anyone have any info on an ECS K7SEM V 1.1E???

[RowdyDowdy]

Hey Dudes,<BR> I have an ECS K7SEM mobo that is supposed to support Nvidia chipset video cards only.<BR>The problem is , I can't get my new GF4 MX420 to work. I've reseated the card several times, pushing<BR>down hard, and still can't get the BIOS to recognise the AGP card. ECS tech support says it will have <BR>a problem with ATI video cards, and that's what I'm running now, without a single problem. Only <BR>thing is, I'm an Nvidia Fan. My BIOS has a Phenox lable on it but shows up in setup as AWARD. Did<BR>AWARD buy Phenox?? Anywho techsupport has no idea! They say they have tested this board with<BR>GF2,3,4,and 4Ti's with no problem. Yet their knowledge forum is 2/3rds full of people with the same<BR>problem. Unreal 2003 coming out soon it would be very nice to get my GF4 working. With the problem<BR>I've had , I won't be buying ECS again or recommend it to someone.<BR> Thanks in advance for any/all replys!!!!!!!!<BR> <BR> rowdydowdy<BR><BR>ECS K7SEM V 1.1E<BR>AMD DURON 1GHZ<BR>PC133 256MB<BR>Maxtor 40GB 7200rpm<BR>LG 12x8x32x CD Burner<BR>Onboard LAN/Audio<BR>ATI 128 Rage Pro 32mb<BR>425 watt smps<BR>

[GNXtreme]

I am sorry to hear about your problem.&nbsp; I have used several ECS K7S5A boards and had no problem at all with GeForce 2 & 4 cards.&nbsp; I have no idea why that the board will recognize one card and not the other...I will ask around a little to see what I can find out.

[JimT]

Just setting up a k7sem MB, it will boot to the test memory with "del to enter bios or ESC to skip memtest" but the keyboard doesn't work. When it first boots the KB lights flash then go out, have tried 3 diff key BD's. Any help you can give ?

JimT

[ElrichMeister]

maybe the PS2 port died, that happens if you disconnect the KB and mouse when the computer is on

[Zefram]

Check your Motherboard for version of AGP version:

The AGP 1.0 specification defined 1x and 2x speeds with the 3.3v keyed connector.
The AGP 2.0 specification defined 1x, 2x and 4x speeds with the 3.3v, or 1.5v keyed connector or a 'Universal' connector which supported both card types.
The AGP Pro specification defined 1x, 2x and 4x speeds with the 3.3v, or 1.5v keyed connector or a 'Universal' connector which supported both card types.
The AGP 3.0 specification defined 1x, 2x, 4x and 8x speeds with the 1.5v keyed connector or a 1.5v AGP Universal / Pro connector.
Each up-grade is a supper-set of the 1x mode, so 4x will also support the 1x speed. The base clock rate is 66MHz, but to achieve to 2x, 4x, and 8x speeds the clock is doubled each time. AGP uses both edges of the clock to transfer data.

AGP (1x): 66MHz clock, 8 bytes/clock, Bandwidth: 266MB/s [3.3V or 1.5V signal swing]
AGP 2x: 133MHz clock, 8 bytes/clock, Bandwidth: 533MB/s [3.3V or 1.5V signal swing]
AGP 4x: 266MHz clock, 16 bytes/clock, Bandwidth: 1066MB/s [1.5V signal swing]
AGP 8x: 533MHz clock, 32 bytes/clock, Bandwidth: 2.1GB/s [0.8V signal swing], still uses 1.5 volt motherboard power

The AGP data bus may be 8, 16, 24, 32, or 64 bits. Due to timing requirements the maximum bus length is 9". The trace impedance is specified as 65 ohms +/- 15 ohms (no termination resistor is specified). For the 8x speed the bus requires a parallel termination or 50 ohms. Some lines may require a Pull-Up Resistor to insure the lines come out of reset in the proper state

AGP 2.0 pin out, 2 rows of 66 finger [pins]. The Pin Outs for AGP 3.0 specification differ from the AGP 2.0 Standard.
Not all AGP cards will work in all AGP slots. Use the table below, to determine if an AGP board will function in a particular motherboard.

LINK to AGP Standart Table and More Info HERE (http://www.interfacebus.com/Design_Connector_AGP.html)

[JimT]

maybe the PS2 port died, that happens if you disconnect the KB and mouse when the computer is on

Thanks for the input, will have to find a way to check the port.
They make a PS2 PCI card for a mouse, do they make one for the KB ?
Edit
I guess it may work for either, but would have to disable the onboard PS2 in BIOS ? Which I can't get to.

JimT

[stlouis1]

i believe the k7sem board has a sis chipset with onboard video, i think the onboard video is the agp, you may need to set it to use pci video first. itll recognize the card as a pci not an agp if im not mistaking, that may be why your having problems. i worked in an internet cafe that build cheap a$$ comps a couple years ago ad they mostly used ecs boards. and for tim, if the keyboard doesnt work, try a different one, if that dont work, time for a new mobo

[MD_Willington]

Have you tried the PCChips lottery

Reason is, that board is directly related to a similar PCChips mainboard. The PCChips M810L series

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