When you say you can reboot with software, do you mean keying CTRL ALT
DELETE in DOS forces a instant reboot correctly ?
So the only thing that isn't working right is the reset switch and
sometimes the power switch?

  The PS switch not working sometimes is normal. It is a signal switch
...not a direct power switch That is why a good quality PS has a direct on
off switch on the back of the actual power supply. You can do the same
thing by plugging the PS into a switched tap line. When you turn that off,
you know all power is OFF, where as if you turn the computer switch off (
which is a signal switch)   the 5 volt line is still hot.

Your Reset switch should always work. It works by shorting the reset pins
on the motherboard. First check your signal wires for continuity. You
should have momentary continuity at the female end of the appropriate
jumper when you press the reset switch or the Power On switch.
If the switches and the wiring test out OK then suspect the BIOS or the
Power supply.

This is your second board so the odds of this being anything to do with the
motherboard is very, very small. But you could use the CMOS jumper to clear
it and then set it back up....check your ABIT manual to learn how to do
this. After that swap the PS out and see if that helps.

Rode
The NOSPIN Group

At 01:09 PM 3/13/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Can someone provide me with some ideas/information that will solve a
>problem I am having with a new Abit KT7A motherboard, that I am using for
>my latest system. Specs: AMD Althon 1.1Gig, 256 SDRAM, Hercules Prophet Ti
>graphics card and Adaptec SCSI-2 2940UW Host Adapter (for CDROM and Zip
>Drive), Win98 OS.
>After the initial boot up I can not manually reboot the system using the
>reset button or from the Bios setup menu; the screen blanks out and stays
>that way.  And after the first boot, restarting the system with the power
>on button only works about 1/3 of the time.  The system will reboot fine
>using software, but the only way I can reboot manually is to use the
>on/off switch for the power unit.  I have swapped out the video card and
>power unit; I have checked and rechecked the LED connections at the
>motherboard; I have searched the bios menu
>for any setting that I thought would contribute to the situation.  I even
>replaced the original Abit MB for a new one, with same results.  I have
>not replaced the PC case, but it is new out of the box.  This is occurring
>with only the noted hardware and Windows98 OS installed.  The VIA 4 in 1
>Drivers were not installed, as this problem presented with the first
>system boot.

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