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"Frank R. Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 22 Sep 2000 07:48:09 -0400
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I'm having a problem with cold-boot POST failures
with an abit-ka7 motherboard with a geforce2 gts
(creative) video card.

daryl crawford <[log in to unmask]> pointed me
to a very useful abit-ka7 faq:
        http://www.casema.net/~howland/ka7faq/ka7faq.htm
which said that this can be a known problem with the
ka7 and the geforce2.

Could anyone help me with some concrete questions
I have?  I asked abit technical support, but haven't heard
anything back.  The message I sent them follows:

I assembled an abit-ka7-based system with a creative labs
geforce2 gts video card.

The system sometimes takes several tries to POST on
a cold power-up.

I have seen in a FAQ that there may be a known issue
with the ka7 and the geforce2 gts.

The FAQ said that the POST reports a video error, and that
ka7's manufactured after July 2000 incorporate a fix.

I don't know how to interpret the POST beeps.  Could
you tell me the POST codes so that I can decide if
my POST failures are due to a video error?

Also, how can I determine when my ka7 was manufactured?
Is there a date-stamp on it?  Is the fix for the geforce2
problem something that is visible to the naked eye?

Thank you for your help with this matter.

     Frank R.Brown
     Frank.R.Brown@MailAndNews

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