was wrong. Bob |
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